Released by: Independent
Release date: 3 July 2015
Genre: Hard Rock
Links: orangeoutlaw.nl , Facebook
Lineup:
Sven Cornelissen – Vocals
Mark van Grieken – Drums
Jeffrey Bryan – Bass
Dirkjan de Wit – Guitar
Track Listing:
01. Charger
02. Glam On the Streets
03. Point of No Return
04. Nobody Wants Me Tonight
05. Mary Jeane
06. El Blanco
07. To Me You’re Done
08. Fast and Deadly
09. Your Game is Killing Me
10. Getting Paranoid
11. Running Again
A long time ago we had Dutch bands like Wild Ride, RAW, Sleeze Beez and a couple more doing typical late 1980’s American party/glamrock/Melodic Hardrock in the style of Skid Row, Tyketto, White Lion, Lillian Axe and Firehouse. In the year 2015 we can welcome a new band playing this style of classic US Mainstream Hardrock at an incredible high level. They are called Orange Outlaw, and have released their debut with this album “Desert Wolf”. Basically everything sounds perfect here, including awesome guitar work (Dirkjan de Wit), superb vocals (Sven Cornelissen) in the Jeff Scott Soto style. With some catchy melodies and a pumping sound that will remind you of Guns’N’Roses in their heyday. Not a single weak moment to be heard on this album and songs like “Glam On The Streets” (Jeff Scott Soto meets Tyketto meets Firehouse meets Skid Row), “Nobody Wants Me Tonight” (semi groovy hardrocker a la Tesla), “To Me You’re Done” (now this song even sounds like a pure 1988 classic from the USA, also reminding me of a bit of Victory circa Culture Killed The Native) and the up-tempo “Getting Paranoid” (remember Jesse Strange, Hardline and any other band that didn’t make it as big as the earlier mentioned bands?) are a must-hear for any fan of this classic US Hard rock sound. Although very late 80s/early 90s orientated, the major production is of a high level which sounds modern. While musically, fans of Alter Bridge, Creed, Shinedown etc. will also enjoy this band a lot. By far one of the finest pure Hard rock bands out of Holland since…. Vandenberg!
Written by: Gabor Kleinbloesem
Ratings: Gabor 9/10