A lot of times we put things featuring progressive rock artists under prog, even when they don’t fit that banner based on the music. In this case, I can’t really do that. Yes, Ryo Okumoto of Spock’s Beard plays on one song here. So does Billy Sherwood. Overall, though, this is more metal than it is anything else. It’s definitely more of an AOR pop metal, but it’s metal. It’s also quite strong, though.

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Drums lead out, and then they launch into a raunch and roll kind of jam. The vocal hooks are more pop rock oriented than that. This makes me think of Alice Cooper a bit in some ways. It’s got a real 1980s hair metal vibe, too. Still, the bits of horn sound (guest Angelo Moore’s saxophone), and the whole arrangement is more modern than that. There is a punky edge here, too.

People of a certain generation think of this as an Angel song. The truth is, it was originally by The Young Rascals. This version reminds me a bit of a punky Kiss. Rik Fox (bass) and Betsy Weiss (duet vocal) guest here.