Category Archives: Stephen Pearcy
STEPHEN PEARCY – Social Intercourse
Stephen Pearcy – Social Intercourse (2002, Top Fuel Records/Triple X Records)
Track Listing:
1. “I Gotta Be Me” – 2:28
2. “Can’t Ever Get Enough” – 2:59
3. “Freak” – 3:35
4. “In Like Pink” – 3:06
5. “Ya Gotta Love That” – 2:29
6. “In the Corner” – 2:38
7. “Turn It Upside Down” – 3:48
8. “Live to Die” – 2:04
9. “Ya Talkin’ to Me” – 2:57
10. “Five Fingers” – 3:22
11. “Rock Kandy” – 2:31
Band:
Stephen Pearcy – Vocals, Guitar
Frank Willsey – Guitar
Mark Zavon – Guitar
Matt Thorne – Bass
Brian Burwell – Drums
Produced by: Stephen Pearcy
Now THIS is a good Stephen Pearcy solo effort. I talked about his second release Fueler already, now let’s talk about the first one. This album is more in line with what you might expect from Pearcy– melodic hard rock that doesn’t stray too far from Ratt, although the songs are a bit heavier at times. “Can’t Ever Get Enough” displays the Ratt influence perfectly. It’s a great rock song and definitely the best song on the album.
Ratt fans would probably enjoy this CD a lot more than Fueler.
Highlights: “Can’t Ever Get Enough”, “Freak”, “In Like Pink”, “Ya Gotta Love That”, “Turn It Upside Down”
Lowlights: “In the Corner”, “Five Fingers” (signs of things to come from Fueler)
STEPHEN PEARCY – Fueler
Stephen Pearcy – Fueler (2005, Top Fuel Records/Cleopatra Records)
Track Listing:
1. “Overdrive” – 2:32
2. “Kill Kitty” – 2:43
3. “That Sick Thing” – 2:04
4. “Godsmack” – 2:58
5. “Drive with Me” – 2:46
6. “Spy vs. Spy” – 3:01
7. “Young and the Damned” – 3:02
8. “Dream Machine” – 2:13
9. “Gamblers & Thieves” – 3:20
10. “Sinomatic” – 3:30
11. “Round & Round XXX” – 4:34
Band:
Stephen Pearcy – Vocals (D’uh!)
Mark Zavon – Guitar
Erik Ferentinos – Guitar
Troy Johnson – Bass
Rich Contadino – Drums
Produced by: Stephen Pearcy
I bought this album probably waaaaaaaaaaay back in 2006 (alongside Pearcy’s 1st solo CD Social Intercourse) because I love Ratt. I think they’re one of the most underrated bands of their era. So, I wanted to see what “The Voice of Ratt” could do on his own… Not much.
I was looking online to see what others think and there seems to be two camps of opinion for this album. The first camp says, “it sucks”. The second camp says, “it’s great”. Count me as a member of Camp #1.
I just CANNOT get into this album. The production is very poor and it’s just heavy noise to me. Pearcy makes no attempt whatsoever to continue with the Ratt sound or any type of melodic hard rock at all. It’s just a bunch of industrial/alternative/nu-metal sludge. I’ve seen lots of comments saying “if you’re a Ratt fan, check this out!”
Well, I say, if you’re a Ratt fan, please ignore this release. There’s only one redeeming song here: “Gamblers & Thieves”. Pearcy covers himself with “Round and Round XXX”. I don’t know why the “XXX” is there, but whatever. The original “Round and Round” is a great song, and it is played pretty straight here, but the production on the song is so horrible (it totally muffles the guitars) that I can’t even give THAT a pass.
Highlights: “Gamblers & Thieves”
Lowlights: The rest of the album
