Rock Hard
By The Pandoras
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Track listing
- A1 Run Down Love Battery 3:29
- A2 Tryin' Ain't Good Enough 3:24
- A3 Six Times a Day 3:41
- B1 He's Coming 2:47
- B2 Craving 2:59
- B3 Close Behind 4:03
- Total length: 20:23
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Rarely does a band get fucked over by fate like The Pandoras, and it has a lot to do with why they never got big despite an amazing live show and two great first albums. They went through four labels in four years, their third LP got shelved and Rock Hard was downgraded from LP to EP when they ran out of money. That last fact looms large as like the unreleased Come Inside, Rock Hard is the work of a band hoping to sell some records, doubling down on a generic hair metal sound designed for radio rather than anything like the personality seen on Hot Generation or Stop Pretending. Still, if commercial trope-embracing 80s rock is your thing, the likes of Run Down Love Battery and Six Times A Day are competent examples of the style though they feel stale even for 1988. There’s a horniness evident on Rock Hard (Six Times A Day and He’s Coming - complete with orgasmic moans from vocalist Paula Pierce - are about exactly what you think) and it’s unclear whether it’s a bold expression of female sexuality or an attempt to pander to heterosexual male rock fan fantasies. Whatever the case may be, it isn’t as interesting as the cool, tough character Pierce played on earlier Pandora’s albums.
And sadly that was that for the Pandoras. After an international tour intended to be their global coming out was canceled due to low sales, the band’s inability to get a pay day after working their asses off for years brought tensions to a boil, and keyboardist Melanie Vammen and bassist Kim Shattuck were off to form The Muffs. Pierce took some time to reflect but in 1991 assembled another group and began work on what might have been the fourth Pandoras long-player. Tragically, soon after sessions began she collapsed in the shower one night, the victim of an undiagnosed brain aneurysm. She died instantly aged just 31.
RIP Paula Pierce 1960-1991
And sadly that was that for the Pandoras. After an international tour intended to be their global coming out was canceled due to low sales, the band’s inability to get a pay day after working their asses off for years brought tensions to a boil, and keyboardist Melanie Vammen and bassist Kim Shattuck were off to form The Muffs. Pierce took some time to reflect but in 1991 assembled another group and began work on what might have been the fourth Pandoras long-player. Tragically, soon after sessions began she collapsed in the shower one night, the victim of an undiagnosed brain aneurysm. She died instantly aged just 31.
RIP Paula Pierce 1960-1991
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Combining three chords and sultry sex, The Pandoras' deliver suburban garage rock with a girl's teasing touch. Leaning on Joan Jett, with a pull from the punk side, plus a sense of humor, Paula Pierce and the L.A. girls riff 'n' roll their way through the six short 'n simple songs that fill-out Rock Hard.
It's a lusty ride to fantasy land as the young and wild Pandoras bang out the likes of "Run Down Love Battery", "Six Times a Day", "He's Coming" and the four-minute EP closing number "Close Behind". Produced by Stevie Salas, the songs from 1988 release by Restless Records carried over with a bigger impact from the concert stage.
KNOCK IT BACK!
It's a lusty ride to fantasy land as the young and wild Pandoras bang out the likes of "Run Down Love Battery", "Six Times a Day", "He's Coming" and the four-minute EP closing number "Close Behind". Produced by Stevie Salas, the songs from 1988 release by Restless Records carried over with a bigger impact from the concert stage.
KNOCK IT BACK!
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Maybe doesn't hold up today, but this was a lot of fun upon its release. "He's coming" and "Run Down Love Battery" stand out.
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These chicks live record struck me as a lot of fun, but somehow this studio platter just plays things a little to L.A. metal to my liking. Of course I still can't get "Six Times A Day" out of my head, and these gals R rated sex metal should have at least got them a fairly large audience, but I guess you can't win them all.
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26 Dec 2021
30 Jun 2021
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A1
Run Down Love Battery
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A2
Tryin' Ain't Good Enough
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A3
Six Times a Day
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B1
He's Coming
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B2
Craving
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B3
Close Behind
9 Jan 2021
25 Nov 2020
4 Aug 2020
4 Jul 2020
24 Feb 2019
31 Jul 2018
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