Grunge was taking off, and yet we were having our two biggest albums. It makes me wonder how well theyd have done had they been out in 1987 The turbulent story of Lillian Axe, the 80s hard rock band who were too good for hair metal
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- US hard rockers LIllian Axe should have been way bigger than they were.
- Lillian Axe’s 1988 self-titled debut arrived as the so-called ‘hair band era’ was in full swing.
- They had the image, they had the rock-star patronage (Ratt's Robbin Crosby produced their first album) and they had heavyweight management (Marshall Berle, at that time steering Ratt).
- Most importantly, they have the songs: radio-friendly, hook-filled melodic hard rock.
Lillian Axe were one of 80s hard rocks great near misses a band whose songs should have propelled them to hair metalera superstardom but never did. In 2013, Classic Rock sat down with guitarist a [+11747 chars]
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