Sign of Victory (Buster Brown album)
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Sign Of Victory is the second album of the glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band Buster Brown
Buster Brown (band)
Buster Brown were a glam metal band from Louisville, Kentucky. Members included lead vocalist Johnny Edwards, guitarist Allan Phelps, and bassist Kevin Downs....

. It is the only Buster Brown album to feature drummer James Kottak
James Kottak
James Kottak is an American drummer for the heavy metal band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996....

.

After this album, singer Johnny Edwards
Johnny Edwards (musician)
Johnny Edwards is a singer who sang for the bands Buster Brown, Montrose, King Kobra, Wild Horses, Royal Jelly and is most famously known as the 2nd lead vocalist of the rock band Foreigner...

 and drummer James Kottak were recruited by guitarist Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose, is an Amercian rock guitarist who has headed his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians, including Sammy Hagar, Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, The Beau Brummels, Boz Scaggs, Beaver & Krause, Gary Wright, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Dan Hartman, Edgar...

 into his band Montrose
Montrose (band)
Montrose was a California-based hard rock band. The band originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar...

. They played on Montrose's Mean
Mean (Montrose album)
Mean is the fifth album by the band Montrose. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums.Singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak had previously played together in the line-up of the glam metal band Buster Brown that played on the second Buster Brown album Sign Of...

album.

The song "Dirty Girl" resembles the Sweet Savage song "Straight Through The Heart" and, to a lesser extent, the Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...

 song "Caught In The Middle". The song "Monkey Bars" is a cover of the song originally done by Canadian rock band Coney Hatch
Coney Hatch
Coney Hatch is a Canadian hard rock band who released 3 albums in the 1980s. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Carl Dixon who would also go on to play with April Wine and a Burton Cummings-less Guess Who for several years, as well as touring solo and releasing...

.

Track list

  1. Let's Rock
  2. Save Your Love
  3. Dirty Girl
  4. Monkey Bars
  5. Devil In Her Eyes
  6. Streetwalker
  7. Bounty Hunter
  8. Sign Of Victory

Personnel

  • Johnny Edwards
    Johnny Edwards (musician)
    Johnny Edwards is a singer who sang for the bands Buster Brown, Montrose, King Kobra, Wild Horses, Royal Jelly and is most famously known as the 2nd lead vocalist of the rock band Foreigner...

    : Lead Vocals
  • Allan Phelps: Guitar
  • Kevin Downs: Bass
  • James Kottak
    James Kottak
    James Kottak is an American drummer for the heavy metal band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996....

    : Drums
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