Vicious Delite play Heavy rock with modern influences. Their style is a lot darker and cruel than the friendly party Hard Rock played by frontman
Stephen Pearcy's old band Ratt. The album has a really good sound and especially the sound of the guitars suits this style perfectly.
Stephen Pearcy takes both vocal and lead guitar duties. Pearcy does a great job on the guitar, but him playing lead might explain the few solos on the album, since Stephen is a singer.
There are really no standout tracks on this album. The songs are driven by 3-4 guitar chords, which are repeated through the song. The album seems to float together with the mark of monotone riffing and dark melodies. The material clearly lacks catchy hooks and some really good choruses.
Vicious Delite's influences are clearly grunge and Nu-breed rock, which replaced the hair metal on the charts. The verse for
Inception sounds very like Stone Temple Pilots'
Sex Type Thing. Pearcy's characteristic vocals are all over the album. Surprisingly his individual voice suits the dark guitars and
Vicious Delite's harder edge quite well. However, the material is weak with
So Depressed as the best track. The title perfectly describes my feeling after listening to the whole album.
The album sounds like something Pearcy needed to get out of his system. It seems like he wanted to distance oneself from the party Ratt 'n' Roll that made him famous. I understand this record as a transition to his present music, which is founded on Ratt's style maintaining the modern influences of
Vicious Delite.
Anything that bears the Pearcy name has always been top-notch. As a fan of
Stephen Pearcy it is with sadness that I advise you to either avoid this album or approach with caution.
Written by
Michael Saturday, July 26, 2003
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