Bad Boy – Back To Back

Description

Digitally remastered edition of the second album from the Wisconsin hard rock quartet. Includes 12 page full color booklet that features a 2,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, rare photos and new interview with band leader Steve Grimm. There’s no doubt that the 1970s were a golden time for blues infused rock, but it was also a period where the competition for attention was cut throat. For Milwaukee, Wisconsin based four piece Bad Boy the odds were stacked against them, even though they had secured a coveted record deal with the United Artists label and had already gained a foothold with a well-received debut album. Stepping back into the studio they were a far more worldly wise team, and they crafted a record that sat easily beside master craftsmen of the era such as Aerosmith, Derringer, Cheap Trick and Kiss. Originally issued in 1978, Back To Back made for solid listening, focusing on melodic catchy songs with rock solid riffs. Tracks such as ‘I Just Wanna Love You’ and the funk infused ‘Keep It Up’ leave no stone unturned in their quest to impress. But the big winners here are the rifftastic ‘No Stopping Me Now’, and ‘Take My Soul’/’Out Of Control’, a near eight minute epic of the highest grade.