CATS IN BOOTS — Kicked And Klawed (review)

CATS IN BOOTS — Kicked And Klawed album cover Album · 1989 · Glam Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
Cats In Boots, a short-lived sleaze act which consisted of two different countries, American with Joel Ellis and Randy Meers, and Japanese with Yasuhiro Hatae and Takashi O'Hashi. Some might know Ellis from his days with Heavy Bones, one-time band with Frankie Banali, but this time, 'Kicked and Klawed' is a totally different beast. Lots of uptempo, energetic songs, wrapped with that dirty sleaze effect, and the band also has some monstrous riffs they should be proud of.

'Shotgun Sally' is full of firey hooks, a brilliant starter, this is one of their strongest tracks and probably legendary that many knew this band only by this one song. 'Nine Lives (Save Me)' is very sleazy, the riffs are awesome, and this stayed as my other personal fave since I first heard them million years ago. 'Her Monkey' is as bluesy as Great White with fast tempo; 'Long, Long Way From Home' is a great hard rock tune; 'Coast To Coast' and 'Judas Kiss' are as huge as the first two tracks; and 'Heaven On A Heartbeat' is the most metal track of the album.

Some weak tunes are probably 'Whip It Out', 'Every Sunrise', and 'Evil Angel', but all in all, they didn't prevent this album from being a bad-ass that people mostly forgot. With many superb songs all over the place, and recently reissued by Rock Candy after being sold very expensive for a while on the market, it's a best bargain you can have out there.
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Rot Stink Rip Death Metal
TOMBSTONER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Human Rosin Melodic Metalcore
HATE BREEDER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Through The Hell Hardcore Punk
ENEMY 906
Buy this album from MMA partners
Lightmatter: Rebirth Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Eye Of Horus (Lightmatter EP Pt. 2) Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

Agremorta - Adrocitas (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 4 days ago
Agremorta - Ploratus Umbra (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 4 days ago
Agremorta - Vertex Membrana (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 4 days ago
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR - The Temple Of Curved Space (Official Track Stream)
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR
adg211288· 4 days ago
In Sulfur - The Gate (OFFICIAL VIDEO) 2022
IN SULFUR
Bosh66· 5 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed