* GYPSY ROSE: Prey LP 1990, US Hard Rock; was signed to KISS mastermind Gene Simmons' record label. CHECK VIDEO!!

10 track album
label: Simmons/RCA Records 1990
pressing: german
style: US Hardrock
Track Listings
1. Poisoned by Love

2. Crawlin'
3. Borderline
4. Blood 'N' Sweat
5. Love Me or Leave Me
6. Make Me Do Anything You Want
7. Shiver and Shake
8. Wild Reaction
9. Don't Turn Your Back on Me Now
10. Highway-One-Way

5.0 out of 5 stars gypsy rock!! By B. SUGGS "80's rock maniac" (milpitas,CA)
This is a great LP,songs like make me do anything you want will have you singing along,and air guitaring.blood 'n' sweat and wild reaction. All the songs are good.It reminds me of sweet cheater in that same vein,but they
write really catchy songs and instead being repetitive.It's worth having in your collection.
Gypsy Rose was a short-lived Canadian hard rock act that was signed to KISS mastermind Gene Simmons' record label back in the late 1980's. Simmons and/or his underlings micromanaged this band to death, forcing them to fire half of its lineup and discarded several of the songs they had already written for their debut album. Gypsy Rose and House of Lords had at least that much in common.
The band finally released their debut album - Prey - in 1990, and for all of the interference it was still a remarkably solid hard rock album very much in a Cinderella/Britny Fox vein. It's a fairly straightforward hair metal album with a slightly bluesy undertone. The lyrics rely on the same old booze and sex clichés. All told, it's a perfectly decent album. I don't know what it is about Canadian rock bands in the late 80's and early 90's, but you could always count on them to deliver high quality hard rock albums.
Despite the moderate success of lead-off single Poisoned By Love, the album never really took off, and would prove to be the band's only release. Prey is well worth checking out if you're a fan of late 80's/early 90's hard rock, particularly of the Canadian variety.