Sahara Steel

Sahara Steel

It's a fact that in the early '90s all the people focused in a new […]
By Caterina Zoi
May 16, 2010
Sahara Steel - Sahara Steel album cover

It's a fact that in the early '90s all the people focused in a new wave of music called Grunge...A genre that I personally hate and has nothing to offer musically, a genre that caused many worthy bands to lose their huge reputation, many great albums to fail and many bands that started back then to fall short generally even though they were worth many things.

SAHARA STEEL is one of these bands. An outfit that supported many great bands during the 90s (EXTREME, FOREIGNER etc.) but became another victim of Grunge. They only managed to record a demo called "Sahara Steel" which Anthony Focx remastered and now we are able to listen to this hidden gem. Here I have to mention that it's awful that apart from the songs there wasn't a paper or something with information about this band so I only write what I can come up with.

From its very first note this album shows that it belongs to another decade. It has the classic sound of this period and I believe that this is what makes this album interesting. Nice music, nice songs like the very first "Fatal Heartbreaker", the pretty catchy ballad "Heart Of Fire" and the fast but melodic "Save Your Prayers", plus a nice voice that reminds of Marq Torien in combination with Mike Matijevic (but not in such huge level) and the guitars reminding of George Lynch. These are the parts that characterise this album.

The lovers of the classic sound should definitely listen to it. It's not a masterpiece but it's a CD worth listening to, coming from the past and this is what should motivate you to buy it.

6 / 10

Had Potential

"Sahara Steel" Track-listing:
  1. Fatal Heartbreaker
  2. Back In Trouble
  3. Heart Of Fire
  4. Open Fire
  5. Booze Tattoos And Rock N Roll
  6. Save Your Prayers
  7. Man On The Run
  8. Push Comes To Shove
  9. Good Girl Gone Bad
  10. Over Exposure
Sahara Steel Lineup:

Jack Klunder - Vocals
Patrick Sheppard- Guitar
Mark Moore - Bass
Brian Eckhart - Drums

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