HELLANBACH
The Big H: The Hellanbach Anthology (2018)
CD1
1. Out To Get You
2. Light Of The World
3. Let’s Get This Show On The Road
4. Nobody’s Fool
5. All The Way [60 Min + Version]
6. All Systems Go (Full Scale Emergency)
7. Dancin’
8. Times Are Getting Harder
9. Look At Me
10. All Systems Go
11. Maybe Tomorrow
12. Motivated By Desire
13. Taken By Surprise
14. Let’s Get This Show On The Road
15. Kick It Out
CD2
1. All The Way
2. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
3. Beaten To The Bone
4. The Main Man
5. Nobody’s Fool
6. Bandit’s Run
7. S.P.G.C.
8. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
9. Panic State O.D.
10. Daddy Did Those Cats
11. When All Is Said And Done
12. Urban Paranoia
CD1 tracks 1-4 from the “Out To Get You” 7″
CD1 track 6 from the “One Take No Dubs” 12″
CD1 tracks 7-15 and CD2 tracks 1-2 from “Now Hear This”
CD2 tracks 3-12 from “The Big H”
LINEUP
Jimmy Brash (v)
Dave Patton (g)
Kev Charlton (b)
Barry Hopper (d)
Steve Walker (d)
Van Halen - Not
Hellanbach was considered NWOBHM's answer to Van Halen, so much to the point that they were given the nickname "Van Halen-Bach". Why??? I have no idea. Guitarist Dave Patton has his moments - but he is no Eddie Van Halen. The group is no Van Halen, either - they sound pretty much like the majority of NWOBHM bands of the time. There are some good rockers here like All The Way, All Systems Go, Let's Get This Show On The Road, but the Van Halen comparison is just ludicrous. It was obviously a publicity stunt to spark sales- which it didn't.