SHOTGUN MESSIAH "1989" LP Usa Original press w/Lyric inner & Stencil Hair Metal
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#710
visually graded vinyl side 1 VG+; light but fingerfelt mark on first track i played it with full treble there was 4 moderate ticks; Side 2 Near-MINT. Jacket it its original shrink; Picture/lyric inner sleeve in Excellent condition NO seam splits
with 12" x 12" SHOTGUN MESSIAH stencil. Shotgun Messiah was originally formed under the name Kingpin in 1985 in Skövde by bassist Thim "Tim Tim" Sköld and guitarist Harry "Harry Cody" Kemppainen, with drummer Pekka "Stixx Galore" Ollinen and singer Jukka "J.K. Knox" Kemppainen completing the first lineup. The band recorded the album Welcome to Bop City released by CMM Records in 1988, which yielded a number 1 single in the Swedish charts titled "Shout It Out." In the US, the song rose to the top 100 of the Billboard Album Chart. During the recording of Welcome To Bop City, Knox was replaced by Easy Action singer Bo "Zinny J. Zan" Stagman.
Following the release of the album, the band moved to Hollywood and secured a record deal with Relativity Records. They soon discovered that a San Francisco band had a copyright on the name Kingpin, and subsequently changed their name to Shotgun Messiah. The band remixed Welcome To Bop City and released it in September 1989 as Shotgun Messiah. The Washington Post called their music "cocky, loud and rough", and the album would go on to sell almost 500,000 copies. Shotgun Messiah embarked on their first North American solo tour to support the album.
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