Tokyo Motor Fist
2017, Frontiers Records
- Pickin’ Up the Pieces
- Love Me Insane
- Shameless
- Love
- Black and Blue
- You’re My Revolution
- Don’t Let Me Go
- Put Me to Shame
- Done to Me
- Get You Off My Mind
- Fallin’ Apart
Band:
Ted Poley – Lead Vocals
Steve Brown – Guitar
Greg Smith – Bass
Chuck Burgi – Drums
Producer: Steve Brown
What do you get when you put Danger Danger’s Ted Poley and Trixter’s Steve Brown together? You get Tokyo Motor Fist. If you’re a fan of Danger Danger and Trixter, there’s plenty to enjoy here. A familiar and polished sounding effort, Tokyo Motor Fist offers a brand of melodic hard rock tunes that would sound at home in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
“Put Me to Shame” is probably the best song of 2017, but the rest of the album doesn’t quite reach the heights of that song. Don’t get me wrong — this is a good listen in a background noise kind of way, and there’s nothing “bad” here, but very few stand out tracks.
Musically, the album is what you’d expect from members of Danger Danger and Trixter. Almost every song here you could pass off as the work of either band. Longtime and hardcore Danger Danger and Trixter fans may get more mileage out of this one than I did as I’m only a casual fan of those bands.
Highlights: “Shameless”, “Don’t Let Me Go”, “Put Me to Shame”
