DANGEROUS TOYS FOR DUMMIES

As recently as Monday, I was aghast by dudes dissing Dangerous Toys as some Gn’R clone or another hair rock poof brigade. That makes no sense. Where Guns were punky, angry, and anthemic, Toys were bluesy, ribald, and wry. Where glam metal was about sky-high party times, Toys and their brethren in Badlands, Junkyard, Love/Hate, and BulletBoys were about fun and survival on the barfy edge of a born-to-lose life.

I mean, I get the confusion; after all, each of the above was attached to the scene on MTV, in magazines, and on opening slots on tour. A similar misperception might mire a real metal band like BTBAM or Behemoth if they surfaced sporting skinny jeans and complicated hair cuts. Okay that’d be hilarious, but anyway, all of this blabbing is in service of you, MetalSucks reader, and your unending quest to jam harder and more often than everyone. In this spirit, we present five ridiculous Dangerous Toys jamz for your face, each a diamond of slick melodies and Scott Dalhover’s beautifully-voiced chords. I defy you to not love each. Or hey, fine, you can cheat yourself of awesome jamz. Now, turn the shit up.

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–ADF