![]() ![]() In this context, they mean “last” like they’re the band that shows up at 4 a.m. You wouldn’t like it when it’s angry.īest Part of Their Wikipedia Entry: They are credited as being “one of the last glam metal bands,” which I have a problem with because it implies the definition of “last” that indicates a distant coolness, like The Last Starfighter or The Last Unicorn. And it is a Type A behemoth of epic proportions, like McGwire in ’98. It is a grotesque, seething animal, a near-parody that lapped itself to become a decent-size hit. The Lone Key Track: “I’ll Never Let You Go” is like a mutant monster ballad from a ’50s horror movie. The 1992 follow-up Tangled in Reins only made it to No. Hot 100 in 1991 the album Steelheart peaked at No. Grab a cup now and you’ll be saying, “I’ll never let this rich flavorful aroma go!”Ĭhart Position: “I’ll Never Let You Go” hit No. Matijevic’s new line of gourmet coffees is available now throughout southern California. ![]() So, good for Matijevic.īoy, I’m Getting Sleepy Reading All These Words: Good, because as of Aug. The film featured a version of “We All Die Young,” which originally appeared on Steelheart’s third (!) album, Wait. It is quite simply impossible to achieve that level of valkyrie screaming without attaching a car battery to your face.īut Suck on This Little Bit of Kevin Bacon Game Madness: Matijevic in 2001 provided the voice for the Mark Wahlberg character in Rock Star, itself modeled on the story of a Judas Priest cover band singer-turned-actual-Judas-Priest frontman. Why You Remember Them: Previous installments of this award-winning series have included bands with numerous hits, if not multiple albums, to their names, but we bring that streak to a screeching, flaming halt with Steelheart, whose sole contribution to the poufy-hair zeitgeist is “I’ll Never Let You Go,” a song whose fierce, animalistic coda explodes with such visceral fury that it is entirely likely that lead singer Michael Matijevic, a man with a consonant-y name so clunky and Eastern European-sounding that I’m sure we’re related, exploded his carotid artery straining for the last note and is still lying in a pool of blood and Aqua Net in a studio somewhere. ![]()
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