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Friction - Baby Talk (1990)











Year : 1990
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 100 mb

Bio:

Band formed in 1982, Erie, PA, United States.Debut album from 1990 "Baby Talk".This is pretty good stuff for a band that hadn’t been signed. Imagine the late ’80s/early ’90s sound and that’s what is on this disc. You’ve got great vocals, great hooks and melody, and guitar solos! Nothing is better than solos, I wish they would come back in today’s music. Let The Love Begin starts the album off with a power kick and Down And Lonely brings it to a nice ’80s groove. Some other quality tunes: Broken Heart Charity Ball, Too Late To Cry, and the audience-flavored Rockin’ Tonight. This is fast becoming one of my favorite indies.

Album:

“Baby Talk“, the only official album from American melodic hard rockers FRICTION is one of rarest U.S. indie CD’s out there. Currently there’s an eBay auction asking U$D 2,500 for it, go figure.While many rare album doesn’t worth that ridiculous price, “Baby Talk” is so much sought after there’s a reason: the music is awesome US melodic hard rock, and production fabulous for an indie.FRICTION born in 1982 and the band recorded several demos with major labels interested but good luck eluded the band. Anyway, they managed to release “Baby Talk” by themselves, professionally factory pressed yet in limited quantities.The 11 songs packed here are like a cross between BLUE TEARS and early BON JOVI, rich in melody, catchiness, harmony vocals plus with some AORish moments.Tracks like ‘Down And Lonely’, ‘Lover’s Lane’, ‘Too Late To Cry’ or the very good power ballad ‘Wave Goodbye To A Friend’ shoulda propelled FRICTION to stardom.Being hard to find, there has been various bootlegs and transcoded versions of “Baby Talk”, this is taken from the original CD pressing.

Line Up:

Bob Michael – lead vocals
Marlon Scott – guitar, vocals
Dave Bennett – guitar, vocals
Marty Coe – bass, vocals
Ron Lesh – drums, percussion
Matt Gavula – keyboards

Tracklist:

01. Let The Love Begin
02. Down And Lonely
03. Baby Talk
04. Wave Goodbye To A Friend
05. Do Ya
06. Lover’s Lane
07. Broken Heart Charity Ball
08. Bed Of Roses
09. Too Late To Cry
10. Past Tense
11. Rockin’ Tonight ’90




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Friction - Un-Mastered - Never Released 1982-1988 (2008)









Year : 1982-1988 (Nizertop Records Edition 2008)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 100 mb

Bio:

Band formed in 1982, Erie, PA, United States.Debut album from 1990 "Baby Talk".This is pretty good stuff for a band that hadn’t been signed. Imagine the late ’80s/early ’90s sound and that’s what is on this disc. You’ve got great vocals, great hooks and melody, and guitar solos! Nothing is better than solos, I wish they would come back in today’s music. Let The Love Begin starts the album off with a power kick and Down And Lonely brings it to a nice ’80s groove. Some other quality tunes: Broken Heart Charity Ball, Too Late To Cry, and the audience-flavored Rockin’ Tonight. This is fast becoming one of my favorite indies.

Album:

All the recording demos from American melodic hard rockers FRICTION released by the band in limited quantities under the title “Un-Mastered – Never Released 1982-1988“.The compilation title speaks for itself: these are the songs Friction wrote and demoed in the Eighties while shopping labels: there’s harder rocker from 1982, more AORish keyboard driven tunes from 1984, and typical US melodic rockers from 1986-87-88.These tracks aren’t available anywhere, and while they are really ‘Un-Mastered’ (all untouched, like in the original tapes) hence sound quality vary, all are wonderful slices of classic stuff in this genre.

Line Up:

Bob Michael – lead vocals
Marlon Scott – guitar, vocals
Dave Bennett – guitar, vocals
Marty Coe – bass, vocals
Ron Lesh – drums, percussion
Matt Gavula – keyboards

Tracklist:

01. Love To Live By – 1984
02. Catchin’ Up To You – 1988
03. Already Loved – 1988
04. Midnight I Go Punk – 1982
05. Put The Beat Back – 1986
06. Shaded Honesty – 1987
07. Shadows Of Love – 1986
08. Break A Heart – 1984
09. You Said Goodbye – 1986
10. Kick The Jukebox – 1987
11. Whatever Turns You On – 1987
12. Rock Needs To Roll – 1987
13. Walk Alone – 1984




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