It seemed like if you were a veteran '80s pop-metal rock act who needed a "singer for hire" in the early 21st century, former
Love/Hate frontman
Jizzy Pearl was the man for you. After all, it was during this period that
Pearl could be spotted fronting either
Adler's Appetite (a
Guns N' Roses tribute band, which featured original
GNR drummer
Steven Adler) and
Ratt (which only included original members
Warren DeMartini and
Bobby Blotzer at that point). And while singing other band's tunes undoubtedly helped pay the bills for
Pearl, it was certainly not a fruitful outlet for working up new songs. As a result,
Pearl issued his first ever solo album,
Vegas Must Die, in 2005. Interestingly, the album was issued on the Shrapnel label, which is best known for issuing releases strictly by shredding metal guitarists. But the tunes here are equal parts
Brian Johnson-era
AC/DC and '80s-era Sunset Strip metal, as evidenced by the slow blues boogie of "True Love" and the acoustic ditty "You Don't Own Me," which is akin to the second half of
Guns N' Roses'
Lies. Longtime fans of
Love/Hate starved for new product (
Pearl's former band hadn't issued an album since 1999) should find some solace in
Vegas Must Die.