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2013 re-issue with 6 bonus tracks Waysted was led by Pete Way who from 1969 – 1982 had been the bassist and one of the chief songwriters with rock band U.F.O. From their humble beginnings to Worldwide Superstardom in the late seventies, with top twenty albums and playing concerts, to 60,000 people at a time, with an entourage of twenty four. At the height of their heyday German guitar legend Michael Schenker left on the eve of an all important American Tour, although replacements were brought in U.F.O never really recovered, Way finally jumped ship in 1982, firstly to play bass in the Ozzy Osbourne touring band (Ozzy's instructions to Way every night were ‘Go Mental’ which was no problem to Pete Way). When it was time to look round and form a new band Fast Eddie Clarke had just left Motorhead, so Fastway was formed Jerry Shirley was at a lose end after the demise of Humble Pie so he almost naturally filled the Drum Stool and a young vocalist with the looks and voice of Robert Plant with the name of Dave King was given the frontman role. Sounds to good to be true a real supergroup , Yup was, although it looked great on paper the chemistry of the band never gelled and after a disastrous album and tour, Way split to look for pastures new taking Jerry Shirley with him. After various auditions and false starts Waysted was formed with old ex-U.F.O. cohort Paul Chapman on lead guitar, replacing original guitarist Jimmy Dilella in time to co-write all of the band written songs for the first album proper, whilst a young Scot by the name of Fin Muir was brought in to front the band, not an enviable task, for an unknown to stand out there with so much experience behind and beside him up there on the boards or in the studio but they breed them pretty canny up there in the Highlands and Mrs. Muir's little boy went on to prove himself to be cut of the same clothe as many other fine Scottish rock singers (Frankie Miller, Alex Harvey and Dan Macaferty to name but a few). By the time they got into the studio he was the star of the show. Besides Way and Muir the band included former Def Leppard drummer Frank Noon and guitarists Ronnie Kayfield and Paul Raymond (who also handled keyboards). Waysted debuted with ‘Vices’ on Chrysalis Records in 1983. Waysted could best be described as being somewhere along the lines of a cross between UFO, Ac/dc and Girl with some Springsteen, Bob Seger, Thin Lizzy and John Cougar Mellencamp throw in for good measure. Lead by the swagger of Fin's razor blade vocals (imagine Bob Seger channeling Lemmy and you'll get the idea) Waysted rocked the line hard between sleaze and heavy metal. ‘Vices’ is the sound of high-octane rock n' roll turned up to 11. This is the sort of hard rock you used to find in smoke filled bar rooms. Before glam metal threw makeup all over sleaze rock (in the process ruining it for everyone) you had Waysted laying down the law with Vices. It's dirty boys and girls. Swagger-filled dirty rock n' roll/hard rock with a heavy metal punch in the mouth. ‘Vices’ was mixed at the Townhouse studios, but research in the Chrysalis archives revealed six songs which had been previously mixed at Maison Rouge studios before the band went to Townhouse Studios. These mixes of the six tracks; ‘Love Loaded’, ‘Sleazy’, ‘Night Of The Wolf’, ‘Right From The Start’, ‘All Belongs To You’ and ‘Somebody To Love’ appear are now being release for the first time ever. This release also features a brand new essay from Classic Rock and Metal Hammer’s Malcolm Dome commissioned for this set. Track listing: 1. Wont Get Out Alive 2. Rock Steady 3. Love Loaded 4. The Price You Pay 5. Too Hot To Handle 6. Right From The Start 7. Hot Love 8. All Belongs To You 9. Somebody To Love-Jefferson Airplane cover 10. Love Loaded-Maison Rouge mix 11. Sleazy-Maison Rouge mix 12. Night Of The Wolf-Maison Rouge mix 13. Right From The Start-Maison Rouge mix 14. All Belongs To You-Maison Rouge mix 15. Somebody To Love-Jefferson Airplane cover-Maison Rouge mix