Welcome to Bop City is the first album from Swedish glam metal / hard rock band Kingpin, released in 1988 on the CMM (Club Mariann Music) 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]
| Welcome to Bop City | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1988 |
| Studio | CMM Studios, KMH Studios |
| Genre | Glam metal, hard rock |
| Length | 39:27 |
| Label | CMM |
| Producer | Matt J. Olausson |
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.[4]
Track listing
edit- "Bop City" - 4:06
- "Shout It Out" - 4:16
- "I Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" - 4:29
- "Squeezin' Teazin'" - 3:58
- "The Explorer" (instrumental) - 4:02
- "Nowhere Fast" - 4:29
- "I'm Your Love" - 5:00
- "Dirt Talk" - 4:36
- "Nervous"- 4:27
Personnel
edit- Zinny J. Zan - Vocals
- Harry Cody - Guitars
- Tim Tim (Tim Sköld) - Bass
- Stixx Galore - Drums
- Tord Jacobsson - Drums (on "The Explorer")
References
edit- ^ "Kingpin - Welcome to Bop City - Musikon.se".
- ^ "Home". shotgun-messiah.se.
- ^ "Shotgun Messiah – svensk glamrock i LA | SVT.se". www.svt.se. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07.
- ^ "Welcome to Bop City by Kingpin - RYM/Sonemic".
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