Back For Another Taste was the 7th Helix

Helix (band)

Helix are a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band. They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup was formed by drummer Bruce Arnold, and consisted of lead vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, keyboardist Don...

 studio album and 8th album altogether. It was also their last album of their original Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 contract. In a fall 1987 interview on MuchMusic

MuchMusic

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 with Erica Ehm

Erica Ehm

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, lead vocalist Brian Vollmer

Brian Vollmer

Brian Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Helix was formed in 1974 by original drummer Bruce Arnold. Since that time, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to defacto leader of band, weathering numerous lineup changes...

 jokingly stated that this album would be titled Blood, Sweat & Beer.

Track listing

1. "The Storm"
2. "Running Wild in the 21st Century"
3. "That's Life"
4. "Breakdown"
5. "Heavy Metal Cowboys"
6. "Back for Another Taste"
7. "Rockin' Rollercoaster"
8. "Midnight Express"
9. "Good to the Last Drop"
10. "Give It to You"
11. "Wheels of Thunder"

• The UK edition of Back for Another Taste contains a bonus track, "Wild in the Streets" from the Wild in the Streets (1987) album. This bonus track appeared at the end of Side 1, or between "Heavy Metal Cowboys" and "Back for Another Taste" as the 6th track on the CD.

Credits

Produced by Tony Bongiovi

Tony Bongiovi

Tony Bongiovi is a record producer and recording engineer with expertise in Electrical & Acoustical Engineering. He helped to remodel an old building in Manhattan—once a power plant for Edison, and later a television studio—into the Power Station recording studio in 1977.Bongiovi was born in the...

 and Helix

Studio: The River Studios - Fort Erie, Canada / Power Station

Avatar Studios

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 - New York

Helix

Brian Vollmer

Brian Vollmer

Brian Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Helix was formed in 1974 by original drummer Bruce Arnold. Since that time, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to defacto leader of band, weathering numerous lineup changes...

 - lead vocals

Paul Hackman

Paul Hackman

Paul Wayne Hackman was a Canadian guitarist who performed with the rock band Helix from 1976 until his death in a road accident...

 - guitars, vocals

Greg "Fritz" Hinz - drums, vocals

Daryl Gray - bass, vocals

Additional Musicians

The Doctor (Brent Doerner) - lead guitar on "Wheels Of Thunder" and "Back For Another Taste", rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Marc Ribler - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars and backing vocals on "Good To The Last Drop" and "Midnight Express"

Brian Doerner

Brian Doerner

Brian J. Doerner, from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is the current drummer for progressive rock band Saga, and hard rock band My Wicked Twin with his twin brother Brent Doerner. Brian has been playing music together with his brother since they were 8 years old. Brent was given a drum kit by their...

 - drums on "Good To The Last Drop", "Midnight Express" and "Rockin' Rollercoaster"

John Adamo - piano on "Wheels Of Thunder" and programming

Sal Andolina - saxophone on "Running Wild in the 21st Century"

Gord Prior - backing vocals on "Midnight Express"

Singles

"The Storm"

"Running Wild in the 21st Century" (awarded "Heavy Metal Video of the Year" in 1990 on MuchMusic

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)


"Good To The Last Drop" (Cassette single

Cassette single

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 release only: B-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

 track "S.E.X. Rated" remains unreleased on CD to date in this version, as it is a different recording than that on the Helix B-Sides

B-Sides (Helix album)

B-Sides is a compilation album by the Canadian hard rock band Helix. It is their 13th official release, and their fourth compilation album. Despite the title, it actually consists of no b-sides. It was released in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of Helix, and featured a reunion of...

CD.)

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Canada	#82
	Billboard Hot 200	#179

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Highest
1990	"The Storm"	Canadian Singles chart	#74