First Strike – 1990 Demo

First Strike
Demo
1990 (no label)
Sacramento, California, USA

Side A:

1. You
2. I’ll Be There
3. 2nd Chance
4. Hold You
5. Living Without You
6. Running

Side B:

1. Tell Me

I had heard about this demo a while back – but wasn’t able to find a copy until recently. It also seems there is a CD-R out there with both this and 1987’s Crank It Up demos. For this tape, the band continues to delve into 80s commercial pop metal. This is the kind of sound that would have been ruling the airwaves in 1990. Lighter, more fun, but of course without the party attitude of their contemporaries. The production is a bit rougher in places than their previous releases, but that could be from degrading tape quality as well. Hard to tell. This copy of the demo came with an interview with Doug Van Pelt of Heaven’s Metal as well. But after this, it seems the band called it quits at some point.