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The First Temptation by Bitches Sin
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fave it Heavy Metal | 80's Metal
11 tracks | 36 minutes
Released Apr 2006
on Majestic Rock
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 Down the Road lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 Down the Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 Down the Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:20 White Lady lyrics BUY MP3 02:20 White Lady lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:20 White Lady
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 Bitches Sin lyrics BUY MP3 03:15 Bitches Sin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:15 Bitches Sin
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:35 Two of a Kind lyrics BUY MP3 02:35 Two of a Kind lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:35 Two of a Kind
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:42 Ice Angels lyrics BUY MP3 05:42 Ice Angels lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:42 Ice Angels
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:16 Tighter Than Tight lyrics BUY MP3 04:16 Tighter Than Tight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:16 Tighter Than Tight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:42 Heavy Life lyrics BUY MP3 02:42 Heavy Life lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:42 Heavy Life
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 Down the Road lyrics BUY MP3 02:51 Down the Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:51 Down the Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:23 Fallen Star lyrics BUY MP3 03:23 Fallen Star lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:23 Fallen Star
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Hold On to Love lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Hold On to Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Hold On to Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Strangers On the Shore lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Strangers On the Shore lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Strangers On the Shore
Legendary 80's HM band with blistering lead guitar work by the Toomey Brothers.
Editorial review
Like many secondary New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands, Bitches Sin achieved precious little notoriety with the albums and singles released during their nondescript existence, only to witness quite unbelievable interest from later-day metal collectors, whose curiosity stretched even as far as checking out their unofficial catalog. 2004's Majestic Rock release, The First Temptation, is the plastic, silvery proof, delving deep into the band's past to unearth their legendary first demo from August, 1980, originally titled "Twelve Pounds and No Kinks," as well as a smattering of sessions from the BBC's Friday Rock Show. Needless to say, sound quality is not one of this package's strong suits (or even concerns), but it also might have been a lot worse, and of course we're talking about a genre where raw authenticity is actually revered as a prime attribute. What's more, only one of these seven demos (the slow churning epic "Ice Angels") would later resurface on Bitches Sin's official releases, making surprisingly accomplished offerings like "Down the Road," "Two of a Kind" (part Iron Maiden, part Praying Mantis), and the boogie-inflected "Heavy Life" that much more compelling. By the same token, poorly executed efforts like "White Lady" (marred by somewhat hysterical vocals) and the band's clumsy eponymous song are similarly easier to forgive, since they are, in fact, merely demos. "Down the Road" is reprised for the band's BBC session, which took place one year later, in August of 1981, and featured an almost entirely new Bitches Sin lineup. It also introduced significantly advanced material like "Fallen Star" (a mixture of Thin Lizzy and AOR), "Hold on to Love" (a fast-paced metal romp) and the group's most famous composition, the still awesome "Strangers on the Shore." And so, one is surprised to find that, as a whole, The First Temptation is quite a bit more interesting than initially expected, and highly collectible for NWOBHM fanatics, to boot. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Just one of the many interviews surrounding the BITCHES SIN legend.........www.bitchessin.com
You and your brother Pete have founded the band 1980. A little later the cassette "Twelve Pounds And No Kinks" comes out. Tell to us a little bit about it. Which statement is behind the title "Twelve Pounds And No Kinks"? And which musicians were present at that time?
"We had been together for about 4 months and had a lot of ideas for songs. It was important to find out what we sounded like and to see if there was any future for the band so it was important to go to the studio and record those early ideas like ‘Down The Road’ and ‘Ice Angels’. The title ‘Twelve Pounds And No Kinks’ came from an advert for a call girl that we saw in a telephone booth in Soho, London. The band members at the time were Ian and Pete on guitars, Alan ‘Cocky’ Cockburn vocals, Perry Hodder bass, Billy Knowles drums."
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