Hamilton and then explodes into a heavy rocker. The album kicks off with “Back in the Saddle” which has a slow build with the drums and guitar and includes a wicked bass line from Mr. The flip side has all the great pictures of he band and I am so glad it is still in such great shape to enjoy. The one side has the caricature of the band playing and it is still bright and beautiful as the colors are stellar. My copy of the album still has the vinyl sleeve in it and it is beautiful. Heck for the longest time, ‘Toys in the Attic’ was always my favorite…now, it is ‘Rocks’! The band was still unchanged with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer and for this album they were a true band, a single unit and were on fire…but not sure how long that would last. The album would go all the way to #3 on the Billboard Charts and would inspire so many future musicians such as Kurt Cobain, James Hetfield, Nikki Sixx and even Slash all citing this as a major influence in their decision to pursue music. (but not all in the year of release of course). The album came out on and would spawn three singles, two of which hit the Top 40 and would eventually go on to sell over 4 million copies in the U.S. Despite all the drugs being used, the band was clicking and the end result fits the album title perfectly because the band ‘Rocks’. Producer, Jack Douglas, was able to get the band loose and wild, which I am sure the heavy usage of drugs helped.
They recorded the album at the “Wherehouse” which was the band’s rehearsal space where they took the Record Plant’s mobile recording studio and backed it right in to the space and did their thing. The album would see the band go a little more raw and heavy as the band really let it loose with this one. The band had their break-through album with ‘Toys in the Attic’, then their fourt album, ‘Rocks”, would solidify them as one of America’s greatest rock & roll bands.
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