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DANGEROUS TOYS
1989 - Dangerous Toys.
1991 - Hellacious Acres.
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May 3, 1989 - 2024: 35 years of: Dangerous Toys.

The other hardrock band from Texas.

During the last tide of American hardrock, 1989 would again provide another wildcard ...the wild-boys of DANGEROUS TOYS.

The rough party starts with instant "Teas'n, Pleas'n". Hot boogie and serious rocknroll attitude, the band ups with "Scared" and the cold-shot of "Take Me Drunk". Also proudly showing their AC/DC appreciation on "Ten Boots (Stompin')" and overall rockabillia with the LP's closer "That Dog".

The bad-assery lawman killer of "Outlaw" and hard-hitting "Bones In The Gutter" provides more slick riffing and piston-pumping rebel-rock machinery. Youth gone wild is an understatement.

Austin cowboy-rock, packaged under a Sunset Strip flair, during the decade's conclusive cock-rock quintessence. A little bit late to the party, yet still ass-kickin'. Pissed, meaner and meatier, the dangerous ones would flex again with 1991's monstrous Hellacious Acres CD.

"Man ...I think I got the wrooooong house !" *
Teas'n, Pleas'n = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMWvrE5udIk
Scared = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVqeoI4klLE
Dangerous Toys = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGLN6dr8TLU&list=PLW4kcln4zjEoCHblOR6PCcmvvGjkfZ6gQ
Interview in 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGzln0GfJA

June 4, 1991 - 2026: 35 years of: Hellacious Acres.

Welcome to the land of no-return.

The last rock punches before Autumn 1991's scene shift. These DANGEROUS TOYS have been teas'n and pleas'n since their 1989 raw eponymous debut-LP ...it was now time for one last ride thru these untamed lands.

The quick shoot-out of "Gunfighter" is all you need for that xtra mojo. The battle ain't over until you flex and use some "Sticks & Stones" and "Sugar, Leather & The Nail", some of the the most obnoxious hardrock, not from the Strip area.

A little louder, as the raspy grooves of "Line 'Em Up" is all hooks and loud boggie-rock, while more addictive rhythms are exposed on "Gimme' No Lip". The BAD COMPANY's redition of "Feel Like Makin' Love" is a fine heavier southern version of the '75 classic.

After 1988's glorious hardrock second-wave, a harder-edge wave, all odd's were off has who would competition GNR, L.A.GUNS and that other, harder band from Texas: PANTERA. The highly addictive DANGEROUS TOYS gang are not a glam band, but an honest rawk-n-roll band, that sadly got caught in the new alternatives of the times.

Taking a bite of the 90s, the band would dwell in the underground with 1994's metalized Pissed CD.

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Line 'Em Up = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaMl_LoY34
Gimme' No Lip = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lpexIp5wwI
Sticks & Stones = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-eFLZ-93_4
Hellacious Acres = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JAh8ozN7hw&list=OLAK5uy_nUiLK0XEOqMM1y1ia7dD9b6aHuaUQ3A2Q
Interview in New Jersey in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYAP0C01U7A
Live in Sacramento in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uE4xEg6nAE