Taxxi - States of Emergency

Name: Taxxi
Album: States of Emergency
Year: 1982
Style: Hard Rock, Power Pop
Similar Bands: Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Bad Co., Loverboy, Night Ranger
"One-Word" Review: Back Alley Power Rock
Based Out Of: London, England
Label: Fantasy Records 

Cover, Sleeve, Record

Back, Lyrics, Record

States of Emergency (1982)

1. Girl (New York City) 3:58 (single)
2. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter 4:26 (single)
3. Cocktail Queen (Don't She Love to Rock And Roll) 4:06 (single)
4. I'm Leaving 4:28 (single) /
5. Players 3:58
6. Gold Digger 4:16 (single b-side)
7. Whipping Boy 4:36
8. I Remember 4:23

Album Rating (1-10): 6.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Jeffrey Nead - Drums, Backing Vox (Cleaners, Soho Jets, Marlon McClain)
• Colin Payne - Keys Backing Vox (Candyland, Marlon McClain, Heather Nova, Thomas Lang, Treehouse)
• David Cumming - Guitar, Vox, Synth (Cleaners, Soho Jets, The Look, David Hayes)
• Tim Gorman - Keys Backing Vox (The Who, Lazy Racer, Phil & the Noise, Marlon McClain, KBC Band, Jefferson Starship, The VU, Paul Kantner's Wooden Ships, Gabriel, Striker, Pleasure, Spinners, Tim Renwick, Marlon McClain, Defuser, Local Boys, The Look, George Whitsell, Steve Douglas, KC & the Beat Merchants, Clas Yngstrom's Sky High, Diane Tell, Alasdair Fraser, Quistaday, Heart Attacks, Greg Kihn)
• Danny Chauncey - Guitar (Billy Satellite, Eddie Money, .38 Special, Mistress, Witness, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Jim Peterik & World Stage)
• Randy Jackson - Bass (Billy Cobham, Michael Narada Walden, Herbie Hancock, American Idol, Journey, We Are Family Collective, more )
• Phil Kaffel - Producer, Engineer, Backing Vox
• Tom Coster - Keys Bullmark, Santana, Vital Information, more)
• Steve Douglas - Sax (Replacements, Duane Eddy, Crystals, Jerry Cole, Jan and Dean, Dick Dale, Albert King, Incredible Bongo Band, David Cassidy, Keith Moon, Nilsson, Tubes, Cher, Leon Russell, Beach Boys, Bette Midler more)
• Steve Smith - Tambourine (Journey, Corrado Rustici Trio, Focus, George Brooks Summit, GHS, Players, Soulbopband, Steps Ahead, The Storm, Vital Information, Vital Techtones, Vox Humana more)
• Bob Basik - Dice
• Steve Toby - Asst Engineer
• George Horn - Mastering
• Rollie- Equipment
• Phil Carroll - Art Direction
• Phil Bray - Photos
• Jamie Putnam - Design, Cover
• Dave Leiken - Mgmt

Unknown-ness: Never heard of the band, but the name Taxxi with two Xs just seems silly. With cover art of three people hidden by smoke, i imagine they are trying to communicate that they are a back alley pub rock band suited for the Miami Vice soundtrack.

Album Review: So this London based band is another act cashing in on the American power pop sound. I would not have imagined they were British until i read their bio. They were actually encouraged to move to the states after forming, so they moved to the Bay Area. Their songs vary between powerpop and hard pub rock, even throwing a touch of slide guitar country occasionally. The songs are catchy, his voice is solid, but nothing here is all that differentiating or unique. The most powerful song is probably Cocktail Queen, which was a single and inspired by an actual experience in Arizona. This is their second of five albums, six if you count the album never released, and they had songs on the Weird Science and Secret of My Success soundtracks.

Stand Out Track: Cocktail Queen (Don't She Love to Rock And Roll)

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