Newly Released CDs CD's That You May t Album Reviews Dave DaH Billy Idol Cyberpunk CYBERPUNK is an effort that has almost gone unnoticed in the music media The thought of Billy Idol putting out a new release evokes images of the worn out dance hit Mony Mony to some limiting his chances of being recognized as a contributor of great music Make no mistake Idol has done homework homework- and serious thinking on this one and proves himself as one who can evolve with the times In fact Cyberpunk goes goes' ahead of our time titre to tell the events of our futuristic world society Similar t to s Empire and Rushs Rush's 2112 1112 this album tells a astory astory astory story of how information is power Information In In- Information formation is kept from the general public freedom is limited and anarchy anarchy anarchy anar anar- chy is on the rise It tells of how the unresolved political environmental and organized religion problems of today will be the cause of the destruction destruction destruction tion of the future This compilation of songs is complete with an introduction and I i IM M ti i 1 1 t. t i I i c j i r IJ i t. t I i x J. J I i iI it h. h i t 1 t I i I i b L h Lk 4 I I Billy Idols Idol's latest CD I. I Cyberpunk tells his story of our future conclusion narrated by Idol along with clever bridges in between to keep the overall theme flowing These songs express society as try try- ing dark oppressive and godless as in the songs Wasteland and Her Her- oin The songs of Cyberpunk are a brilliant combination of clean rock n tn roll guitar with heavy lines bass-lines ranging from modes of relaxation n nto to hyper speed But perhaps the best part of Cyberpunk is the way Idol expresses expresses expresses ex ex- presses the emotional content of each song He brings out the feelings feel feelings feel feel- ings of frustration hope anger doubt love and destruction in a awat away away way wat that isn't too hardcore or soft as a whole just enough of each to tomake tomake tomake make this easy to listen to in whatever t mood you happen to be in a refreshing approach making Idols Idol's new version of punk worth buying if you are a rocker raver or just plain like ol of 0 Billy Scorpions Make Heat With New Release THE aging Germanic known as The Scorpions continue to o produce an album every very few years since their record label signing in 1973 Their latest effort Face The Heat is one that you might have missed The new album has not received chart success success success suc suc- cess like the hit singles Send Me MeAn MeAn MeAn An Angel and Winds of Change from their Crazy World album However Face does contain some good solid rock and d roll Singer uses his incredible in incredible in- in credible voice voi e range to his full ef ef- ef- ef Some of his screams such as ason ason on Nig Nightmare Avenue will shatter a beerstein while smooth and rich tones on Lonely Nights could soothe a hurricane The album features two of the best songs the have ever recorded Alien Nation is a great hard rock tune that delivers delivers de de- livers controlled power like like like-a a space shuttle rocket booster And Woman is a powerful non for mula ballad that punch as well as beauty Face The Heat features the most obvious use of keyboards ever by the traditional rockers but butis butis is still made to be cranked at maxi maximum um volume All of the songs on this disc are enjoyable but Woman and Alien Nation stand out bec because use they leave behind the prevalent rock and roll formula found on today's airwaves Face The Heat is a hot disc highlighted by y two real scorchers and although this is not their best effort to date it still rises above most rockers most rockers of the day