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CIRCUS OF POWER
1990 - Vices.
way more Helter Skelter.

May 21, 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: Vices.

N-Y-C D.I.Y.

Hail the city's ass-kickers. After 1988's self-tilted debut-LP, here's more gritty hardrock with street-attitude. From the wrong-side of the track, enter the wild realm of CIRCUS OF POWER.

Walk through the "Gates Of Love", obnoxious and abrasive and gettin' a load of "Desire / Fire In The Night". More hot overdrive is spewed on "Doctor Potion" and the Sunset Strip gutters of "Los Angeles".

The arena is shook to the core by both "Last Call Rosie" and "Two River Highway", a pure biker-rock worship session. The southern bluesy cool "Don't Drag Me Down" is a fine touch, while the highly addictive laidback BLACK SABBATH-y title-track for "Vices", doomrocked it's way into hostile Headbanger's Ball rotation.

Parts GUNS 'N ROSES, parts MOTÖRHEAD and parts AC/DC ...it's 1990 and these tattooed boys kicked out the jam. From the punk-city that never sleeps, harsh dirty-rock is just another day at the office for these rebels.

Incorporating stoner-sounds and devilish grooves, speakers would melt under 1993's Magic & Madness CD.
RIP Ryan Maher (1964-2020)

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Vices = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coL71N438p0
Vices = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zdVQpWhH4&list=PLLy1F0NPv5gpPXridGnshxgSsJx2dPk_1
Interview in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L68e4JsuFpI
Live at The Ritz in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLHvYNL3Zig