NOBODY RIDES FOR FREE
BUT YOU CAN RIDE WITH ME
There was no doubt that
Dirty Looks
meant business
with the release of their
debut album
for Atlantic records
in 1988.
The album was a
boiling cauldron of
big riffs
and
serious hooks
placing the band
right next to such classic
four-to-the-floor
purveyors of simple,
dirty rock 'n' roll
such as
AC/DC
and
Krokus.
Issued in 1989
and titled
Turn Of The Screw,
the band moved on to
a new producer
in
John Jansen
(Billy Squier, Britny Fox)
and set about
recording in
New York
at the world-renowned
Power Station studios.
A previous attempt to
record in
Los Angeles
with producer
of the moment
Beau Hill
had been abandoned
so the pressure was on
to deliver a
solid follow up.
Behind the scenes
it appears that certain,
unsubstantiated,
machinations
were working to hint
that Henrik
was being earmarked to
collaborate with
AC/DC,
something that has never been
fully looked at until now.
Turn Of The Screw
it must be said,
is another righteous stab
at full-frontal riff rock
packed with some
great and catchy tunes
such as
'Take What Ya Get',
'Slammin To The Big Beat',
the title track
and anthem
'Nobody Rides For Free'.
It's another
enormous tribute
too simple but
effective loud
and proud
hard rock.
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