Year : 1994 (Bad Reputation Records Edition 2022)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 291 mb
Bio:
An appropriately named sleaze band, the Sleeze Beez managed to fuse the sounds of AC/DC and Def Leppard to create their own unrelenting brand of hard rock. “When The Brains Go To The Balls” will remain one of the best song titles by any group in this genre.Sleeze Beez photoIn a unique twist, Chriz Van Jaarsveld (guitar) and Jan Koster (drums) managed to talk their way into a record deal before a band (or many songs for that matter) was even formed. In order to start recording, a band was thrown together featuring Don Van Spall (guitar), Ed Jongsma (bass) and vocalist Tiger. The debut album Look Like Hell was only released regionally, but Sleeze Beez were beginning to make people take notice.During the recording of what would become Screwed Blued & Tattooed, front man Tiger was replaced by Andrew Elt and Sleeze Beez were poised for success. Atlantic Records snatched up the group, got the band considerable airplay for the single “Stranger Than Paradise” and had the boys opening for Skid Row. The album reached #115 on Billboard’s Top 200 and the future looked bright, but within two years the band had quickly fallen from grace.The band had another album in the can by the end of 1990, but lack of management and disagreements with the record company saw Powertool shelved for almost two full years. Of course by the time the record was finally released, bands like Sleeze Beez were becoming extinct thanks to a movement from Seattle. The album sank without a trace and the label quickly cut their losses and dropped the band. A final independent release and live album proved to be Sleeze Beez‘s last gasp, as the Sleeze Beez group photogroup disbanded in 1996. Elt and guitarist Don Van Spaal went on to form a new band called Moon which released a full length album entitled The Moon in 1999.After years of rumours that the band would get back together, Sleeze Beez finally reunited to play live for the first time in 15 years at a reunion kick off show at Lakei in Helmond, Holland on June 19, 2010 followed by a show at the Geiredome Stadium in Arnhem, Holland on June 23, 2010 sharing a bill with Aerosmith, Stone Temple Pilots and Steel Panther. A greatest hits album titled The Very Best Of Sleeze Beez along with a live album entitled Screwed Live! were released in 2010 before the band went back into obscurity in early 2011 just after recording their first song together since 1994, a cover of Journey‘s “Faithfully.”
Album:
Here’s the Bad Reputation Records remaster on 1994’s SLEEZE BEEZ album “Insanity Beach“, a pretty killer, rockin’ melodic hard rock album. Despite the rock music turning darker and depressive in 1994, these Dutch guys didn’t noticed, and continued crafting feel-good arena-ready anthems. They were big in Japan, and Europe loved ’em.Regardless of their name, SLEEZE BEEZ never were lipstick n’ hairspray, just sweat and rock n’ roll, and even more on “Insanity Beach”, a punchy, polished, guitar driven collection of melodic hard rock. This reissue features 3 bonus tracks: ‘We Do Rock ‘n’ Roll’ only appeared in the domestic edition of SLEEZE BEEZ second album ‘Screwed, Blued And Tattooed’, plus two single B-sides.If that wasn’t enough, this Bad Reputation release adds a second, extra disc, plenty of bonus > 11 rare tracks.Andrew Elt is a brilliant rock n’ roll singer – he’s fronting a Led Zeppelin coverband these days and you can tell why – he does have a Robert Plant-ish touch to his vocals (and his appearance), although Elt fits the Eighties / early Nineties idiom a little more. Jan Koster is a true power hitter and Ed Jongsma delivers bass lines just slightly more interesting than the standard Rock bassist. And you have in Chriz van Jaarsveld and Don van Spall two awesome guitarists. Check out the guitar work in ‘The Long Goodbye’ and ‘Sacrifice’ for great examples.The tension build-up in ‘Save Myself’ makes the song one of the highlights, the atmosphere and spoken parts in ‘Gun Culture’ bring to mind Queensryche, and the slower, creeping ‘D.U.I. (Intoxicated)’ and ‘Hate Rock And Roll’ (did anyone say ‘Kashmir’?) are welcome variations in the tempo department.Rest assured though, ‘Scream’ revives the party atmosphere of most of ‘Screwed, Blued And Tattooed’.The bonuses include rare live tracks and B-sides, all with good sound quality.SLEEZE BEEZ’s “Insanity Beach” rocks hard, with melody and hooks galore. (thanks to MD for this reissue).
Line Up:
Andrew Elt - Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar
Jan Koster - Drums, Backing Vocals
Chriz Van Jaarsveld - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Don Van Spall - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Ed Jongsma - Bass, Backing Vocals
production:
Recorded At – Studio Zeezicht
Mixed At – Bullet Sound Studios
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Artwork [Logo], Graphics, Art Direction – Al Kiefer*
Legal – Jules Kurz
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Orchestra [Conducted by] – Robby Valentine
Photography By – Dick Holthuis
Producer – John Sonneveld, Sleeze Beez
Written-By – Elt*, Van Jaarsveld*, Van Spall*, Jongsma*, Koster*
Tracklist:
CD1: Insanity Beach
01. Tell It To The Judge
02. Save Myself
03. Gun Culture
04. Youth Is A State Of Mind
05. D.U.I. (Intoxicated)
06. Human Zoo
07. Best Things In Life Are Free
08. The Long Goodbye
09. Sacrifice
10. Hate Rock And Roll
11. Insanity Beach
12. Scream (Encore)
13. We Do Rock ‘n’ Roll (Bonus Track)
14. Hate Rock And Roll (Demo Version) (Bonus Track)
15. Scream (Demo Track) (Bonus Track)
CD2: Bonus Tracks
01. It Ain’t Worth Shit (Live in Roden 89)
02. Screwed, Blued & Tattoed (Live Recording During 1991 Tour)
03. Back Home (Live At The Paradiso 1993)
04. The Year Of Living Dangerously (Lost Track Recorded In 1992)
05. Rock In The Western World (Tokyo 1995)
06. House Is On Fire (Tokyo 1995)
07. Hate Rock N Roll (Tokyo 1995)
08. Heroes Die Young (Tokyo 1995)
09. When The Brains Go To The Balls (Tokyo 1995)
10. Hate Rock And Roll (Extended Version)
11. The Long Goodbye (Edit)
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