TONY MILLS – Streets Of Chance

Streets Of Chance is the latest solo effort from Melodic Rock veteran Tony Mills.  Mills is best known as the lead vocalist of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Band Shy, and as Tony Harnell’s replacement in TNT, along with a host of bands and solo releases.  Streets Of Chance, Mills 5^th solo outing, is a collaborative effort with a host of contributors, most notably Guitarist Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Night Ranger), and Guitarist Tommy Denander (Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley).

Melodic Rock is enjoying a resurgence, and the bands producing it seem to fall into 2 camps:  those crafting new, modern-edged Rock that calls to mind the golden age of Hair Metal, and those who craft very much the traditional sound, so that it could easily be taken for an album produced in that era.  Streets Of Chance is firmly the latter.  The record sounds and feels like it came straight out of the ’80s, and would have been a smashing success if it had.

“Battleground” has the epic ’80s love song vibe nailed cold. From a production standpoint, the prominent keyboards, the sound of the drums and bass, and Mills soaring vocals will have you almost convinced you heard this record long ago and loved it.  Only the sharpness of the guitar, particularly some of the leads, gives away the modernity when they anachronistically venture into shredding territory, technically surpassing the era to which the rest of the record hearkens.  Fans of Tony Mills, ’80s Hair Metal and Melodic Rock will definitely enjoy.

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