http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/12/05/johnny-lima-livin-out-loud-2009/ Hard Rock and Heavy Metal news, reviews & discussion Tue, 29 May 2012 11:18:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/12/05/johnny-lima-livin-out-loud-2009/#comment-24624 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:36:06 +0000 http://heavymetaladdiction.com/?p=4175#comment-24624 [...] Johnny Lima – Livin’ Out Loud (2009): I had been reading all about Johnny Lima and this album for a couple of months before i actually broke down and ordered it from Johnny’s website. First, let me give Johnny a ton of credit for emailing me within 10 minutes of my order and personally thanking me and then sending the CD out same day including an autograph. Then he emails me a couple days later to make sure the album arrived! Keeping a connection with the fans is what it’s about and Johnny Lima gained an instant fan. And the music is good too! After spinning this once I knew this would be the best Glam/Hard Rock album of the year. If you like Poison, Def Leppard, early Bon Jovi, Dokken, Ratt, Cinderella and Motley Crue then you are definitely going to find a song on LIVIN’ OUT LOUD that could easily fit into any of the bands’ catalog. That’s not to say that the album is a carbon copy of what these big bands have done in the past rather it’s a statement that revisiting and reinterpreting the classic ’80s Hard Rock style is OK. That’s something that these bigger bands are afraid to do! Every song is catchy with a ton of hooks, big harmonies and great guitar…..this is the kind of record that is so infectious that you can’t help but sing along and have a great time. This was a major contender for the top spot for 2009. [...]

]]> http://heavymetaladdiction.com/2009/12/05/johnny-lima-livin-out-loud-2009/#comment-24483 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:36:05 +0000 http://heavymetaladdiction.com/?p=4175#comment-24483 I liked this one a lot too. Reminded me some of Trixie.

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