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Helix - Walkin' The Razor's Edge



7.4 | 7 votes |
Release date: 7 July 1984
Style: Hard rock, Heavy metal

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01. Rock You
02. Young & Reckless
03. Animal House
04. Feel The Fire
05. When The Hammer Falls
06. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
07. My Kind Of Rock
08. (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
09. Six Strings, Nine Lives
10. You Keep Me Rockin'

Additional info
The success of the single "Heavy Metal Love" in the U.S. and of the album No Rest for the Wicked had increased expectations in the band. Helix were one of the hottest bands in Canada, right on the verge of breaking out big time. They knew that the next album would be crucial to their success, and there was a lot of pressure to produce. The manager Bill Seip moved out of his apartment so Paul and Brian could live there and write together. They were so broke that they used to go into Wendys and load up with creamers and little bags of sugar because they couldn't afford to buy it on their own.

It was at the apartment that they wrote Feel the Fire. They put Rock You onstage for the first time at the El Rosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio the same night they also showcased the song Animal House. Rock You had been sent to them from Bob Haligan, through his manager Barry Bergman via the producer Tom Truemouth. At first they didn't want to do the song! They already had two songs with the word "rock" in them (You Keep me Rockin' and My Kind of Rock). They didn't think they needed a third, but Tom and Bill Seip talked them into it. It was the best decision they ever made. The song became an almost instant hit, and the video took off. Within weeks they had gone from bar slugs to stars. Suddenly every second day they were flying around doing interviews and there were line-ups when they pulled into foreign places like Washington, D.C. The success of the song Rock You was so phenominal that they went from gold to platinum in two weeks and landed on a fantastic tour with Quiot Riot and Whitesnake. The tour took them all over the U.S., to Europe with Motorhead, and in Canada they toured or played with great Canadian bands like Triumph, Streetheart and the Headpins. They also had another huge hit with the song (Make Me Do) Anything You Want and with the song Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'. In the video for the song was porn queen Traci Lords, who they found out years later was only 15 years old.

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