{"id":3198,"date":"1986-02-01T00:00:38","date_gmt":"1986-02-01T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2012-01-16T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T17:57:42","slug":"demo-review-shark-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-shark-island\/","title":{"rendered":"SHARK ISLAND – Demo (1986) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHARK ISLAND<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nShark Island (1986)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Formerly known as The Sharks, Shark Island are the LA\u2019sters who brought us the wonderful Alter Ego<\/em> LP. Yes, those of us into serious music will remember this LP boasted cuts like \u2018LA Rock\u2019, \u2018Under The Table\u2019 and \u2018Into The Wheel\u2019. Well, now the band have bounced back with a new name, two new members and a batch of new killer cuts. The current line-up features Richard Czerny (vocals) and Spencer Sercombe (guitars), with the addition of Tom Rucci (bass) and Walt Woodward III (drums; ex-Americade).<\/p>\n

Now I know for a fact that Shark Island could fill Gazzarri\u2019s in Los Angeles for the rest of their lives; but to survive they are gonna have to take risks and play places like New York and Boston, and even London. That as far as I have heard is the reason why Shark Island haven\u2019t broke it massive before now.<\/p>\n

As far as the band\u2019s music goes; well I would rate them possibly LA\u2019s hottest property along with Poison. Check out demo opener \u2018Dangerous\u2019, which reminds me of prime Y&T. Richard Czerny\u2019s vocals go one step beyond Dave Lee Roth. This slow paced rocker has you hooked to Shark Island\u2019s brand of rock\u2019n\u2019roll almost immediately.<\/p>\n

The atmospheric balladry of \u2018Read My Lips\u2019 is a high point for the finned ones as well, with its characteristic guitar pyrotechnics from one Spencer Sercombe. The whole sound and style reminds me a lot of Billy Idol. \u2018Sex Drive\u2019 has a killer chorus, backed by the best drum sound I\u2019ve heard in ages from Walt \u2018Wildman\u2019 Woodward III. These Sharks seem to have had new life injected into them since Walt joined the band.<\/p>\n

After a scorching version of \u2018Grapevine\u2019 comes the demo\u2019s best cut, \u2018Excess Marks The Spot\u2019, which brings me memories of classic Aerosmith and Van Halen, coupled with the kind of powerful Eric Carr-style drum pounds. This song has everything rock\u2019n\u2019rollers could wish for; from the catchy chorus through to its Roth-like rap. Yep folks, Shark Island are very hot property indeed and I suggest you enlist to the Fin Club now.<\/p>\n

Kelv Hellrazer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 16 (1986)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SHARK ISLAND Shark Island (1986) Formerly known as The Sharks, Shark Island are the LA\u2019sters who brought us the wonderful Alter Ego LP. Yes, those of us into serious music will remember this LP boasted cuts like \u2018LA Rock\u2019, \u2018Under The Table\u2019 and \u2018Into The Wheel\u2019. Well, now the band have bounced back with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-demo-reviews","category-shark-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3738,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}