In homage to one of America’s most revered hairstyles, Epic/Legacy will merge 35 hard stomping classics for “Mullets Rock!,” a two-CD set due March 4. Endorsing the slogan, “Play it loud, wear it proud,” the collection touts 1970s and ’80s rock classics from the likes of Foghat (“Slow Ride”), Molly Hatchet (“Flirtin’ With Disaster”), Quiet Riot (“Metal Health”), and Alice Cooper (“School’s Out.”)
“It’s not just a hairstyle, it’s a lifestyle,” the liner notes proclaim before pointing out that a number of the frontmen for the bands on “Mullets Rock!” — like Journey’s Steve Perry, Loverboy’s Mike Reno, and REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin — all sported the “short in front, long in back” look at some point.
Complete with glossary of alternate terms for the “mullet” — which include “Camaro cut,” “squirrel pelt,” and “Tennessee tophat” — the project’s self-deprecating sense of humor should not belittle the tracks it possesses. Complete with some of the finest rock songs ever put to tape, from Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” and Kansas’ “Carry on Wayward Son” to Judas Priest’s “Living After Midnight” and Twisted Sister’s “I Wanna Rock,” the collection is certainly is long on anthems.
Here is the track list for “Mullets Rock!”:
Disc one:
“Mississippi Queen,” Mountain
“Smoke on the Water,” Deep Purple
“Hot Blooded,” Foreigner
“Slow Ride,” Foghat
“The Stroke,” Billy Squier
“Free-For-All,” Ted Nugent
“Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” Brownsville Station
“Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo,” Rick Derringer
“Surrender,” Cheap Trick
“Working for the Weekend,” Loverboy
“Any Way You Want It,” Journey
“Two Tickets to Paradise,” Eddie Money
“Hold the Line,” Toto
“Roll With the Changes,” REO Speedwagon
“No One To Run With,” Allman Brothers Band
“Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
“Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood & the Destroyers
“Simple Man,” Lynyrd Skynyrd
Disc two:
“Smokin’,” Boston
“Flirtin’ With Disaster,” Molly Hatchet
“Living After Midnight,” Judas Priest
“I Wanna Rock,” Twisted Sister
“Metal Health (Bang Your Head),” Quiet Riot
“Godzilla,” Blue Oyster Cult
“Frankenstein,” Edgar Winter Group
“Carry on Wayward Son,” Kansas
“We’re an American Band,” Grand Funk Railroad
“Don’t Bring Me Down,” Electric Light Orchestra
“Takin’ Care of Business,” Bachmann-Turner Overdrive
“Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress),” the Hollies
“Rockin’ Down the Highway,” Doobie Brothers
“Black Betty,” Ram Jam
“School’s Out,” Alice Cooper
“Bat Out of Hell,” Meat Loaf
“Hold Your Head Up,” Argent
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