Welcome to Bop City

Welcome to Bop City
Studio album by Kingpin
Released 1988
Studio CMM Studios, KMH Studios
Genre Glam metal, hard rock
Length 39:27
Label CMM
Producer Matt J. Olausson

Welcome to Bop City is the first album from Swedish glam metal / hard rock band Kingpin, released in 1988 on the CMM label in Sweden and in 1989 on the Music For Nations label in the UK.[1] The album was later remixed and released in 1989 under the band's new name Shotgun Messiah on Relativity Records in the US, charting respectably at #99 on Billboard and selling close to half a million copies.[2]

It is the band's only album with Easy Action / Zan Clan singer Zinny J. Zan on vocals, who joined after hearing the band's early demos.[3]

The album was re-released on CD in 2008 on the Italian label Time Warp Records

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Track listing

  1. "Bop City" - 4:06
  2. "Shout It Out" - 4:16
  3. "I Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" - 4:29
  4. "Squeezin' Teazin'" - 3:58
  5. "The Explorer" (instrumental) - 4:02
  6. "Nowhere Fast" - 4:29
  7. "I'm Your Love" - 5:00
  8. "Dirt Talk" - 4:36
  9. "Nervous"- 4:27

Personnel

  • Zinny J. Zan - Vocals
  • Harry K. Cody - Guitars
  • Tim Tim (Tim Sköld) - Bass
  • Stixx Galore - Drums
  • Tord Jacobsson - Drums (on "The Explorer")

References

  1. ↑ http://musikon.se/skivor.php?id=3235654
  2. ↑ http://www.shotgun-messiah.se/
  3. ↑ http://www.svt.se/sa-javla-metal/shotgun-messiah-svensk-glamrock-i-la/
  4. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kingpin/welcome_to_bop_city/


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