REMASTERED EDITION - FULL BOOKLET / 8 BONUS TRACKS (7 tracks Taken from the collector E.P DEMONSTRATION) - Kicked & Klawed is the Crüe doing Aerosmith, with more kicks and more claws. Cleveland, Ohio, native Joel Ellis moved to Los Angeles in the mid-Eighties and joined Merry Hoax, featuring drummer Randy Meers. Could there be any connection between this band and Merri Hoax who recorded a very Brit Metal influenced track on the Cleveland compilation album 'Etched in Steel'. The band managed to win a production deal from Atlantic Records but the liaison really went no further. One of the Merry Hoax's demos fell into the hands of Seiki Matsu guitarist Takashi O'Hashi in Tokyo, however. Convinced that Ellis was the perfect man for the job of fronting ... mehr lesen