TKO: In Your Face LP + inner with lyrics & pictures. U.S import.

The guy on the cover is a weird combination of Billy Idol and Michael Monroe, and there's a topless chick whom he's just knocked out (what!?!). Maybe he didn't actually clock her, it coulda been a technical knock out... who knows. Whatever's going on, it looks sleazy enough. TKO make me wonder why commercial Metal in the 80s had to be so extremely poncey... cuz these guys are commercial, but still very heavy, still Metal, and infinitely better than any commercially viable hair Metal band of the era. In Your Face is a perfect balance of Hard Rock that retains some Metal bite, and every single song is well written, catchy, and memorable. This is a truly great album... sometimes you really can judge a book by it's cover.

TKO vocalist Brad Sinsel recorded In Your Face in Hawaii in the summer of 1981. Shockingly, this groundbreaking metal classic didn’t see the light of day until 1984 via Combat Records and Music For Nations, at which time it still held up against the flood of metal releases marking metal’s golden era. Indeed, the album is a metal classic by any standard including notable ‘80s hard rock anthems like “I Wanna Fight,” “Give Into The Night,” “End Of The Line” and “Working Girl.” Sadly enough, TKO were continuously plagued by a revolving door of band members and were never really able to capitalize on the strength of the press and fan response to the mammoth stadium rock of In Your Face. In Your Face still remains a smash slice of American metal, every bit as swaggering and expensive sounding as records from Ratt, Dokken, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot recorded years later.

TKO’s ranks have included members who eventually went onto bands such as FIFTH ANGEL, HOUSE OF LORDS, ALICE COOPER, WAR BABIES, CHASTAIN and Q5.

Label: Combat
Catalog#: MX 8010
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album small hole punch in cover
Country: US
Released: 1984

Tracklist
A1 I Wanna Fight
A2 Run Out Of Town
A3 Give Into The Night
A4 End Of The Line
A5 Working Girl
B1 All I Want To Do
B2 Don't Give It All Away
B3 I Can Do Without You
B4 So This Is Rock'n'Roll
B5 Danger City

Bass – Scott Earl
Drums – Ken Mary
Guitar – Kjartan Kristoffersen
Vocals – Brad Sinsel

Yep, TKO got it just right; sleazy, poppy, yet heavy! If you like this, check out Icon's debut album, Kix' Midnite Dynamite, early Keel, Ratt's debut EP, and of course the first W.A.S.P. Typically, such sleaze rock acts sold out on later albums, but when they got it right they kicked ass.

The guy who plays guitar on the TKO record, Adam Bomb (not the guy listed on the cover), was also a temporary replacement for Yngwie in STEELER. Adam Bomb is still touring in Europe with his own music and he also plays tko material live. Mostly from the In Your Face record.

TKO had loads of great music and have been through many different lineups but if one thing remains constant it's the FACT that the songs are great!!!!!

I Wanna Fight was the best song on the original LP.It still has some great songs.This release brings back a lot of memories as do all the great 80's metal.I'd say this ranks in my top 25 of all time.It's a diamond in the rough(undiscovered).

NOTE: Don't buy the fucked up CD!! It is not a reissue of the "In Your Face" album released by Combat records in 1984, but rather a set of tracks laid down before being properly mixed. The source tape is a low quality cassette!!!!!!!!!!