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Rocking the USA by Mike Tramp

Rocking the USA

Release Date: 11/8/2005

Recording Date: 11/2005

Tracks: 16

Length: 01:34:43 Hrs

Label: Frontiers Records

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Heavy Metal, Hair Metal, Pop-Metal

Album Tracks (16)

Song Title
Length
1.
Lights and Thunder
07:18
2.
Hungry
04:20
3.
Lonely Nights
05:16
4.
Love Don't Come Easy
04:57
5.
Broken Heart
04:19
6.
Fight to Survive
06:23
7.
Cry for Freedom
05:45
8.
You're All I Need
04:30
9.
Little Fighter
05:25
10.
It's Over
05:26
11.
Living on the Edge
05:46
12.
Tell Me
05:16
13.
Wait
04:23
14.
Lady of the Valley
07:47
15.
When the Children Cry
05:30
16.
Radar Love
12:22

What the Critics Say

With long-MIA guitarist Vito Bratta refusing to partake in a White Lion reunion in the early 21st century (despite seemingly every single '80s-era glam/hair metal band doing so), singer Mike Tramp did the next best thing -- he launched Tramp's White Lion. Tramp may be the only familiar face from such popular White Lion videos as "Wait" and "When the Children Cry," and as a result, the 2005 live release Rocking the USA is essentially Tramp's tribute to...himself. With a more than worthy band backing him (guitarist Jamie Law in particular -- who has no problem replicating Bratta's tricky Eddie Van Halen-esque fretboard work), Tramp also proves to be in fine voice all these years later. All of White Lion's best-known tracks are included here, including the melodic pop/rockers "Wait" and "Little Fighter," as well as the tear-jerking ballad "When the Children Cry" (which is reworked here as a full-band version) and an "extended jam" cover of Golden Earring's "Radar Love." With the original White Lion never managing to issue a live album during their brief existence, Rocking the USA appears to be the closest longtime fans will get to hearing all these '80s-era hair metal favorites performed live. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi

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