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		Wig Wam "667...The Neighbour of the Beast" (TBA,2004) Producer: Genre: Glam Rock Format: Album Website: www.wigwam.no Reviewed by: Kaj Roth Add to MySpace Add to Facebook

Glam-Lead Vocals,Teeny-Guitars,Flash-Bass and Sporty-Drums...there you have the guys behind this HUGE PARTY AOR DOSE you?re getting if you lay your hands on WIG WAM?s new album by the humorous title "667..The Neighbour of the Beast".
But I have to warn you because you gotta be real huge fan of classic 80?s AOR like Bon Jovi?s "Living on a prayer",Vanhalen?s "Jump" and Alice Cooper?s "Poison",otherwise you might think this is rather silly....I don?t have any problems with this overdose of Desmond Child era sounding songs.
It?s done with a real portion of humour,some of you may draw parallels to The Darkness but I don?t see any similarities to those Retro rockers more than they are both saluting the 80?s.

These Norwegian party rockers play very well and have lots of singalong choruses that won?t leave your head for another year or so,WIG WAM came 3rd in the Norwegian contest of the Eurovision song contest with the song "Crazy things" this year which isn?t really that kinda song that belongs in the Grand Prix family....however they lighted up things a bit with that crazy AOR ride.
Guitarist Teeny has a sound not far from his fellow country man Ronni Le Tekro of TNT,quite a good cutting edge to his axework but the Eddie VanHalen inspired "Erection" felt a bit unnecessary on the album....we already have "Eruption" from VH.

They also do an AOR version of Melanie C?s hit "Turn to you",good song-good cover and the catchy "Bless the night" is a true Arena rocker (even if some guitarharmonies sounds spooky close to Scorpions "Rock you like hurricane".Jump on over to AOR Heaven and get it now,yeeehaaa!
The album has been re-released as "It?s hard to be a rocknroller in Kiev" with the bonus track "In my dreams".

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Comment by Hoss1970 at 11 Aug 2008 21:37
My rating:
-Don't let the cheesy name and costumes fool you. This is a fun over the top AOR rocker with both an 80's and modern feel with out of sight laughable visuals. The lead singer seems to have the ability to hit virtually any note and 3+ octave range. The Fluffy AOR "In My Dreams" will bring back pleasant 80's memories and will be difficult to forget the chorus. These guys are simply just plain fun to listen to and watch. A worthy album for your collection.

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JON BON JOVI turned down the lead role in the film version of "Footloose" in order to concentrate on the band and his music.

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