The late Gregg Fulkerson was a talented rock songwriter collaborating with various record companies, artists, and movie soundtracks. His own vehicle to show his melodic hard rock passion was BLUE TEARS, the band Gregg founded in the ’80s.
Actually BLUE TEARS managed to release a self-titled album back in 1990 on a major company, but unfortunately the label (MCA) dropped the band, as they did with most of this type of acts from their rooster – in 1991.
Well, Greeg was a prolific dude, and BLUE TEARS already had the songs for that sophomore CD that never was. A bunch of songs in fact, all professionally recorded in pre-production quality – really good indeed.
Fortunately an Aussie label finally released in 2005 all these late ’80s / early 90s BLUE TEARS recordings into two separate volumes. As requested, here we have “Mad, Bad & Dangerous“, packing some terrific tunes for all classic Melodic Hard Rock fans rejoice.
BLUE TEARS is pure, clean n’ polished melodic rocking bliss, not afraid for occasional harder things, rich in harmonies and awesome choruses. Oh yeah, BLUE TEARS presents here some of the best songs Bon Jovi or Def Leppard never wrote.
Lovers of the genre > you can’t go wrong here: “Mad, Bad & Dangerous” is a melodic paradise.
Hard rockin’ tunes such as the killer opener, Long Way Home, the Aerosmith like (Pump era) Girl Crazy, Follow Your Heart, and Love Machine are great example of the catchy, good times hard rock that Blue Tears do so well.
The Bon Jovi-ish Kisses in the Dark is among best on the album as far as slower songs go. Misty Blue also gets my nod as one of the better midtempo numbers, with some tasteful shreds and a killer solo balancing out the balladesque music at hand.
Of the 2 volumes from BLUE TEARS unreleased music, this ”Mad, Bad & Dangerous” is the more midtempo / AOR / ballad infused, with half of the songs being rockers, half slower songs. All good stuff.
If you prefer the hard rockin’ side of BLUE TEARS, then grab the other volume titled ”Dancin’ On The Backstreets”, showcasing more songs of this ilk.
Of course, if you like both of these albums that are put together with unreleased tracks from the Blue Tears vault, you’ve got to hunt down the band’s 1990 self titled debut album if you don’t already have it.
HIGHLY Recommended
01 – Long Way Home
02 – Girl Crazy
03 – With You Tonight
04 – Mystery Man
05 – Rock You To Heaven
06 – Evidence Of Love
07 – Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know
08 – Misty Blue
09 – Kisses In The Dark
10 – Everywhere I Go
11 – Midnight Train
12 – Follow Your Heart
13 – Russia Tonight
14 – Love Machine
15 – The Last Serenade
16 – Live It Up
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Gregg Fulkerson
Guitar, Vocals – Bryan Hall
Bass, Vocals – Michael Spears
Drums – Charlie Lauderdale