{"id":3517,"date":"1985-03-01T00:00:01","date_gmt":"1985-03-01T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2013-06-01T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:07:16","slug":"album-review-keel-the-right-to-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-keel-the-right-to-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"KEEL – The Right To Rock (1985) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

KEEL
The Right To Rock<\/strong><\/span>
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\nGold Mountain (1985)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With friends like Gene Simmons how can anyone possibly go wrong? Maybe someone should ask Trigger that question, wherever they are now. Seriously, Ron Keel is about to break big time with huge dollar signs whirring in front of his eyes, which is what he wanted ever since he took Steeler to Los Angeles. The problem is that Ron\u2019s trying to be the new Kiss, or, is it Gene Simmons who is trying to make Keel sound like what the new Kiss should sound like?\u2019<\/p>\n

The Right To Rock<\/em> is an amalgam of Keel originals and Simmons penned contributions. Simmons has never been the greatest of songwriters without Paul Stanley, being a little too in love with his groin, and Keel\u2019s in danger of falling into the same trap, viz. \u2018So Many Girls, So Little Time\u2019, \u2018Get Down\u2019 and \u2018Electric Love\u2019.<\/p>\n

Musically, Keel the band do deliver, and Marc Ferrari and Bryan Jay are fast becoming the hottest guitar duo in LA metal. They crank it up here, whether it be on teen anthems like the title track, gonzoid metal of \u2018Speed Demon\u2019 or basic Keel heavy metal like \u2018Back To The City\u2019 \u2013 arguably the album\u2019s most lethal cut with a fuckin\u2019 brilliant guitar break at the start. But not all is rip roaring good stuff.<\/p>\n

\u2018Easier Said Than Done\u2019 and \u2018So Many Girls, So Little Time\u2019 sees Ron trying very very hard to be Gene Simmons \u2013 the voice that is. A bad sign. Meanwhile \u2018Get Down\u2019, a Simmons song, sounds as if it\u2019s been rejected from the Wendy O. Williams album. While the only reason for covering The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u2018Let\u2019s Spend The Night Together\u2019 again is probably to get it a bigger radio audience than it did on the Lay Down The Law<\/em> album. Ronnie\u2019s clever, huh?<\/p>\n

Some of this album sounds genuine, the rest sounds contrived. I can\u2019t say it any fairer than that.<\/p>\n

Dave Reynolds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 10 (1985)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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