King Kobra released two albums back in the hair fluffed 1980’s. They made a small wave when one of their tunes was featured on the hit movie Iron Eagle. They gained some notoriety as Vanilla Fudge drummer, Carmine Appice, formed the band. However, King Kobra eventually garnered a footnote in music history when vocalist Mark Free left the sausage fest, made his outtie an innie and became Marcie Free.

The band reunited in 2010 with almost all of the original band, Free was not included. Rough Cutt and Quiet Riot vocalist Paul Shortino took the helm and proved to be a great choice. He is in very good voice and the band are playing like it is still 1985. Kobra don’t care that this kind of music is not on the radio anymore. They just know that this is what they do. Truth be told, this is by far the best album they have released. The songs are crisp, the playing solid and the band, as a whole, play tight. Appice can smile proudly as he has resurrected his band and actually inspired them to play like they have never played before.

There is not a weak track on this thing. “Rock This House,” “Turn Up the Good Times,” “Live Forever,” Tear Down the Walls” and “This is How We Roll” all bring back the ‘80’s, loudly and proudly. Had the band created this music in 1985 then King Kobra would have lasted a long, long time.