Description
Cruella D’ville were rocking Tampa and gaining exposure, and they decided L.A. is where they needed to be – part of the huge metal scene that was exploding there in the late 80s. In 1988, Juan Croucier, the bass player from Ratt heard a Cruella EP and expressed interest in producing a new project for the band. Cruella started gigging in LA at the Troubadour, the Whisky, Gazzarri’s, FM Station and many other venues. They got a weekly gig at the Troubadour playing every Wednesday night for over a year in 1990 at the Jon E Jam. Cruella D’ville became a big draw on the ‘Strip’ packing the Whisky and Gazarris. The band was featured in all the local magazines, such as Rock City News and Screamer. Eventually a distribution deal was signed with Big Time Records to distribute the 1988 EP through magazine orders, while the band sold tapes at the shows, and local record stores. The band was then approached by a record company which shall remain unnamed and signed a deal to record an album. They continued to gig and write songs for the album. When all the preproduction was complete they recorded 11 songs for the album. There was a falling out with the record company and the album never got released. The Power And The Passion album features 19 tracks from all the stages of their career. You have early tracks that goes as far back as 1986 (when the band was called Valentine) to the last recordings in 1991, which are among the best tracks the band ever wrote and recorded. You also have the 1988 EP as well as unreleased demo tracks from the same period. A must have disc
Track list:
1. Face The Future-1991 session
2. Power Of Passion-1991 session
3. Engines-1991 session
4. Lord Have Mercy-1991 session
5. Stealin-1991 session
6. Can’t Take It Away-1991 session
7. Can’t Go On This Way-1991 session
8. Change-1991 session
9. Lover’s Hell-1988 EP
10. Your Eyes-1988 EP
11. Lace & Leather-1988 EP
12. Room Without A View-1988 EP
13. Can’t Get Enough-1988 demo
14. Forever-1988 demo
15. Rock Candy-1988 demo
16. Going Down-1988 demo
17. Time After Time-1986 Valentine demo
18. War Is Hell-1986 Valentine demo
19. Broken Dreams-1986 Valentine demo