Lehigh Valley Rocks – The Best of 1984 – 1994
Long time friends, Butch Maloney and Tom Lefevre put together a project of the best unknown hard rock and metal bands that the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania could provide, during the height of this music’s popularity.
This area has produced great acts like Poison, Megadeth and Mr. Big, but there were hundreds more that never got the recognition that they deserved. Thanks to Maloney, and Lefevre, we get a stellar, 2 disc, 30 track collection of all of the best glam, sleaze, metal, thrash and progressive rock, that the Lehigh Valley had to offer.
There are far too many stand out tracks to mention in this collection. My current favorites are the Skid Row like Party Hardy, the Poisonish Lickety Split, both Guilty and Alive by Washed and So Long by Dirty Blond. Sweet Tequila’s, “I wont be crying” has a great Cinderella meets AC/DC quality about it. Rage by Uncle Remus is infectious as hell.
This disc reminded me of all the reasons why I came to love this style of music. If you are a fan of the Big Hair era of Rock and Metal, you owe it to yourself to pick this disc up now. It is currently available through CD Baby and at Lehigh Valley Rocks!
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
Disc1
- Teeze – Party Hardy
- Sweet Tequila – I Won’t Be Cryin
- Washed – Guilty
- Destroyer – When Morning Comes
- Shok Graffiti – Push Comes To Shove
- Nasty Nasty – Deception
- Idle Threats – Find A Way
- Omynus- Don’t Every Say Goodbye
- Sapient – Lay Your Love On the Line
- Mizery – Lost Without You
- Dirty Blond – So Long
- Jolly Roger – Lickity Split
- Fantazy – Say Its True
- The Mob – In For the Kill
- Washed – Alone
Disc 2
- The Mob – Angry Young Child
- Vicious Barreka – Second Stage
- Atom West – Perkins Club
- Uncle Remus – Rage
- Rock Haven – Centerfold Fantasy
- Kings Chamber – Whenever I’m Near
- Leviathen – Cry Wolf
- Kraken – The Dark
- End Zone – Think
- Vic Missy – Terror/Cartoon Lady
- Chaser – Leather and Lace
- Red October – Someone
- Apathy – Upon A Cross
- End Zone – Rise
- Slik Helvetika – High On You
Hey King! CD Baby has a bunch of tracks in mp3 form that you can preview. Check it out here!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/lehighvalleyrocks
Hey i had/have that Hit Paraders Wild Bunch cassette still. This 2 disc sounds like a cool CD.
I would also like to state that former members of Megadeth, Poison and Mr. Big started in the Lehigh Valley area. The bands themselves did NOT come from the Lehigh Valley. Just wanted to set the record straight so there is no misunderstanding. Thank you very much for the kind words Rob!! YOU ROCK!
Hey Metal Mark,
Slik Helvetika IS a new band. We had some bonus tracks on the CD from 2006. The guys in Slik used to be the core of the band, Destroyer.
I just heard about this the other week. Teeze’s Party Hardy was on Hit Parader’s Wild Bunch compilation in 1985. They signed to a major, but had to change their name to Roguhhouse. I think they still play some shows and have a website. I have a Dirty Blond album from like 89 and it’s good. I didn’t realize that Slik Helvetica were that old. They did an album just two or three years ago and I have it somewhere. It was a lot like Accept.