Loudness - Loudness

With the departure of vocalist Mike Vescera (off to join the ranks of Yngwie Malmsteen's band -- poor bastard), not to mention the loss of founding bassist Masayoshi Yamashita, Loudness' "American experiment" was officially over. Having failed to make any further headway in the States, despite their best efforts to play by the more commercial tastes of American metal audiences, it was obvious that guitarist Akira Takasaki intended 1992's simply-titled Loudness to serve as a big middle-finger to all those who had messed with his band in recent years. Read More