ROXXI

Glam Metal • United States
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This central Massachusetts four piece band was put together in the mid eighties. Fred Grassseschi on vocals, Tony Giustino on drums, Dave Sciammacco on guitar, and Glenn Stewart on bass. Underrated to say the least. This foursome rose above the hairspray and make-up of most of the musicians in this era. This plug in and play band was often compared to the Tesla, Skid Row, and Guns and Roses side of eighties hard rock music due to there no nonsense rules of rock and roll. This bands album was self titled and was also written and produced by Roxxi.
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ROXXI Drive It To Ya Hard album cover 4.27 | 2 ratings
Drive It To Ya Hard
Glam Metal 1990

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ROXXI Drive It To Ya Hard

Album · 1990 · Glam Metal
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Not to be confused with Roxy Blue or Roxx Gang, this Boston-based quartet tried his luck at the glam scene at the early 90s with no knowledge of in couple of years, grunge's wave swept off all similar bands and left only a few standing. What's interesting with this band is although they're signed to an indie label, the songwriting quality and the sound production are very good, and they even got a phenomenal guitar player. The bad thing is this disc has been out of print for too long and no one seems to care to reissue the disc, and this caused the market price to float high to an unreasonable level.

Roxxi's musical style is similar to White Lion meets Firehouse but they got a metallic edge and sounded heavier compared to both bands. There's a slight similarity with Roxy Blue or Heaven's Edge if you happened to know that band. Grasseschi's vocal is quite good and he can even reach the peak notes like Rob Halford while Sciammacco's phenomenal guitar plays steals the show here.

There are too many fantastic tracks to list out but several unforgettable songs that stand up high are the title track with its upbeat rhythm and catchy hooks, perhaps their best moment of the entire album. "Wild Child" and "Take Me Down" had a superb arrangement and killer solos. "Wasted Love" is a cool piano driven power ballad. "Searchin' For The Light" has a Dokken-ized riffing and "Fire In My Heart" is clearly influenced by Poison and a great party anthem. Roxxi's one and only album, "Drive It To Ya Hard!" is a hidden treasure and a valuable gem if you can find one with a decent price. I just hope some labels will reissue this album so it can be heard and owned by glam fans as this is one hell of a record!

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