Blue Murder - Blue Murder (CD)

There are quite many so-called supergroups in classic hard rock. And then there is BLUE MURDER. John Sykes (v/g, WHITESNAKE), Tony Franklin (b, THE FIRM) and Carmen Appice (d, VANILLA FUDGE, KING KOBRA) created magic here. This debut is one of the very best records of the later eighties. The insanely powerful sound (Bob Rock and Mike Fraser), the incredible songwriting and last but not least the whole spirit of the record basically make it some kind of follow-up to WHITESNAKES "1987". Just check out the single "Jelly Roll". Even though the big commercial success did not happen back in the day, it's nothing but a classic among classics. Period. A must-have! (MS)