Monster Ballads Xmas – (Release Year – 2007)
Before 2006, the only band hard rock fans had to turn to at Christmas Time for harder edged X-mas music was Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
In 2006, Twisted Sister released their Christmas Album, and now in 2007, the fine folks at Razor & Tie Records have released a Christmas Compilation CD with some of the biggest stars of the 80’s Hard Rock Era.
Monster Ballads XMas is a tasty feast of reworked Christmas classics, and a song with a unique twist from Danger Danger. Every song on this disc is highly enjoyable, at least until you get to Faster Pussycat’s Silent Night, which is awful.
If you need a disc to get you in the mood for the holiday season, this is the one to pick up. There are only 23 shopping days left before X-Mas. Don’t miss out on this record!
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Jingle Bells – Skid Row
2. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) – Winger
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Jani Lane Of Warrant
4. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Twisted Sister with Lita Ford
5. White Christmas – Queensryche
6. Run Rudolph Run – L.A. Guns
7. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Firehouse
8. Naughty Naughty Christmas – Danger Danger
9. Blue Christmas – Tom Keifer of Cinderella
10. Jingle Bell Rock – Nelson
11. Silent Night – Faster Pussycat
12. Twelve Days of Christmas – Dokken
13. Happy Holiday – Enuff Z’Nuff
14. Winter Wonderland – Stryper
15. Christmas Love – Billy Idol
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Christmas Rocks…..this cd proves it……
If you like X-mas tunes….you would probably like it Tania. These are rocked up versions. Its pretty well done….except for Faster Pussycat. They should have left that track off this disc.
LOL I dont think I could cope with this… well apart from maybe Keifer 😛
I really enjoyed this album and it’s a fun record. I reviewed it here: http://hardrockheavymetal.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/monster-ballads-xmas-2007/
Bubba is right, there are some great Rock Xmas albums: the Gary Hoey discs are great, .38 Special has one, so does Lynyrd Skynyrd. I’m trying to track down the Billy Idol Xmas disc.
Steve
Heavy Metal Addiction
http://hardrockheavymetal.wordpress.com/
I love this disc. There are a few other good ones out there…Merry Axemas (2 volumes), Have a Hairy Christmas (which has a lot of the same songs as this disc), and the Screaming Santas. My favorite is Gary Hoey’s instrumental “HO HO HOEY” discs (3 volumes).