Description
The roots of Harlot goes back to 1986 when the band V.A.M.P. (Visual Arts Metal Project) was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah. Thanks to being a popular live act and having a huge fan base the band were offered a record deal with Atlantic Records if they changed their name as Atlantic Records already had a band called Vamp. In 1988 the band finally decided to change name to Harlot but it was to late, Atlantic was no longer interested. This didnt stop the band as they continued to perform live and pack the clubs thinking that a bigger and better deal should show up. When nothing really happened the band decided that they should enter a studio to record a handful of songs in 1989, including Ready To Rock, Vampire and Full Time Trouble. A few months later the band went back into the studio, this time at LA East Studios to record their first official three-track release on cassette. The release included the songs Telephone Love Affair, Addicted and a song called I Heard You Cryin. The band would enter LA East Studios again and record the songs Civil War and Don’t Do It. Though all the songs were recorded under the name Harlot, these were all old songs written and first performed when they were called V.A.M.P. Harlot gained a lot of local notoriety and praise and were even awarded as Utah’s best Metal band for 1990–1991 by Private Eye (a bi-weekly newspaper). But it was at this time that there was a divide in the band and creative differences led to the departure of both Kurt and Joanna. Harlot would go on to bring in two guitar players and release a full-length cassette, Positively Downtown, before calling it a day. V.A.M.P. were more glam in both musical and image style while Harlot wrote music in a more mature hair metal style. So if you want well written classic late 80s melodic hard rock with plenty of catchy melodies, melodic vocals and sweet riffs, kinda Poison meets Babylon A.D, then this is for you.
Track list:
1. Strip
2. Positively Downtown
3. Comin Home
4. All The Angels Fly
5. Let Em Ride
6. Dirty Lovin
7. Open Up
8. Legends
9. Fooled By Love
10. Kiss Kiss (You’re Dead)
11. Handful Of Hell