Album: Terror Rising by Lizzy Borden (1987)
Record Label: Metal Blade Records GmbH
Format: Album

Description: Following up the misguided Visual Lies album and recorded as the original lineup of Lizzy Borden was breaking up, Terror Rising is a four-song EP pairing two covers (Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and the Tubes' snot-rock classic "Don't Touch Me There") with two originals that sound like album leftovers. The version of "White Rabbit" is just as much of a bad idea as it sounds like it would be, an irritating reworking of a song for which the band seemingly had no particular affinity. On the other hand, the Tubes cover is a whole lot of fun, a duet with Bitch singer Betsy Weiss and one from which campy vocalists milk every ounce of goofy humor. The two originals on side two, "Catch Your Death" and the title track, are slight riff-rockers with little to recommend them. The belated 1990 CD release added the four tracks from Lizzy Borden's spotty 1984 self-released debut EP Give 'Em the Axe, for the sake of completists. 

Artist Background: In the wake of Mötley Crüe's meteoric rise to superstardom in 1983 on the strength of their now classic album Shout at the Devil, a countless amount of other similarly styled theatrical metal bands cropped up in the Los Angeles heavy metal community, including Lizzy Borden. Basically an '80s update of Alice Cooper (with some Iron Maiden-esque riffs mixed into the melting pot), the group built a substantial regional following on the West Coast with an over-the-top stageshow, but failed to br... Part of the Los Angeles, US music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Metal movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Los Angeles, US music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Metal movement.

Tags: 1980s, Album, Metal Blade Records GmbH


Following up the misguided Visual Lies album and recorded as the original lineup of Lizzy Borden was breaking up, Terror Rising is a four-song EP pairing two covers (Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and the Tubes' snot-rock classic "Don't Touch Me There") with two originals that sound like album leftovers. The version of "White Rabbit" is just as much of a bad idea as it sounds like it would be, an irritating reworking of a song for which the band seemingly had no particular affinity. On the other hand, the Tubes cover is a whole lot of fun, a duet with Bitch singer Betsy Weiss and one from which campy vocalists milk every ounce of goofy humor. The two originals on side two, "Catch Your Death" and the title track, are slight riff-rockers with little to recommend them. The belated 1990 CD release added the four tracks from Lizzy Borden's spotty 1984 self-released debut EP Give 'Em the Axe, for the sake of completists. 

Terror Rising

Lizzy Borden

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