Confirming vocalist and leader
Graham Bonnet's lack of personality,
Alcatrazz's second album has more in common with guitarist
Steve Vai's next project (
David Lee Roth's first solo album) than with the band's previous work. Released in 1985,
Disturbing the Peace is a lifeless and uninspired affair that also displayed Vai's own limitations as a principal songwriter. From the cliche-ridden pop-rock of "God Blessed Video" to the failed attempt at drama on "Desert Diamond," there is little saving this record from rightful rock & roll oblivion.
Disturbing the Peace will interest only musical masochists and
Steve Vai completists. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia