Wazbones is a 1995 album by Tigertailz

Tigertailz

Tigertailz are a glam metal band hailing from Cardiff, Wales. They are most famous for their 1990 album, Bezerk, which made the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and spawned a couple of successful singles...

. Originally recorded in 1994, with line-up consisting in Kim Hooker (vocals), Pepsi Tate (bass), Jay Pepper (guitar) and Andy Skinner (drums), replacing Ace Finchum who quit in 1993. They were signed to Amuse America, but the company dropped them. Pepper left, being replaced by Cy Dahnar. The band continued but they changed their name to Wazbones, and re-recorded the original album.

The sound is a drastic change to their previous work, dealing with some kind of mid-tempo Thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

, but in the vein of their previous work with power ballads, and for moments emulating Slayer

Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

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Track listing

1. "Tyfho"
2. "Dirty needles"
3. "Belly of the beast"
4. "Pigface"
5. "Love junkie"
6. "Make me bleed"
7. "Perish"
8. "Let your flesh instruct your mind"
9. "Love can kill"
10. "In the name of the gun"
11. "Wazbones"
12. "I believe"
13. "Show me"
14. "Tyfho (version #1)"
15. "The final solution"

Credits

• Kim Hooker - vocals
  Singing
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• Cy Dahnar - guitar
  Guitar
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• Pepsi Tate
  Pepsi Tate
  Pepsi Tate was the bass guitarist of Welsh Glam Metal band Tigertailz who made the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart in the early 1990s...
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Andy Skinner - drums
  Drum kit
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