Album: s/t
Year:1977
Style: Garage Psych, Synthy Prog, Power Pop
Similar Bands: Doors, Tubes, Sniff N The Tears, Supertramp
"One-Word" Review: Psych Tinged Garage Power Pop
Based Out Of: Los Angeles, CA
Label: 20th Century Fox Records
Cover, Photo Insert, Record
Back, Lyrics, Record
Nite City (1977)- Summer Eyes 4:26
- Nite City 4:55
- Love Will Make You Mellow 4:50
- Angel W/No Freedom 6:39 /
- Midnight Queen 3:55 (single)
- Bitter Sky Blue 3:12
- Caught In A Panic 4:41
- In the Pyramid 3:48
- Game of Skill 4:40
Members & Other Bands:
- Ray Manzarek - Producer, Keys, Vox (Doors, Rick & the Ravens, Skrillex, Mamas & Papas, X, Robby Krieger, Annabel Lamb, Bruce Joyner & the Plantations, Echo & the Bunnymen, Michael C Ford, Darryl Reed, Bill Walton, The Knack, Jurassic 5, Earthling, Pauyl & Georgia, D21C, Santana, Sly Stone, Weird Al Yankovic, )
- Jay Senter - Producer
- Noah James - Vox (Nova Casanova)
- Paul Warren - Guitar, Vox (Rod Stewart, Rare Earth, Pacific Gas & Electric, Explorer, Jack Wagner, Robin Trower, Neil Norman, Bobby Sexton, Richard Marx, Ventures, Temptations, Undisputed Truth, Funkadelic, Elkie Brooks, Prism, Tina Turner, USA for Africa, Richard Marx, Tamara Champlin, Eros Ramazzotti, Alessandro Mara, Joe Cocker, Her Name is Death, ABC, Actual Russian Brides)
- Nigel Harrison - Bass (Blondie, BP Fallon & the Bandits, Chequered Past, Silverhead, The Grabs, Tamdrin, The Runaways, Michael Des Barres, Syar, Iggy Pop )
- Jimmy Hunter - Drums Vox (Paul Warren & Explorer, Hilary Laddin, Nick Gilder, David London, Gabriele Morgan, Fortune, Bobby Barth)
- Roger Dollarhide - Recording Engineer
- Leonard Kovner - Mixing Engineer
- Zox - Art & Illustration
- Todd Gray - Photos
- Clyde Terry - Lettering
Album Review: The main draw of this band is the presence of ex-Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. His Doors-like keys can be heard throughout the album, but perhaps never as much as the opening track. He also historcially "discovered & Produced the LA cow punk band X. Bass player Nigel Harrison would move on to join Blondie. This is a collection of 70's harmonic power pop tracks with a slight edge that puts them basically as pub rock. It was theorized that Iggy Pop was a potential singer for this outfit, but he decided to join Bowie in Berlin at the time (place, not band). Influence and member history aside, this is a decent set of power/pub rock songs that don't do anything unique, but are not bad tracks. They were probably a huge let down for Doors fans looking for closure or a rebirth. Perhaps most notable are the lyrics on Angel W/ No Freedom, an obvious tribute to Morrison, featuring lyrics like "Wild Child Dreaming Wild" and "Bury all your sadness deep within you arm." And if that was not obvious enough, there's the final line "Heroin...killed my friend"
Stand Out Track: Bitter Sky Blue
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