Description

Soldier is a band name we have encountered more than a few times, but this here concerns a band from a small town in Utah, Usa. They released an album in 1993, but like many other bands faced hard times when the 80s ended. The lead singer of this band was Chris Boudreaux, who was also in the bands The Take and Boudreaux. The band were writing music that was clearly going into a mid-80s AOR/Melodic Rock direction. Then suddenly Chris decided to leave Soldier to form his own band Boudreaux. Soldier continued to record material at various studios in California while they continued to perform at all the L.A. Clubs Whisky a Go Go, Troubadour, Gazzari’s, Roxy and FM Station. The band also saw their drummer depart. They had several drummer tryouts, including Scott Travis before he joined Hawk, Racer X and then Judas Priest. With the new line-up, the band changed their style slightly bringing in some Ac/dc style riffs on songs such as Politics Of Rock ‘N Roll and Popeye mixed with the straight-ahead hair metal made famous by bands like Kix, Enuff Z’Nuff, Warrant and White Lion. This album features material recorded between 1988 and 1993. Material that features Jed Bradshaw and/or Clayton Austin on vocals. If youre into well done 80s melodic hardrock then check out this band from Utah

Track list:
1. Long Long Way
2. Politics Of Rock N Roll
3. The More You Want
4. Lifes Ok
5. Popeye
6. Cant Make It Alone
7. The Sun Still Shines
8. Back To Nature
9. Addicted To Life
10. Misunderstood
11. Grow Up
12. The More You Want-alternate version