DAMN CHEETAH PRIMAL CD

DAMN CHEETAH ---  PRIMAL ---- 2003 KIVEL RECORDS RELEASE

Les Brown - vocals
Carl Fragnito - guitar, backing vocals
Anthony Fragnito - bass, backing vocals
Dante Renzi - drums


Tracks:

1. Damn Cheetah
2. Maybe Tomorrow
3. If You Like What You See
4. Forever
5. Love Thunder
6. Some Kinda Woman
7. Without Your Love
8. Gimme Gimme
9. King Of The Hill
10. Hungry For Love
11. Tonight

Whitesnake and Y&T fans will enjoy the rocking debut release from New York's Damn Cheetah. Their music, whilst reminding me of the aforementioned bands also reminds me of a little known act called Defcon who released a cracking set of melodic hard rock demos around the same time these guys started, only Defcon had Rudy Sarzo produce their demos, that's not a knock at Damn Cheetah but isn't it ironic how albums like this get released, yet Defcon still remain and undiscovered classic locked away in Sarzo's vault somewhere gathering dust.

You know I really like Damn Cheetah. The production is good and all the songs rock the way they should, what more could you ask for? A third Damn Yankees maybe (smile)? As the story goes, had Damn Cheetah put out this album back then, chances are today we may well have cited them along the like of bands like XYZ, Tesla etc... Anyway onto to what matters - the music. The band are fronted by former NRG singer Les Brown who had a song featured in the movie Transformers.

The album kicks off with 'Damn Cheetah' and its rock 'n' roll all the way, I couldn't believe the range on Les Brown's voice, hell it may as well be Coverdale singing all the way, this song sound like the sister to Whitesnake's 'Kitten's Got Claws"' from "Slip Of The Tongue" and borrows it's chorus, it's fun and it rocks. 'Maybe Tomorrow' is more sensational eighties hard rock with a killer chorus, this song is like XYZ and Tesla crossed with Quiet Riot and Whitesnake. It's also very melodic and the chorus is just wicked.

'If You Like What You See' is all drums, guitars, it's a romping rocker which reminds me of Cinderella. Next up is the very melodic ballad 'Forever And A Day', then it's back to the chunky slabs of hard rock with the killer 'Love Thunder', check out the killer vocal screams on this sucka, very Whitesnake circa "SOTT". This is followed by 'Some Kinda Woman' which is more raunchy hard rock. 'Without Your Love' is as you have guessed, a ballad, but it's a good one, close your eyes and you can feel the lighters burning, a massive ballad with a glorious dreamy chorus.

'Gimme Gimme' is another of the albums highlights, it's a hot fun rocker and is most addictive. 'King Of The Hill' fools around with acoustic guitars, once again Les Brown sounds massive and the song as a whole reminds me of Tesla, and I'm a massive Tesla fan, so this gets the thumbs up. 'Hungry For Love' is a commercial rocker, the hooks remind me of some Mr.Big material, especially their song 'Temperamental' from "Bump Ahead", go and listen and notice the same kind of riffs. Again the Coverdale wrenched vocals of Brown are very good and this song is one of my favourites on the album as it is just so damn (cough) catchy.

The Europe sounding 'Tonight' is a big melodic power ballad graced with delicate keyboards that sound like Heart's 'Alone', this is the best ballad on the album and it huge and the perfect way to end the album with Les Brown crooning away like Joey Tempest, the chorus really rocks and is catchy as hell, classic stuff with top notch guitar licks from Carl Fragnito.

Damn Cheetah is a massive album, let's hope they get to make a bigger and better second album. Make sure you buy this one, great stuff.

90/100

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