Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Shark Island, Michael Schenker Group, Ratt, L.A. Guns, and Vixen.
Contraband came to be after a Vixen and Ratt unplugged session on MTV.
The band released only one self-titled album in 1991 which received lukewarm reviews. The album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after, while touring with Ratt. The song "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars, and Wild, Wild Livin'" was included in the movie If Looks Could Kill soundtrack. In the US, the album charted at number 187. Their cover version of "All the Way from Memphis" appeared on the UK record chart in July 1991. "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" was later covered as "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Women" by Blue Tears later in the early 1990s and released for the 2005 album Dancin' On the Back Streets.
Track listing:
- "All the Way from Memphis" メンフィスへの道 Ian Hunter 4:56
- "Kiss by Kiss" キッス・バイ・キッス Michael Thompson, Mark Spiro 4:19
- "Intimate Outrage" インティメイト・アウトレイジ Spiro, Dann Huff, Phil Naish 4:57
- "Bad for Each Other" バッド・フォー・イーチ・アザー Richard Black, Spencer Sercombe, Steve Diamond 4:28
- "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" 叫ぶギター、爆走する車、そしてワイルドな人生 Gregg Fulkerson/Michael Spears/Black 4:26
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" 今夜はグッド・ロッキン Roy Brown 3:23
- "If This Is Love" イフ・ジス・イズ・ラブ Steven Pasch, Anthony Krizan, Black 5:03
- "Stand" スタンド Tim Feehan, Brian MacLeod 4:04
- "Tonight You're Mine" トゥナイト・ユーアー・マイン Pasch, Krizan 4:43
- "Hang On to Yourself" 君の意志のままに David Bowie 2:47
Bobby Blotzer appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Share Pedersen appears courtesy of EMI Records
Tracii Guns appears courtesy of Polygram Records Inc.
Michael Schenker appears courtesy of EMI Electrola Records (outside U.S.A. and Canada)
Comes in a standard jewel case with obi and includes fold-out insert with liner notes Japanese/English track list, Japanese commentary, and lyrics translated into Japanese.
The commentary is credited as: 91.4.13 伊藤政則/MASA-ITOH