Image – In the Middle of Nowhere

Image
In the Middle of Nowhere
1988 (no label)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Kevin Valliquette – Lead vocals, guitars
Jeff Bright – Lead Guitars, vocals
Steve Kenney – Bass, vocals
Billy Kirkland – Drums, vocals

1. He’s the One
2. I Stood Alone
3. Lost
4. Endless Love

Can you say hair metal? This demo jumps out of the gate with a strong dose of late 80s hair metal, mixed with a bit of 60s-inspired pop metal like Enuff Z’Nuff and a dash of over-the-top glam metal like Pretty Boy Floyd. They really understood how to write catchy hooks – especially on the opening track and “Lost” (my favorite of the batch). “Lost” was actually on the Underground Metal II compilation, so you might have heard it before. They even have the required glam metal power ballad (“I Stood Alone”). This demo doesn’t have a date on it, but when they later released it to streaming services, it had the date of 1988 on it. They also had another demo called Heads or Tails in 1989 (with a different vocalist and lead guitarist it seems) and an unreleased demo from 1992 called Drivn’ All Night.