Le Mans - On The Streets (1983) (Lost Gems Edition 2006)
Year : 1983 (Lost Gems Edition 2006)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 83 mb
Bio:
American hard rock band formed in the early 1980's and disbanded in 1987.LeMans was created essentially as a made-for-Shrapnel Records band, debuting with On The Streets in 1983. Typical of Shrapnel releases, the focus was on flashy guitar work, here courtesy of the duo of Josh Ramos and Derek Frigo, along with rather cliched American hard rock vocals/lyrics and standard Priest-ish songwriting, resulting in a rather pedestrian album overall. They managed to gain a major label contract for their second and last album, simply entitled LeMans, by which time the style had apparently shifted, towards a more AOR-oriented sound. The various band members have been involved in several bands since they disbanded, among them Enuff Z'Nuff (Frigo), Starship (Bloomfield), 9.0 (Marrino), The Storm (Ramos), and others.
Album:
LE MANS was very much an active part of the hard rock scene in and around San Francisco during the early ’80s. An ad in Guitar Player Magazine led to the formation of the band, featuring guitar hero Derek Frigo (who unfortunately died from a drug overdose in 2004) and future The Storm / Hardline Josh Ramos – both sharing lead & rhythm guitar.No wonder their first album emerged on Shrapnel Records, known for its many guitar-oriented releases, being a record pretty heavy metal oriented.Titled “On The Streets“, LE MANS’ debut LP was produced by Shrapnel mastermind Mike Varney, and of course, it’s a very guitar-oriented piece of hard rock with metallic overtones. A clear polished production that loses none of Le Mans’ hard hitting rawness; an essential ingredient for any heavy metal / hard rock band at the time.Oddly, ”On The Streets” never has been officially reissued / remastered – fortunately this bootleg CD manufactured by Lost Gems Records sounds very good.The fast ’n’ heavy ‘Live To Rock’ opens the proceedings and pretty much sets the pattern for most of the album, with ‘Outside Looking In’, ‘Get Him Out Of Here’, and the Riot sounding ‘Nervous Breakdown’ all being delivered with precision and fire.The title track is more commercial, midpaced and anthemic, somehow ala Twisted Sister or Quiet Riot 1983.As said, the guitar work is really good all over the LP and features some excellent twin lead breaks from Derek Frigo and Josh Ramos; most noticeably on ‘Hard As A Rock’ and ‘Computer Defense’.On ‘Take Me Down’ the band again attempts to a more commercial hard rock, while Ramos again shines on ‘Hell’s Halls’. This track also brings to the fore the aggressive raw vocal style of Peter Marrino.“On The Streets” is a pretty killer debut album from Le Mans, showcasing a great potential for the future for the 5-piece. Eventually, the band was singed by major label Columbia releasing a fantastic self-titled LP, yet much more commercially oriented according to times (1986).But this “On The Streets” is punchy, edgy US metal / hard rock from the fist half of the ’80s – you know, think early Keel, Steeler, pre-major label Dokken, the edgy Quiet Riot, etc.
Line Up:
Peter Marrino - Lead Vocals
Derek Frigo - Lead and rhythm guitar (RIP: May 28, 2004)
Johnny Johnson alias Josh Ramos - Rhytm guitar, keyboards, vocals
Richard Burns – Bass
Kenny Stavropoulos - Drums
Production:
Produced by Mike Varney
Tracklist:
01. Live To Rock
02. On The Streets
03. Nervous Breakdown
04. Outside Looking In
05. Get Him Out Of Here
06. Hard As A Rock
07. Take Me Down
08. Hells Halls
09. Computer Defense
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Le Mans - On The Streets (1983) (Lost Gems Edition 2006)
Le Mans - On The Streets (1983) (Lost Gems Edition 2006)
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