As requested, here we have the Canadian CD remastered reissue of HAYWIRE 1986’s debut album “Bad Boys“. While the band easily was one the best Melodic (Hard) Rock bands produced by Canada during the ’80s, if you ask a fan of the genre, HAYWIRE rarely pop up as one of them or the first coming to mind. You get as an answer Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite, Triumph, etc.
but this 5-piece from Charlottetown were second to none, and even better than many of their contemporaries.
After entering in a Toronto radio station ‘battle of the bands’ contest in 1985, Haywire recorded by themselves an EP, and eventually got signed by the now legendary Canadian label Attic Records (Triumph).
The label secured the expert hands & ears of Brian Allen (Toronto, Lee Aaron, Santers) to produce Haywire’s debut, and the result was “Bad Boys”, released in 1986. The title track, chosen as single, exploded at local radio stations, and soon conquered America and MTV.
This is the kind of Melodic Rock with poppy AOR melodies that ruled the mid-’80s, with catchy choruses all over. The other singles “Standin’ In Line” and “Shot In The Dark” (all also video-clips) follow the same style; slick production, clean instrumentation and lots of keyboard-oriented tunes.
“Bad Boys” is prime Canuck Melodic Rock / AOR from the golden era, and a must have in your collection if you are fan of the genre.
Highly Recommended
01 – Bad Bad Boy
02 – Standin’ in Line
03 – She’s Not (The Kind of Girl)
04 – Holding You
05 – Out of My Head
06 – When You Fall out of Love
07 – 3 Wishes
08 – Girl in Love
09 – Shot in the Dark
10 – Crazy
Paul MacAusland – vocals
David Rashed – keyboards and backing vocals
Marvin Birt – guitars and backing vocals
Ronnie Switzer – bass
Sean Kilbride – drums
Ron LeBlanc – drums on “Crazy”, “Girl in Love”, “Out of My Head”
HAYWIRE – Bad Boys [Canadian remastered reissue] , MP3+FLAC
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