A compilation from 2004 of glam rockers doing Christmas tunes. I'm not familiar with any of these acts, but if you like this genre (first there was glam, then there were "hair bands," now apparently it's glam again) this is a good collection. American Heartbreak offers an original to kick things off, "The Greatest Christmas Song Ever Written," a nicely cynical rocker with the refrain "I'm gonna be by myself for Christmas again," and they return to close the album with a cover, "Nuttin' For Christmas." Lillian Axe does a heavier reading of the Heart/Lovemongers song "Here Is Christmas," Kristy Majors takes on the Spector album's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" in more of a grindy-fuzzy-shuffle, and Chris Heaven and Michael Gapys put a little more metal into Bon Jovi's "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas." Other originals include Loud 'N' Nasty's piano-led "Christmas Time," Decadenza's "Dead by X-Mas," and "Rock 'n Roll Sleigh Ride" by the Rockin' Scoundrels, throwing us just a taste of Mott the Hoople. The Fizzy Bangers play to the taste tippers with their version of "Hooray For Santa Claus," calling it "a traditional Buddhist-Hindu Christmas song" in the liner notes before admitting it's from the movie "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians." I'm not aware there was ever a Vol. 2, but I'll check around.
The Glam That Stole Christmas Vol. 1, various artists (Perris)
A compilation from 2004 of glam rockers doing Christmas tunes. I'm not familiar with any of these acts, but if you like this genre (first there was glam, then there were "hair bands," now apparently it's glam again) this is a good collection. American Heartbreak offers an original to kick things off, "The Greatest Christmas Song Ever Written," a nicely cynical rocker with the refrain "I'm gonna be by myself for Christmas again," and they return to close the album with a cover, "Nuttin' For Christmas." Lillian Axe does a heavier reading of the Heart/Lovemongers song "Here Is Christmas," Kristy Majors takes on the Spector album's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" in more of a grindy-fuzzy-shuffle, and Chris Heaven and Michael Gapys put a little more metal into Bon Jovi's "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas." Other originals include Loud 'N' Nasty's piano-led "Christmas Time," Decadenza's "Dead by X-Mas," and "Rock 'n Roll Sleigh Ride" by the Rockin' Scoundrels, throwing us just a taste of Mott the Hoople. The Fizzy Bangers play to the taste tippers with their version of "Hooray For Santa Claus," calling it "a traditional Buddhist-Hindu Christmas song" in the liner notes before admitting it's from the movie "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians." I'm not aware there was ever a Vol. 2, but I'll check around.
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