@edguyrocks I totally agree with you, he deserves his royalties i mean how precious do they wanna be,they are multi millionairees and they play hard to give him his pay cheque
* RE: Beginning of new song at the end of the video - Thank You very much for replying : ) Judas Priest's ' Heading Out To The Highway ' has almost the same INTRO as D.A.D.'s ' Sleeping My Day Away ' ! watch?v=ASfVIFUw20Y Thanks again : ) _
originally entitled "That Time of the Month". Mark's got a decent voice (some of his fk-ups should have been edited out), but the Stevie Nicks look was over waaay before this tune came out.
I still LOVE this album...the vox at the end of the song is INSANE! The backing-vox throughout are brilliant...I guess these guys would have to track the backing-vox at a live show. Couldn't blame them. ALL "Invasion" guitar-work is really tasteful. Vinnie could burn up & down the fretboard all day but he knows to play what the song calls for.
I cried when I heard this song 20 years ago and I knew that Monica, my baby, was moving to a different town, I hope you are ok now, and I hope you have found real and true love, I still love you, bye
Holy crap I LOVE this!! Slaughter was my favorite band for a couple years when I was about 12, and I still love this stuff. I had no idea that Mark was in another band before that!! WOW!
geesh!....and all this time I thought that Vinnie's music (and Kiss's) transcended all this political clap-trap. Have a great christmas people...and farking rock-on!
I love this video. It's good as "Love Kills" and both "Love Kills" and this video are awesome. Great melodies, great singer. Vinnie Vincent Invasion rocks :D
somebody needs to start a petition to have vinnie vincent get back in the studio and record more music. VVI is way over due for a new album. Bring Back Vinnie!!!!
What a great lineup, a great band and great tunes that came from this band. I shutter to think what these four guys could of did had they staryed together. Mark's vocals were awesome, Vinnie is greatness and so is Dana. Bobby rock was also pretty cool too. The Invasion was awesome!
One of my all time favorite songs. Not just rock songs. I think everything about it is perfect. It always gets cranked when it comes on. Just a great song, to me.
* FANTASTIC !!! What a great VOCAL ending from 4:10 on ! Does anyone recognize that 1 second clip at the end of the next song starting ? I think it sounds like SLEEPING MY DAY AWAY by D.A.D. !
Vinnie Vincent made absolutely awesome music. The only thing i am not really attracted to is the girly voice of Mark Slaughter. Other than that, Vicent´s rythmic and solo guitars are absolutely superb. By long odds Vinnie Vincent stands out from the rest of all those "glam/hair" metal bands that emerged during the second half of the 80s. Btw, a girlfriend of mine says she gets hot listening this tune. ;))
I have to disagree with a few of you. Mark was a better singer. To be honest im not a fan of Roberts voice its so common everyone has his voice Mark has such an amazing unique voice and I feel ripped we only got two albums by this great band why is it that poison and bands like that get all the "hits' this band is alot better then alot of those bands that went huge im not haten on poison good band but VVI is better just saying.
@danbb1984: You have a weird thing against Vinnie Vincent, but you can´t deny Vinnie was the one that pulled Kiss out of their late70s/early80s misery, and put them back on the hard/metal tracks! Could any other "half-decent" guitarist done the same? Don´t be arrogant and give the proper response: YOU DON´T KNOW. Paul Stanley might be a good song writer, but as guitarist he SUCKS -i´ve always wondered whether he can play guitar at all-: Kiss was a burnt ship when Vinnie was called to join them.
@badmutha07 But Paul Stanley was still writing classics, even in the Disco era. Magic Touch, Sure Know Something, Easy as it Seems, What makes the World go round etc. Bruce Kulick was the best choice and better than EVH and Vinnie would've been in the long run, so it all worked out in the end. My point about V.V.I is that they were a decent backing band thanks to Vinnie, but Mark Slaughter ruined their sound with his terrible voice.
@danbb1984 Kiss had no direction and lost its popularity just before Vinnie joined. Vinnie gave them direction and got them back to metal just as 80's metal was about to explode in the 80's. I don't think Eddie would have been a good fit with the band and Gene concurred that view. Paul Stanley is a good song writer and has written amazing songs but he was writing a lot of crap (Elder and disco) before Vinnie. Also VVI was largely popular due to Vinnie and his songwriting, not Mark Slaughter.
@badmutha07 Vinnie did not save Kiss. Any other half-decent guitarist could have done the same job. Imagine if Eddie Van Halen had accepted the position? Lick it Up with one of their weakest albums and they received far more attention for unmasking than for Vinnie's songwriting. The 80s albums didn't start getting really good until Animalize onwards. Paul Stanley is the best song-writer in Kiss by far, Vinnie is nowhere near Paul's level at song-writing.
@twoo57 ......10 LP deal that was the largest & richest contract Chysylis ever gave to a rock band @ the time. It was HIS music, HIS lyrics, HIS ideas, HIS body & mind that had gotten the band to where it got until their somewhat disappointing 2nd LP was released (which was also the record companies fault, they asked him to tame the music & image down a bit.). The contract was for Vinnie, I don't believe he had a band together when he was signed. Sure, Vinnie has some demons but Slaughter.....
@Tscorp65 I totally agree. I remember that time like it was yesterday. I mean, all he had to do was let Mark play a little rhythm guitar and let the band have a little more input on songs. Slaughter had much higher record sales and was essentially the same band. Vinnie's mistake = Mark's pension. Vinnie wasn't that great of a guitarist. Sure, he's from KISS, but that's not a band known for GREAT guitarists. They had attitude, but skills? Not really. Kulick is pretty good, though.
Great song. One of the stand outs on a really good album. However, one of the reasons the rest of the guys went on to create Slaughter was because Vinnie wouldn't relinquish any of the creative reins on the band. Mark was a guitar instructor and wasn't allowed to play guitar. So, they left. Wouldn't have needed to happen if Vinnie wasn't being tyrannical about the band. Slaughter ended up being a much better band with better sales overall. Vinnie isn't all that great, either. Down rank away! :)
Mark Slaughter doesn't sound like Bon jovi! Mark's got an amazing vocal range. Bon Jovi and Slaughter are my fav's band's, they don't sound the same at all!.The record company may have fired Vinnie Vincent they didn't just replace the guitarist! Mark Slaughter actually put Slaughter together with Dana Strum. Bobby Rock is not the original drummer for Slaughter Blas Elias is/was and he quit in '04. Bobby rock did play for Slaughter on certain dates when Elias was playing Blue Man Group
Thanks for the reply. Yeah you're right I don't know much about Vinne's stuff or any of the aforementioned (hair) metal. It all sounded the same then as now. Yes, Zeppelin are great aren't they. I was a BIG Kiss fan too which is why I looked up VV. It seemed like he was a victim of his own AND Gene's arrogance. I'll check out Ashes To Ashes (I assume it's not the Bowie song). All the best - PS. I'll post any comment where and when I want to thanks.
I just didn't (and still don't) get that whole Hair Metal scene. Is it just me or is it ALL really embarrassing? Over posturing and completely forgettable songs. Is it metal because there are some over driven guitars in the background? If you take them away then you have nothing more than a lame ballad - could be Celine Dione!! I find my self staring at my shoes with embarrassment. OK you can get angry now.
Girlfriend is lying! She is more than a little hot, she is creaming her britches and wetter than a funpark slide!!!!! I know that is how it gets me!! And it happens to be that screechy high squeaky voice of Mark Slaughter! High notes on men..................ummmmmmmmmm..............yep gotta go! Time to play!!! :)
No one should nock down any professional guitarist or any vocalist. They are or have succeeded and YOU haven't! Mark became one of the biggest acts on the radio at one time while the other guy disappeared. Not judging either one but it is easy to critique when you wouldn't stand a chance in their world. Thay ALL have talent or else you would never had heard of them...
I agree I think Robert was the better vocalist for VVI. The whole thing about Mark's audition tape not having info on it was false. It was made up because the record company wanted Mark in the band, Vinnie confirmed this at a KISS Expo in Chicago. Vinnie said he regretted going along with it & in retrospect would have kept Robert in the band.
@Bakaphox Same here bro, I was born in 1993 and I feel in love with 80's music such as this buy the time I was in first grade. haha Most kids though it was weird since I'm latino and where I'm from... It's pretty much ghetto rap. :/ But I love music from 50's, 60's, 70's, and especially 80's. Not much I can say from the 90's except Pantera but either way it's all good. :)
I remember reading in all the metal mags about this new kid that Vinnie was going to unleash on the world as the singer on his next album (this one), who supposedly was unlike anything we had heard up to that point in metal. Well, they weren't lying. Slaughter definitely could sing, and had a unique voice.
@Carrjam94 They where successfully Love Kills was a #1 song They toured opening for Maiden & A.Cooper,The record company was not happy with Vinnie,so they cut him out & gave the record deal to Mark,Danna & Bobby. Bobby left for Nitro & later Nelson they could not use the name Invasion cause it belonged to Vinnie but Slaughter was Invasion
very great song...sounds very bon jovi to me lol maybe for the guy's voice. hey btw...somebody knows where to find the video in wich vinnie plays all the solos from this album?? i liked better the one he played for this song on that video but i cannot find it anymore here on youtube¡¡¡ somebody help pleease¡¡
@Zosogun This was there only project together. the band "Slaughter" was pretty much this whole band minus Vinnie Vincent. All the other guys got sick of Vinnie's constant need for overblown guitar solos everywhere. Both bands were great in there own rights. Invasion was harder edged for the most part.
This is such a great song. I think this song could have been a bigger hit if it was promoted right. I don't think that Vinnie Vincent got enough promotion back in the day. Anyhow this is my favorite Vinnie Vincent song. I think that All Systems Go was a better album than the 1st one by far.
@danbb1984 are you crazy!!!! did u just say hat EVH isn't the better guitarist! HE IS LIKE THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME! U DONT SEE ANYONE ELSE PLAYING ERUPTION DO YOU! GOD!!!! LISTEN TO SOME VAN HALEN BEFORE YOU GO AND INSULT THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!
@gir37 : hmmm...the 80s had quite a few bands bearing the name of one of the members, like Van Halen and Dokken... And in case you did not know the guy singing here on this excellent song later was in band named...after him...SLAUGHTER.
@twoo57 ...I couldnt agree more considering Genes ego is larger than most...and if you wanna to know why invasion broke up there is a song on slaughters first album where they trash vinnie....Ive seen vinnie onstage and he blew slaughter and kiss away...
I knew that Mark Slaughter was the singer of the VVI, but I did'nt know that Dana Strum was the bass player. Seeing this video, I'm pretty sure than the drummer is the drummer of Slaughter too. My god, this is just Slaughter with a different guitar player!!!
@ole9872 For everyone who just gave this guy a thumbs down must really not know shit about KISS. In my eye's im KISS's biggest fan. I say you have a point there. Although i don't know about that comment about them talking retro.?
Not only was Vinnie Vincent a very talented guitarist, but he was also very sexy. I mean come on, any girl would agree with me, right? I don't know what he looks like now, but he was very sexy back in the 80s, or at least that's what I think.
doesn't sound like Bon Jovi. Just listen to a Bon Jovi song after this and put in perspective. Bon Jovi is KING OF THEM ALL. He sounds closer to Slaughter (little lower tone, and not the quality of Slaughter). Yeah, he's a copy of slaughter.
Back in the 80's, I was a huge fan of Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, etc. and I hated this style of metal. Now that I hear it again it takes me back to my adolesence and I have newfound respect for it, considering the current state of what's called "music"...
VVI became VVI (featuring Mark Slaughter). Mark and Dana continued to form Slaughter and Bobby Rock went on to play with Nelson. Dana plays bass in Vince Neils solo band. Vinnie Vincent - AWOL....Where are you Vinnie?
im a huge vinnie vincent invasion fan,but mark slaughter sucks as a vocalist compared to bon jovi.yea,if you like screaming vocals then mark is your man,but as vocal range and control bonjovi is better.mark is a screamer
That IS mark slaughter singing. Def Leppard were the kings of the 80s. Bon Jovi and GnR and The Crue had more publicity, but Leppard sold more albums in the 80s than any other artist in their genre. Look it up!
@twoo57 it was never documented in so many words (to my knowledge) but dana strum (and i think mark slaughter) said a few things in the negative about vinnie after they left to form slaughter...
Vinnie was the only guy who keep Mark Slaughter from sounding like Micky Mouse. After VV Invasion broke up and Slaughter had his band he went up into a gotkickedinthenuts falsetto voice permanantly.
@bucky468 no your thinkin of the bob rock who produced metallica albums and made them into a panzi band but no theres 2 bobby rock's the producer and the drummer and in this video its the drummer lol
Saw them in concert with Alice Cooper somewhere back around "87-88. Fantastic band, I hate they didn"t stick around longer. They even came up the ramp at old Charlotte coliseum signed autos.
not saying it not a wig or hair extensions but back in the 80's i was in local bands and from experience you can make you hair look ten times thicker with a body wave,a perm and a ton of aqua net.
I would never betray VV im sure there are people he could trust. I know hes been through many hard times in life but music needs Vinnie Vincent just like i need oxygen....Vinnie come back!! PLEASE!
Yea its at least two different. You can se the difference on the inlays on the fretboard. On one guitar its the standard inlays and on a another ist the v-shaped (jackson) inlays.
greatest glam metal band of all time..... such an underrated band.... vinnie vincent invasion never got the credit it deserved.... why did they break up in the first place???
Are you sure they weren't hair extensions and not a wig. My friend's mom used to add hair extensions to quite a few Glam Rockers (not saying V V is glam or anything) at her salon in nyc.
I like this stuff. Vinnie finaly matured from his 'i wanna shred the god off there thrones' stage. He was always talented but yeah his early attitude was questionable. awesome stuff.
I think Vinnie created this band to show Kiss that he was a killer guitarist, which he is. Listen to most of the songs they made, they almost ALL have killer solos.
The broke up for the same reasons Vinnie got booted out of Kiss - Vinnie's ego. Vinnie would never let Mark play guitar. The rest of VVI left Vinnie and created Slaughter.
@hauntedmemorie That's the dumbest quote i've ever heard of,....... interesting that once he left the band mark st. john came into the band and mark played even faster....
@FlyingWarrior08 He would have stayed if he would have just signed with KISS. eventually they would have kicked him out because everyone know's gene didn't like him.
glad i am not the only one who thinks he looks like a fruit who took the glam scene one step too far. One thing I will say tho is that he sure could rock the frets though
@twoo57 it was never documented in so many words (to my knowledge) but dana strum (and i think mark slaughter) said a few things in the negative about vinnie...
I don't know if "The darkest Night of the year" is so moody,but in the same LP is "Swear yor Love",a very underrated song that kick ass...Steve at his Best..
Vinnie was an ass.How do you get kicked out of your own band?better for slaughter that way.This band was pretty good though,I like alot of there tunes......
You're right man! I have thought for years this tune was by Slaughter. If you just listen to it without watching the video it's like listening to SLAUGHTER.
Ah well, I can't argue with personal preference - I'm just more of a fan of Vinnie (not to say Ace and Bruce weren't great of course). One of the major critical comments of his style at the time was he shredded too much - I actually felt then when he got the balance right ("feel" vs Shred) then he was better than either....a lot of technical approaches were quite original but hey, thats just me. There's no doubt Ace influenced more people :)
Ok, I'm willing to accept that other people's opinions differ from mine - thats perfectly reasonable. If Vinnie wasn't the best, who was? Ace? Bruce? I rate both behind Vinnie on any attribute for a professional guitarist I can think of (technicaly proficiency, originality, musical knowledge) and would rate them equally on their ability to play "for the song". Perhaps the only area I would rate them ahead on would be their tone - Vinnie's was always slightly processed, even for the period.
Vinnie may have been hard to work with but he was such a frickin great guitar player that he could do no wrong for me - come on Vinnie time to come back.
@baldwaller Haha rather im on the internet or not im a bad ass there is no question. Since you think this music is so horrible. What do you call music?
Vinnie gay or not wrote the best kiss songs since Destroyer...Paul can write and Gene well he'd be a good reality star when it comes to song writing...
i would sign that petition but vinnie probably dont want to u have to remember kiss screwed him over, then dana strum from VVI screwed him over, then his record lable went dead, then his wife got murdered then that arsehole whatever his name is tryed to take vinnie guitar model and copyright it for is own, vinnie been through alott the poor soul :(
Well, I can can tell you with 100% certainty that the guitar Vinnie's playing in this video is a custom made Carvin twinfin. He later changed the pickups to Seymour Duncan's and he also has an original "Non-FineTuner" Floyd Rose on it. I work at Carvin so I know!
ace frehley is a way better kiss guitar player but if not for this man we would never have had lick it up,my favoret 80s kiss album and slaughter a very good 80s hair metal band.where ever he may be now days i hope he is doing good
The entire album cd was total kick ass 😊😊😊😊😊
Marc Slaughter's voice on here sounds amazing, one of the best singers
@edguyrocks I totally agree with you, he deserves his royalties i mean how precious do they wanna be,they are multi millionairees and they play hard to give him his pay cheque
he is really the best guitar player kiss ever had,besides Ace,
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RE: Beginning of new song at the end of the video -
Thank You very much for replying : )
Judas Priest's ' Heading Out To The Highway ' has almost the same INTRO as D.A.D.'s ' Sleeping My Day Away ' !
watch?v=ASfVIFUw20Y
Thanks again : )
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originally entitled "That Time of the Month". Mark's got a decent voice (some of his fk-ups should have been edited out), but the Stevie Nicks look was over waaay before this tune came out.
I still LOVE this album...the vox at the end of the song is INSANE! The backing-vox throughout are brilliant...I guess these guys would have to track the backing-vox at a live show. Couldn't blame them. ALL "Invasion" guitar-work is really tasteful. Vinnie could burn up & down the fretboard all day but he knows to play what the song calls for.
Awesome song ... Vinnie has skills!! ... no doubt!
I cried when I heard this song 20 years ago and I knew that Monica, my baby, was moving to a different town, I hope you are ok now, and I hope you have found real and true love, I still love you, bye
Great song. Both Mark Slaughter and Vinnie Vincent are amazing.
Holy crap I LOVE this!! Slaughter was my favorite band for a couple years when I was about 12, and I still love this stuff. I had no idea that Mark was in another band before that!! WOW!
this song really fit my situation...
"I gonna know the endin of my story.."
it's amazing,it makes cry...
thanks to god we got rock to believe in.
geesh!....and all this time I thought that Vinnie's music (and Kiss's) transcended all this political clap-trap.
Have a great christmas people...and farking rock-on!
I love this video. It's good as "Love Kills" and both "Love Kills" and this video are awesome. Great melodies, great singer. Vinnie Vincent Invasion rocks :D
somebody needs to start a petition to have vinnie vincent get back in the studio and record more music. VVI is way over due for a new album.
Bring Back Vinnie!!!!
One of the best ballads of the era.
It has stood the test of time and Vinnie's playing on this effort matured nicely.
vinnie vincent invasion is one of the greatest and one of the most under rated bands of the 80's.
What a great lineup, a great band and great tunes that came from this band. I shutter to think what these four guys could of did had they staryed together. Mark's vocals were awesome, Vinnie is greatness and so is Dana. Bobby rock was also pretty cool too. The Invasion was awesome!
First time i heard this song, GOOD stuff!!
I love this tune. One of the best melodies of the 80's. Along with Lonely by Crimson Glory. Man I miss them too.
One of my all time favorite songs. Not just rock songs. I think everything about it is perfect. It always gets cranked when it comes on. Just a great song, to me.
... That time of year ...
Possibly my favorite song ever ...
Increible voz la de Mark Slaughter y genial la guitarra de Vinnie Vincent uno de los guitar heros más incomprendidos del panorama rockero!!!
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FANTASTIC !!!
What a great VOCAL ending from 4:10 on !
Does anyone recognize that 1 second clip
at the end of the next song starting ?
I think it sounds like SLEEPING MY DAY AWAY
by D.A.D. !
cool
you cut me deep, man, , what have you done i you had been me?
Although Frehley is my fave guitarist for KISS, Vinnie is my fave guitar player/musician period.. He did save KISS from oblivion!!! :)
Que buen pero que buen tema ..... esto si era musica, me pongo nostalgico nomas de saber que yo no vivi esta epoca :(
Vinnie Vincent made absolutely awesome music. The only thing i am not really attracted to is the girly voice of Mark Slaughter. Other than that, Vicent´s rythmic and solo guitars are absolutely superb.
By long odds Vinnie Vincent stands out from the rest of all those "glam/hair" metal bands that emerged during the second half of the 80s.
Btw, a girlfriend of mine says she gets hot listening this tune. ;))
I have to disagree with a few of you. Mark was a better singer. To be honest im not a fan of Roberts voice its so common everyone has his voice Mark has such an amazing unique voice and I feel ripped we only got two albums by this great band why is it that poison and bands like that get all the "hits' this band is alot better then alot of those bands that went huge im not haten on poison good band but VVI is better just saying.
@danbb1984: You have a weird thing against Vinnie Vincent, but you can´t deny Vinnie was the one that pulled Kiss out of their late70s/early80s misery, and put them back on the hard/metal tracks! Could any other "half-decent" guitarist done the same? Don´t be arrogant and give the proper response: YOU DON´T KNOW. Paul Stanley might be a good song writer, but as guitarist he SUCKS -i´ve always wondered whether he can play guitar at all-: Kiss was a burnt ship when Vinnie was called to join them.
@badmutha07 But Paul Stanley was still writing classics, even in the Disco era. Magic Touch, Sure Know Something, Easy as it Seems, What makes the World go round etc. Bruce Kulick was the best choice and better than EVH and Vinnie would've been in the long run, so it all worked out in the end. My point about V.V.I is that they were a decent backing band thanks to Vinnie, but Mark Slaughter ruined their sound with his terrible voice.
@danbb1984 Kiss had no direction and lost its popularity just before Vinnie joined. Vinnie gave them direction and got them back to metal just as 80's metal was about to explode in the 80's. I don't think Eddie would have been a good fit with the band and Gene concurred that view. Paul Stanley is a good song writer and has written amazing songs but he was writing a lot of crap (Elder and disco) before Vinnie. Also VVI was largely popular due to Vinnie and his songwriting, not Mark Slaughter.
@badmutha07 Vinnie did not save Kiss. Any other half-decent guitarist could have done the same job. Imagine if Eddie Van Halen had accepted the position? Lick it Up with one of their weakest albums and they received far more attention for unmasking than for Vinnie's songwriting. The 80s albums didn't start getting really good until Animalize onwards. Paul Stanley is the best song-writer in Kiss by far, Vinnie is nowhere near Paul's level at song-writing.
@twoo57 ......10 LP deal that was the largest & richest contract Chysylis ever gave to a rock band @ the time. It was HIS music, HIS lyrics, HIS ideas, HIS body & mind that had gotten the band to where it got until their somewhat disappointing 2nd LP was released (which was also the record companies fault, they asked him to tame the music & image down a bit.). The contract was for Vinnie, I don't believe he had a band together when he was signed. Sure, Vinnie has some demons but Slaughter.....
@Tscorp65 I totally agree. I remember that time like it was yesterday. I mean, all he had to do was let Mark play a little rhythm guitar and let the band have a little more input on songs. Slaughter had much higher record sales and was essentially the same band. Vinnie's mistake = Mark's pension. Vinnie wasn't that great of a guitarist. Sure, he's from KISS, but that's not a band known for GREAT guitarists. They had attitude, but skills? Not really. Kulick is pretty good, though.
Great song. One of the stand outs on a really good album. However, one of the reasons the rest of the guys went on to create Slaughter was because Vinnie wouldn't relinquish any of the creative reins on the band. Mark was a guitar instructor and wasn't allowed to play guitar. So, they left. Wouldn't have needed to happen if Vinnie wasn't being tyrannical about the band. Slaughter ended up being a much better band with better sales overall. Vinnie isn't all that great, either. Down rank away! :)
Mark Slaughter doesn't sound like Bon jovi! Mark's got an amazing vocal range. Bon Jovi and Slaughter are my fav's band's, they don't sound the same at all!.The record company may have fired Vinnie Vincent they didn't just replace the guitarist! Mark Slaughter actually put Slaughter together with Dana Strum. Bobby Rock is not the original drummer for Slaughter Blas Elias is/was and he quit in '04. Bobby rock did play for Slaughter on certain dates when Elias was playing Blue Man Group
Thanks for the reply.
Yeah you're right I don't know much about Vinne's stuff or any of the aforementioned (hair) metal. It all sounded the same then as now.
Yes, Zeppelin are great aren't they.
I was a BIG Kiss fan too which is why I looked up VV. It seemed like he was a victim of his own AND Gene's arrogance.
I'll check out Ashes To Ashes (I assume it's not the Bowie song).
All the best - PS. I'll post any comment where and when I want to thanks.
I just didn't (and still don't) get that whole Hair Metal scene. Is it just me or is it ALL really embarrassing?
Over posturing and completely forgettable songs. Is it metal because there are some over driven guitars in the background? If you take them away then you have nothing more than a lame ballad - could be Celine Dione!!
I find my self staring at my shoes with embarrassment.
OK you can get angry now.
Girlfriend is lying! She is more than a little hot, she is creaming her britches and wetter than a funpark slide!!!!! I know that is how it gets me!! And it happens to be that screechy high squeaky voice of Mark Slaughter! High notes on men..................ummmmmmmmmm..............yep gotta go! Time to play!!! :)
No one should nock down any professional guitarist or any vocalist. They are or have succeeded and YOU haven't! Mark became one of the biggest acts on the radio at one time while the other guy disappeared. Not judging either one but it is easy to critique when you wouldn't stand a chance in their world. Thay ALL have talent or else you would never had heard of them...
I agree I think Robert was the better vocalist for VVI. The whole thing about Mark's audition tape not having info on it was false. It was made up because the record company wanted Mark in the band, Vinnie confirmed this at a KISS Expo in Chicago. Vinnie said he regretted going along with it & in retrospect would have kept Robert in the band.
@Bakaphox Same here bro, I was born in 1993 and I feel in love with 80's music such as this buy the time I was in first grade. haha Most kids though it was weird since I'm latino and where I'm from... It's pretty much ghetto rap. :/
But I love music from 50's, 60's, 70's, and especially 80's. Not much I can say from the 90's except Pantera but either way it's all good. :)
I remember reading in all the metal mags about this new kid that Vinnie was going to unleash on the world as the singer on his next album (this one), who supposedly was unlike anything we had heard up to that point in metal. Well, they weren't lying. Slaughter definitely could sing, and had a unique voice.
@Carrjam94 They where successfully Love Kills was a #1 song
They toured opening for Maiden & A.Cooper,The record company was not happy with Vinnie,so they cut him out & gave the record deal to Mark,Danna & Bobby.
Bobby left for Nitro & later Nelson they could not use the name Invasion cause it belonged to Vinnie but Slaughter was Invasion
very great song...sounds very bon jovi to me lol maybe for the guy's voice. hey btw...somebody knows where to find the video in wich vinnie plays all the solos from this album?? i liked better the one he played for this song on that video but i cannot find it anymore here on youtube¡¡¡ somebody help pleease¡¡
@Zosogun This was there only project together.
the band "Slaughter" was pretty much this whole band minus Vinnie Vincent. All the other guys got sick of Vinnie's constant need for overblown guitar solos everywhere. Both bands were great in there own rights. Invasion was harder edged for the most part.
This is such a great song. I think this song could have been a bigger hit if it was promoted right. I don't think that Vinnie Vincent got enough promotion back in the day. Anyhow this is my favorite Vinnie Vincent song. I think that All Systems Go was a better album than the 1st one by far.
@danbb1984 are you crazy!!!! did u just say hat EVH isn't the better guitarist! HE IS LIKE THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME! U DONT SEE ANYONE ELSE PLAYING ERUPTION DO YOU! GOD!!!! LISTEN TO SOME VAN HALEN BEFORE YOU GO AND INSULT THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!
@gir37 : hmmm...the 80s had quite a few bands bearing the name of one of the members, like Van Halen and Dokken...
And in case you did not know the guy singing here on this excellent song later was in band named...after him...SLAUGHTER.
@twoo57 ...I couldnt agree more considering Genes ego is larger than most...and if you wanna to know why invasion broke up there is a song on slaughters first album where they trash vinnie....Ive seen vinnie onstage and he blew slaughter and kiss away...
I knew that Mark Slaughter was the singer of the VVI, but I did'nt know that Dana Strum was the bass player. Seeing this video, I'm pretty sure than the drummer is the drummer of Slaughter too. My god, this is just Slaughter with a different guitar player!!!
@ole9872 For everyone who just gave this guy a thumbs down must really not know shit about KISS. In my eye's im KISS's biggest fan. I say you have a point there. Although i don't know about that comment about them talking retro.?
Not only was Vinnie Vincent a very talented guitarist, but he was also very sexy. I mean come on, any girl would agree with me, right? I don't know what he looks like now, but he was very sexy back in the 80s, or at least that's what I think.
doesn't sound like Bon Jovi. Just listen to a Bon Jovi song after this and put in perspective. Bon Jovi is KING OF THEM ALL. He sounds closer to Slaughter (little lower tone, and not the quality of Slaughter). Yeah, he's a copy of slaughter.
Back in the 80's, I was a huge fan of Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, etc. and I hated this style of metal. Now that I hear it again it takes me back to my adolesence and I have newfound respect for it, considering the current state of what's called "music"...
VVI became VVI (featuring Mark Slaughter). Mark and Dana continued to form Slaughter and Bobby Rock went on to play with Nelson. Dana plays bass in Vince Neils solo band. Vinnie Vincent - AWOL....Where are you Vinnie?
im a huge vinnie vincent invasion fan,but mark slaughter sucks as a vocalist compared to bon jovi.yea,if you like screaming vocals then mark is your man,but as vocal range and control bonjovi is better.mark is a screamer
That IS mark slaughter singing. Def Leppard were the kings of the 80s. Bon Jovi and GnR and The Crue had more publicity, but Leppard sold more albums in the 80s than any other artist in their genre. Look it up!
@twoo57 it was never documented in so many words (to my knowledge) but dana strum (and i think mark slaughter) said a few things in the negative about vinnie after they left to form slaughter...
Vinnie was the only guy who keep Mark Slaughter from sounding like Micky Mouse. After VV Invasion broke up and Slaughter had his band he went up into a gotkickedinthenuts falsetto voice permanantly.
@bucky468 no your thinkin of the bob rock who produced metallica albums and made them into a panzi band but no theres 2 bobby rock's the producer and the drummer and in this video its the drummer lol
Saw them in concert with Alice Cooper somewhere back around "87-88. Fantastic band, I hate they didn"t stick around longer. They even came up the ramp at old Charlotte coliseum signed autos.
not saying it not a wig or hair extensions but back in the 80's i was in local bands and from experience you can make you hair look ten times thicker with a body wave,a perm and a ton of aqua net.
I would never betray VV im sure there are people he could trust. I know hes been through many hard times in life but music needs Vinnie Vincent just like i need oxygen....Vinnie come back!! PLEASE!
Yea its at least two different. You can se the difference on the inlays on the fretboard. On one guitar its the standard inlays and on a another ist the v-shaped (jackson) inlays.
greatest glam metal band of all time.....
such an underrated band....
vinnie vincent invasion never got the credit it deserved....
why did they break up in the first place???
Are you sure they weren't hair extensions and not a wig. My friend's mom used to add hair extensions to quite a few Glam Rockers (not saying V V is glam or anything) at her salon in nyc.
I like this stuff. Vinnie finaly matured from his 'i wanna shred the god off there thrones' stage. He was always talented but yeah his early attitude was questionable. awesome stuff.
I think Vinnie created this band to show Kiss that he was a killer guitarist, which he is. Listen to most of the songs they made, they almost ALL have killer solos.
The broke up for the same reasons Vinnie got booted out of Kiss - Vinnie's ego. Vinnie would never let Mark play guitar. The rest of VVI left Vinnie and created Slaughter.
@hauntedmemorie That's the dumbest quote i've ever heard of,....... interesting that once he left the band mark st. john came into the band and mark played even faster....
@FlyingWarrior08 He would have stayed if he would have just signed with KISS. eventually they would have kicked him out because everyone know's gene didn't like him.
glad i am not the only one who thinks he looks like a fruit who took the glam scene one step too far. One thing I will say tho is that he sure could rock the frets though
@twoo57 it was never documented in so many words (to my knowledge) but dana strum (and i think mark slaughter) said a few things in the negative about vinnie...
I don't know if "The darkest Night of the year" is so moody,but in the same LP is "Swear yor Love",a very underrated song that kick ass...Steve at his Best..
Vinnie was an ass.How do you get kicked out of your own band?better for slaughter that way.This band was pretty good though,I like alot of there tunes......
You're right man! I have thought for years this tune was by Slaughter.
If you just listen to it without watching the video it's like listening to SLAUGHTER.
Ah well, I can't argue with personal preference - I'm just more of a fan of Vinnie (not to say Ace and Bruce weren't great of course). One of the major critical comments of his style at the time was he shredded too much - I actually felt then when he got the balance right ("feel" vs Shred) then he was better than either....a lot of technical approaches were quite original but hey, thats just me.
There's no doubt Ace influenced more people :)
Ok, I'm willing to accept that other people's opinions differ from mine - thats perfectly reasonable.
If Vinnie wasn't the best, who was? Ace? Bruce? I rate both behind Vinnie on any attribute for a professional guitarist I can think of (technicaly proficiency, originality, musical knowledge) and would rate them equally on their ability to play "for the song". Perhaps the only area I would rate them ahead on would be their tone - Vinnie's was always slightly processed, even for the period.
@kkpriest2112 the band did not break up because of vinnies solos. also only half of the invasion went on to be slaughter.bobby rock the drummer didnt.
Vinnie may have been hard to work with but he was such a frickin great guitar player that he could do no wrong for me - come on Vinnie time to come back.
@twoo57 Vinnie was stifling the band by controlling its direction too much. Slaughter in particular didn't like it and went on to form his own band.
@baldwaller Haha rather im on the internet or not im a bad ass there is no question. Since you think this music is so horrible. What do you call music?
Vinnie gay or not wrote the best kiss songs since Destroyer...Paul can write and Gene well he'd be a good reality star when it comes to song writing...
VV is a great and complete musician. his lyrics, songwriting and guitar skills are awesome.
in the 90's, musicians cant even tune their own guitar!
i would sign that petition but vinnie probably dont want to u have to remember kiss screwed him over, then dana strum from VVI screwed him over, then his record lable went dead, then his wife got murdered then that arsehole whatever his name is tryed to take vinnie guitar model and copyright it for is own, vinnie been through alott the poor soul :(
Vinnie Vincent Invasion has many realy good songs including this. WHo knows how far they have got if they hadnt broke up in the first place...
Well, I can can tell you with 100% certainty that the guitar Vinnie's playing in this video is a custom made Carvin twinfin. He later changed the pickups to Seymour Duncan's and he also has an original "Non-FineTuner" Floyd Rose on it.
I work at Carvin so I know!
Definitely a kickass song that is good to listen to during anytime of the year. Such great talent and a unique player, rock on vincent!
He is behind John Norums hit Back On The Streets. Vinnie is such a talented guy and I wish he had reach more success than he did! Respect!
@hauntedmemorie Lol i love gene but he is never really clear on facts. As for mark slaughter,...weren't they best friends? Vinnie and mark?
Gene simmons was quoted on headbangers ball as saying besides vinnies ego he played way to fast and thats not what kiss was about.....
i love vinnie vincent invasion but i wouldn't have known this band if slaughter wasn't here i love MARK SLAUGHTER HE'S THE BEST REALLY
ace frehley is a way better kiss guitar player but if not for this man we would never have had lick it up,my favoret 80s kiss album and slaughter a very good 80s hair metal band.where ever he may be now days i hope he is doing good
hey did anybody on here see these guys on the somewhere in time tour with Maiden ? Ahh so f'n cool - those where the f'n days!!!!
I wonder why they wasn't so succesfull, i mean some of their songs are great. And Vinnie is a great guitarist, can't lie about that
Only 2 kinds of music Good & Bad
If it's good turn it up
if it sucks change the channel.
your post is well written smitchix