Phantom Blue - Built To Perform (Japan Edition) (1993)

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Phantom Blue - Built To Perform (Japan Edition) (1993)

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Phantom Blue - Built To Perform (Japan Edition) (1993)

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Year : 1993 (Japan Edition)
Style : Hard Rock , Heavy Metal , Female vocals
Country : USA
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 136 mb


Bio:

Phantom Blue was an all-female American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, United States, formed in 1987. Phantom Blue were the first and only female artists to be signed to Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records, only three months after forming.Phantom Blue was formed in 1988 in Hollywood, California by Michelle Meldrum and Nicole Couch. Couch and Meldrum were students of Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet of Racer X.Michelle Meldrum had played with drummer Linda McDonald in previous projects and together with vocalist Gigi Hangach and original bassist, Debra Armstrong. Armstrong left the band in June 1988, prior to the band signing with Shrapnel Records, in October 1988, and was replaced by Kim Nielsen, a student of John Alderete, bassist for Racer X and The Mars Volta.Phantom Blue recorded their self-titled first album with the help of producer Steve Fontano and fellow Shrapnel label mate, Marty Friedman.Couch and Meldrum also co-wrote a track on the album with Marty Freidman.Roadrunner Records, who owned the bands European distribution rights, were responsible for the band shooting a video for the single "Why Call It Love?" and a successful European tour followed.Upon returning to the States, Phantom Blue caught the attention of singer Don Dokken who introduced them to Tom Zutaut of Geffen Records. Other major labels were interested in signing the band, most notably Disney's Hollywood Records, but the band signed with Geffen. Couch and Meldrum began writing the material for the Geffen release. Couch left the band prior to recording and Meldrum successfully recorded all the guitar parts for Built to Perform.Guitarist Karen Kreutzer replaced Couch and the band embarked on another successful European tour and shot a video for the single "Time to Run".The band was eventually dropped from Geffen, sued by manager Byron Hontas and the management position was taken over by Mark Dawson, boyfriend of drummer Linda McDonald. Guitarist Michelle Meldrum was the first to leave due to disagreement as to the direction of the band under Dawson and vocalist Gigi Hangach soon followed. By 1996, McDonald was the only original member left and she continued to use the name Phantom Blue, enlisting a total of ten different members until finally calling it quits in early 2001.Drummer Linda McDonald went on to form The Iron Maidens (billed as "The World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden"), who released a self-titled tribute album worldwide and Japanese release version, the CD/DVD release Route 666 and the EP The Root of All Evil in Japan. In addition, she played drums in the cover bands Crabby Patty (I'm So Unclear!), Unholy Pink and Valley Dolls. She was also the drummer of the all-female Ozzy Osbourne tribute The Little Dolls from 2005 to 2010.Original bassist Debra Armstrong currently lives in Sioux City, Iowa with her husband. She left the music industry soon after being replaced by Kim Nielsen in 1988, and went on to pursue a career in 3D modeling and engineering, working for clients such as Disney Imagineering, DARPA and others.Guitarist Michelle Meldrum went on to form an international band called Meldrum. The band has toured with Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Motörhead, Sepultura, Nashville Pussy and Danzig. They have released a live DVD, Loaded Live, and two albums, Loaded Mental Cannon and Blowin' Up the Machine, the latter featuring her former Phantom Blue bandmate, drummer Linda McDonald. On May 21, 2008, Meldrum died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.[4] She left behind her husband John Norum (of Europe) and their son Jake.On May 26, 2009, Linda McDonald, Gigi Hangach and Kim Nielsen reunited as Phantom Blue for the Michelle Meldrum Memorial Concert at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, California. Meldrum's position was filled by Tina Wood (from the 1997 lineup), while Sara Marsh and Courtney Cox of The Iron Maidens filled in for Nicole Couch.

Album:

Built to Perform is the second and last full-length album by American heavy metal band Phantom Blue. In contrast to the first album's glam metal sound, Built to Perform displays a more raw, heavy metal sound. It also features songwriting credits by all five of the band members plus former member Nicole Couch, who left prior to the album's release. The album includes the band's cover of Thin Lizzy's "Bad Reputation."Veteran producer Max Norman oversaw the album's production, while Marty Friedman (who was then with Megadeth) and John Norum (of Europe) contributed as guest guitarists. Norum and guitarist Michelle Meldrum eventually married in 1995. "My Misery" was co-written by West Arkeen, known for his collaborations with Guns N' Roses.Released by Geffen Records, this was the band's only album under a major record label.Phantom Blue's second record doesn't lie when it claims it was built to perform. The debut brought a decent but subdued bout of metal to the table that definitely had its charms but was severely lacking in power and conviction. These problems are more than solved with this album, as Built to Perform fires at you on all cylinders with a set of catchy, sassy songs that are jam-packed with some swinging, crunching guitar riffs. On top of that already effective formula, there is a seriously noteworthy sense of energy and attitude that give the record a unique voice that makes it quite memorable and enjoyable.Built to Perform's construction is quite simple, being made up of some basic, straightforward classic rock song structures featuring some well done verses and, of course, some catchy hooks and sassy solos. What sets this album a good few marks above any other classic rock or hair metal band of the time is definitely the serious presence and aggression of the riffs. The guitars have a viciously satisfying bite to them that seriously delivers while the riffs themselves are very catchy yet still rather dexterous in makeup. Even when the riffing is simplistic, it's pretty freakin' heavy and possessive of a nearly unrivaled presence that is backed up by a rock solid rhythm section, like on that totally badass riff towards the end of "Loved ya to Pieces".While the songwriting is a bit on the simple side, but really there's not a problem with that when it's pulled off with this much attitude and power. Honestly, when you can churn out 11 rock solid numbers with this much riffy goodness and sassy spin, there's not much to go wrong. The only time where the album seriously dips in quality would be the ballad, and that shows that this band is best off delivering catchy heavy metal - they really didn't need a ballad in the mix. Everything is hammered into badassery by Gigi's powerful and gutsy vocals, and she delivers a lethal dose of both range and power. The songs themselves have a lot more lasting ability than you'd expect, and this album is one of those that you can just let play from start to finish, but almost every song stands alone as a memorable track.However, my big problem with simple metal like this is one that most other metal fans probably share - the simplicity itself can get a bit boring. I'll be frank - this only gets boring once. The one offender would be the aforementioned typical 80's-ish ballad in "My Misery" which really doesn't jive with the badass metal of every other track. Whether it's the borderline speed metal riffing of "Lied to Me", the sinister "Better off Dead", the blistering attitude of "Nothing Good", heck, even the Thin Lizzy cover kicks ass. This album brings it on, and what it lacks in diversity it makes up for in consistency of quality and conviction.Overall, Phantom Blue does a damn good job on this. Regardless of if you know of this band or not, if you enjoy straightforward, gutsy heavy metal, you'll get a kick out of this. The riffs are heavy and catchy, the vocals are done very well, and the songwriting is really enjoyable and pulled off with conviction and attitude. These girls rock harder on this record than any rock/hair/glam band you can think of, and I can easily recommend this to everybody. If you're the type that falls head over heels for this kind of catchy classic metal, you'll love it to pieces.

Line Up:

Gigi Hangach – vocals
Michelle Meldrum – guitars
Karen Kreutzer – guitar (credit only)
Kim Nielsen – bass guitar
Linda McDonald – drums

Additional musicians:

Marty Friedman - guitar on "A Little Evil"
John Norum - guitar on "Better Off Dead"
A.T Das - In studio additional guitar

Production:

Max Norman - producer, engineer, mixing
George Marino - mastering

Tracklist:

01. Nothing Good
02. Time to Run
03. Bad Reputation
04. My Misery
05. Little Man
06. Better Off Dead
07. Anti Love Crunch
08. Loved Ya to Pieces
09. So Easy
10. Lied to Me
11. A Little Evil
12. You're Free

+ Video "Time to Run" (Official Video)


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