Reviews
Continued from Pagel 1
“Hellacious Acres”
Dangerous Toys
Columbia
Dangerous Toys first screamed onu
the music scene with their sclf-titlec
debut album in 1989. With the hard
rocking “Teas’n Pleas’n,” and the
disturbing yet toe-tapping single
“Scared,” Dangerous Toys quickl)
made a name for themselves. The)
gained a following that gobbled uj
nearly 500,000 copies of the album.
Now it’s 1991 and the rockers from
Texas are at it again with their second
album release, “Hellacious Acres.’
Not ones to disappoint their fans, the
new album delivers everything thai
the debut album had and more.
A few of the notable songs on the
release are “Gunfighter,” a heavy,
fast-paced tune that leaves an image
of the Eagles’ “Desperado” juiced-up
with a heavy metal attitude. “Gimme*
No Lip,” the second song on the al
bum and the first single released, is a
definitive Dangerous Toys tune that
gives the listener a good look at the
hard edge that dominates their music.
! It’s reminiscent of their past single
I “Teas’n Pleas’n.”
New life is breathed into Bad
! Company’s classic “Feel Like Mak
: ing Love.” With the harder edge given
to the song, it makes for a refreshing
change of pace from the old version.
► As for the rest of the album, Jason
McMaster proves again and again that
his screeching vocals are more than a
worthy opponent for any would-be
rock singer. This is evident on many
of the harder singles, such as the hard
driving “Sticks and Stones” and the
sexually suggestive “On Top.”
And McMaster also shows, unlike
many of today’s hard-rock vocalists,
that he can treat a ballad with feeling
and power. It is McMaster’s powerful
voice that gives Dangerous Toys that
certain edge that produces their unique
sound.
This doesn’t mean that the rest of
the group is lacking in music contri
butions. The dual guitars of Danny
Aaron and Mike Watson produce their
own brand of crunching guitar riffs.
One can detect a certain style in their
guitar playing that was probably
acquired from their Southern roots.
This makes the album a pleaser for
any fan of original guitar rock.. }
Drummer Mark Geary and bassist
Mike Watson both provide the neces
sary back-up that rounds the group
off into one hard rocking unit.
Dangerous Toys is a group that has
shown that in the cluttered hard rock
world of the 1990s a few “Lone Stars”
can shine through the glitz and glam
our.
—James Raitt
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ing the solo played a certain way,” he
said. “But I do like to explore, espe
cially in songs that weren’t quite as
well known, and in a live setting I
have a little more freedom to do that.”
The band put a lot of thought into
exactly what songs they should play
and, according to Lehman, the group
was anxious to see how the crowds
would react to their choices.
“When we hit the stage, we were
interested to sec how the audience
would react,” he said. “It’s always a
guessing game, but I think we’ve
done OK because a lot of people have
responded well to the songs on the
list.”
When the band broke up in 1987,
according to Skrivan, it was partly
because of inexperience and disap
pointment that the rewards didn’t come
as quickly a > they had hoped.
“It was very hard to break up,
because we were all good friends and
the experience was very frustrating,”
Skrivan said. “But it worked out well
because we learned a lot apart from
each other and that has made the
group stronger.”
Skrivan said the band members
i
are slill good friends, and that makes
the experience more enjoyable.
“It’s belter than if we were like
business partners or something, be
cause we’re not afraid to tell each
other when we’re (messing) up and
there’s a very relaxed atmosphere when
we rehearse,” he said.
To go along with a new image, the
band has a come up with an innova
tive approach to their performances.
“We came up with the idea to
make our performances the total
experience,” Skrivan said. “We’re
going to have something for each of
the five senses, a lot of surprises and
things people don’t expect. We really
want to get the crowd into it.”
However, Skrivan admitted, they
haven’t come up with an idea for taste
yet, but are open to suggestions.
Members of The Precaution/ are
all students at the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln except for percussion
ist Dave Pcndlcy, who graduated from
UNL with a degree in engineering.
All the members of the group said
classes come first, for now but, Skri
van said, the band is taking things one
day at a time.
“We’re working on our original
tunes and hope to start integrating
them into the act, but there’s a laid
back approach and no definite time
table,” he said. “There’s no pressure
to hurry up and get out a record or
anything like that, we’re just having
fun and taking things as they come.
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