Disturbing The Peace - Alcatrazz

After the departure of guitar virtuoso / unpronounceable show-off Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Alcatrazz filled the space with rising star Steve Vai for one album only, before he went on to better (and in some cases, surprisingly worse) things. On the surface, Alcatrazz seemed like any other Los Angeles heavy metal band of the mid-80s, capitalising on the success of the region's unaffectionately termed "hair metal" before promptly disappearing as soon as everyone took a second out from partying and biking hard and realised how ridiculous the whole thing was, and that they would much rather move to Seattle and listen to depressed people in jumpers singing about how ...