Headhunter (Spitfire Records) by Krokus (CD, Oct-2000, Spitfire Records (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	670211512120
Artist:	Krokus
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	Spitfire Records (USA)
Genre:	Hard Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Headhunter
2. Eat the Rich
3. Screaming in the Night
4. Ready to Burn
5. Night Wolf
6. Stayed Awake All Night
7. Stand and Be Counted
8. White Din
9. Russian Winter

Details
Producer:	Tom Allom
Distributor:	RED Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Krokus: Marc Storace (vocals); Fernando Von Arb, Mark Kohler (guitar); Chris Von Rohr (bass guitar, percussion); Steve Pace (drums).Additional personnel: Rob Halford (background vocals).Swiss rockers Krokus had already been around the bend a number of times by the time they scored their first (and only) American platinum success with 1983's Headhunter. Shameless bandwagon hoppers that they were (their origins lay in cheesy, late-'70s progressive rock), the band at least deserve credit for mixing their musical stew just right on this occasion. The results include the frenetic title track, a highly competent power ballad in "Screaming in the Night," and their biggest hit -- a reworking of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "Stayed Awake All Night." Mid-tempo rockers such as "Eat the Rich" and "Russian Winter" also receive energetic performances from the band, but singer Marc Storace generally makes a nuisance of himself with his grating screech, which falls somewhere between Bon Scott and Accept's Udo Dirkschneider. Though their ridiculous attempt to emulate the pop-metal posturing of the day (guitarist Fernando Von Arb's incessant pouting remains an especially horrifying image) would do them little good, Headhunter, at least, remains Krokus' finest moment. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia