By Kieran Dargan

(Fireworks Magazine) U.K.

CD: Miss Crazy
Title: Miss Crazy
Label: Metal Mayhem

Yet another release from Metal Mayhem , Miss Crazy are in actual
fact a current concern rather than an obscure eighties metal band , and in actual
fact are quite good, nay, very good in fact. Despite the band
opting for a gimmick wearing white faces in the mould of Kiss without the stars
or stripes!

Track one, ‘No Compromise’ is without doubt the weakest track on the album , but from here on in,
it’s one hell of an album all the way through. The band make no secret of their love of classic 80’s
hard rock ala Cinderella, Kiss, AC/DC and Kix and in fact they are by FAR
the nearest thing to the mighty Kix that you are liable to hear short
of a reunion of the original band. Lead singer Markus Christopher is a
dead ringer for Steve Whiteman, in fact so much so that I had to check
the credits to make sure it wasn’t Whiteman himself delivering the
whisky soaked gravel pit delivery that the band patented during their reign
as the uncrowned kings of the East Coast.

Check out the brooding ‘Indie Island’ or the driving ‘Life’s been Good’ , both of which
are undeniable born and bred in the eighties slices of American hard rock that if
were included on any Kix album would have driven it multi platinum.
‘So Long’ is also worth a mention , no frills riff mania with a killer bottom
end , written to be played on Friday night …….the perfect start to
the weekend. The ballad, ‘You’re Blue’ is the heir apparent to ‘Don’t
close your Eyes’, in fact if Kix had this as a follow up single they would have
repeated their top ten success with ease. Ok, enough about Kix, it’s most
definitely not fair on Miss Crazy, just for good measure they throw
in two prime time early Cinderella stompers in the shape of the
pumping ‘Billie’ and the enormous ‘Now’. I honestly cannot remember
the last time I heard an album of this style delivered with such conviction and
honesty.

Miss Crazy have come up with the goods first time out, a storming
hard rocking debut that is utterly deserving of a home in the cd
collections of every self respecting Kix fan, not to mention Cinderella and
AC/DCfans too.

Take a bow one and all…………..you Can still rock in
America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miss Crazy Style!!!