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An electrifying stew of hard rock, biker rock, Southern rock, and keyboard rock (we're talking 1983 after all), Nemesis may easily be Axe's defining statement: The band wants nothing more than airwave domination and to come into your town to help you party down. Ripped opener "Heat in the Street" bears a similar title to "Rock 'N' Roll Party in the Streets," Axe's biggest-ever hit from their previous offering, Offering (the CD reissue erroneously christens the song "Heat in the Night" but all that matters is Nemesis made it to disc), yet despite the obvious leitmotif, nothing can touch this red-hot, hard luck, fugitive tale which takes every right turn while crashing and burning in a league with the immortal Motörhead; Axe is always geared for the radio, though, throwing in keys and vocoder for a walloping slab of two-ton American rock. "Eagle Flies Alone" soars skyward as endearingly as fellow knuckle-head Sammy Hagar's "Eagles Fly," only Axe kicks it out four years earlier. Axe also beats the Crüe to bat with the lascivious "Girls Girls Girls" (backing vocals by the Mountain Jack Sluggettes). "Foolin' Your Mama Again" sneaks around a melodic outlaw chorus, and the hard-working Edgar Winter boogie, "Keep Playing That Rock 'n' Roll" is still another great, innocuous burner. The boys prove to be utterly fearless and amiable, forcing keys on guitars while swerving through a blissful riot of clichéd lyrics. "Masquerade" almost ends the LP on a slow ride (replete with a cell-phone ring?) before the drop-dead pounder "Midnight" fires things up again. Contrary to the intimidating cover art, Nemesis remains naughty but slick, heavy but friendly; nothing more than well-done, blue collar fun. ~ Whitney Z. Gomes
Recording information: Bee Jay Recording Studio, Orlando, FL; Subterrenean Studios, Ann Arbor, MI.
Photographer: Mark Hanauer.
Axe includes: Mike Osborne (vocals, guitar); Edgar Riley (vocals, keyboard).
Personnel: Mike Osborne, Bobby Barth (vocals, guitar); Edgar Riley (vocals, keyboards); Wayne Haner (bass guitar); Teddy Mueller (drums).
Nemesis Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews a real 80 th rock
"Nemesis" is really good album.this is a cradle of the 80th rock music.
Submitted by sundreamer (Ashdod, Israel) 
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 Last AXE?
This 1982 AXE album is the last with the original members. Still one of the best though. Great biker music with hits like Heat In The Street and Eagle Flies Alone.If Your a fan of 80's rock this is a must have.
Submitted by a reviewer (Spearfish, SD USA)
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Great rocking band
AXE hit their stride on their second release for Atco/Atlantic "Nemesis". Al Nalli who also produced many Blackfoot albums is back at the helm for this one and the combination yeilds impressive results again. "Heat in the Street" gets things off to a fast start. Interestingly enough labeled "Heat in The Night" on the back cover of the CD...woops. Why AXE never got big is a mystery to me, far superior to so many of those loser hair bands that made it big however briefly of course. The band slices through one number after another led by Bobby Barth who has the ability to deliver forceful vocals that match the heavy output the band delivers. Also a great cover of Edgar Winter Band's "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n Roll". Previously almost impossible to get on CD, reissued by Wounded Bird. Get it before we're down to just the three major drivel producing labels. It's at a great price, too. Much cheaper than Amazon.
Submitted by a reviewer (Dover, NH USA)
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Axe were not heavy metal or hard rock, they were classic AOR like Journey, Boston, Kansas, Survivor etc ... great melodic hooks and big choruses with big keyboards. Just their image and album cover artwork created the misconception of heaviness, same thing happened to Kiss. Nemesis may be their best
Submitted by Lee (Johannesburg South Africa)
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Good Rock
Very nice band, should have been bigger, a little comparison to white wolf from canada in the sense that they should have both hit it big
Submitted by Nicholas (Sacramento, ca)
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The second LP from Gamma, an unlikely hard rock group on Elektra Records, features future Robin Trower vocalist Davey Pattison doing his best to sound like Bad Company during Paul Rodgers' "Rock & Roll Fantasy" period. With Jim Alcivar on synthesizer and Denny Carmassi on drums, you have a goodly portion of the band Montrose, since the guitarist/producer is the guiding hand behind this project. "Skin and Bone" might as well be Bad Company, while the cover of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" misses the mark slightly. The revolutionary theme of that great tune from the film The Strawberry Statement gets lost in the translation and doesn't have Pete Townshend's clever production. Though the attempt is interesting enough, memories of the original are so strong that this version is a bit of a letdown, the risk of treading on hallowed ground snagging the group here. Ronnie Montrose, Alcivar, and Pattison combine to write the leadoff track, "Mean Streak," which distorts the "Jumpin' Jack Flash riff just enough to create something new with a metal edge. "Four Horsemen" ...
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For Gamma's debut on Elektra, the band picked Mickey Newbury's "Wish I Was" and Hollies/Linda Ronstadt songwriter Clint Ballard Jr.'s "I'm Alive," when maybe Newbury's "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" would have been more appropriate. As far as Ballard's contribution goes, the more familiar "You're No Good" might've worked better than "I'm Alive," creativity not being Gamma's strong suit. With such a cool name as Gamma, the rays that turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk, one might expect Ronnie Montrose to come up with a nice mutated blend of hard-edged Pink Floyd meets Hawkwind. No such luck. The opening track, "Thunder and Lightning," has all the pedestrian elements of a marriage between Foreigner and Bad Company, the mainstream meets the mundane. Ken Scott's production work leaves empty spaces in between the guitar crunch and the keyboard fills, with the work feeling unfinished or rushed. The Hollies' "I'm Alive" is better suited to that band; it drives at a good tempo here but the sound is thin and much too derivative, with backing vocal effects on the verses ...
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