TRIXTER

Glam Metal • United States
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Trixter is an American glam metal, hard rock band from Paramus, New Jersey. The band achieved moderate success in the late 1980s and early 1990s but disbanded for several years as glam metal lost mainstream popularity. The most recent lineup reunited in 2008 to tour and record new material.

History

Trixter was formed in 1983 by Paramus, New Jersey natives Steve Brown, Doug Cowie (Dougie C.), Pete Archibald (Pete Loran) and Mike Pane. After only a single show, drummer Mike Pane was replaced by new drummer Mark Spreiregen (Mark 'Gus' Scott) in 1984. By 1986 Trixter was a constant fixture on the concert scene, quickly growing a tremendous fan base. By 1987 Trixter was playing with acts like Kix and Skid Row and found themselves being courted by several major record labels. In 1988, Trixter began recording at legendary Bear Tracks Studios in New York with engineer Nelson Ayers, most notable for
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TRIXTER Trixter album cover 2.79 | 3 ratings
Trixter
Glam Metal 1990
TRIXTER Hear! album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Hear!
Glam Metal 1992
TRIXTER Undercovers album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Undercovers
Glam Metal 1994
TRIXTER New Audio Machine album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
New Audio Machine
Glam Metal 2012

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TRIXTER Alive In Japan album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
Alive In Japan
Glam Metal 2008

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TRIXTER Best Of Trixter album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best Of Trixter
Glam Metal 2008

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TRIXTER Trixter

Album · 1990 · Glam Metal
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This New Jersey pop metal act actually had been playing together since 1985, but not until in 1989, they landed a good deal with MCA and went to Hollywood to record their debut. I heard a lot of Bon Jovi influences in their music, and probably not a coincidence since they're raised in the same town with Jon. Honestly said, Trixter can be considered a late follower of the scene, and with an average musicianship, nothing's really spectacular about them, but one thing that important is Trixter came out to have fun, to give you a lot of fun, and I catch their spirit throughout this album.

The first single, "Line of Fire", didn't hide their intention of borrowing Bon Jovi's arrangement. A decent track but when "Heart of Steel" came into play, that's when I start to like them. A memorable lines sweeping across the sing-along chorus, this came out as their best offering. The first video release of "Give It To Me Good" rewarded them a top spot in an MTV show, the song is quite good, but the second video, "One In A Million", is much better and one of my all time fave. Loran's vocal is okay, Brown's guitar is averagely good, but their weakness clearly was on the drummer, Mark Scott. His play sounded a bit dull and weak and that's just sad. "Only Young Once" and "You'll Never See Me Cryin" are great as well, but the rest are largely forgettable, even though nothing's totally horrible.

Sound production is slightly below average, but thanks to several radio friendly singles, this album was successfully went gold and Trixter enjoyed a moderate success with this album. Don't look for any virtuosity or complex-structured songs inside, this is the type of album you want to play when you're out with the boys, for some casual fun getaway, or to get completely wasted.

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