Mad Max - White Sands

Published Jan. 29 2007

*=Staff's pick	Family Of Rock Little Princess* Heaven Is… Someone Like You Lluvia We Fight In White* Change It Glorious Night* Too Wrong War*

Genre	AOR	Michael Voss	Vocals
Tracks	10	Michael Voss	Guitar
Runningtime	38 Min.	Jürgen Breforth	Guitar
Label	AOR Heaven	Roland Bergmann	Bass
Release	23 Feb. 2007	Axel Kruse	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboard
Similar artists	Stryper, Scorpions, Bonfire

Family Of Rock starts with a heavy riff. That is the hardest this rock will be, until the ending track War. Already in the chorus of Family Of Rock, it all turns quite lame. Little Princess has yet another catchy riff, but the lyrics are too much pink cotton. Let's just say that the general interest in the greatness of children of people you don't know is limited. We Fight In White has a chorus that directly makes you think of the classic Stryper hit To Hell With The Devil. Another reason to think of Stryper is the characteristic voice of Michael Voss, which reminds quite a lot of his namesake Sweet in Stryper.

Glorious Night is another half stolen piece. Remember Eurythmics? Remember their 80s hit Thorn In My Side? Last but not least lies War, which - as I mentioned earlier - is the heaviest track. But in a modern American style. Again I must draw a parallel to Stryper and their latest album Reborn.

Speaking of reborn, Mad Max has made themselves a new 'white' shape of a classic melodic band. They've made it so well that they have been opening for Deep Purple and Alice Cooper home in Germany. But there is nothing especially original with their melodic rock. Not even the 'white' message is unique. Maybe for Germany. It works as AOR, but a bit of dirt on the white suits would not send even a Christian band to hell.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	3	6	7	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - David