Axis - It's A Circus World 1978

Axis - It's a Circus World CD. Reissue of 1978 record by hard rock power trio featuring drummer Vinnie Appice & guitarist Danny Johnston.
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Over the years, rock & roll has had its share of one-album wonders-artists who only recorded one album when it seemed like they should have built a large catalogue. Axis turned out be one of those one-album wonders, which came as a surprise because the late 1970s power trio had potential. Consisting of Vinny Appice (Carmine Appice's brother) on drums and background vocals, Jay Davis on bass and lead vocals and Danny Johnson on guitar and lead vocals, Axis boasted talented musicians even though its material fell short of mind-blowing. It's A Circus World isn't a gem, but it's a decent collection of commercial arena rock. Catchy, if unremarkable, tunes like "Ray's Electric Farm" and "Cats in the Alley" gave one reason to believe that Axis might be around for awhile-the listener figured that even though this 1978 LP is imperfect, Axis could easily develop into a major force in arena rock on subsequent albums. But there were no subsequent albums for Axis, whose first album was also its last.

-AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson-
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 Daniel Lars 4 years ago:
After Danny Johnson left Derringer this way unrated power trio comes together to form Axis and only releases this debut record (what a shame it didn't last longer).  Pound for pound this LP rocks like nobody's business and was a damn bummer it didn't get the light of day promotion it deserved.  You can tell there was song writing direction still lingering from the Sweet Evil sessions.  Think some of these songs would have ended up on the next Derringer LP, if Danny & Vinnie stayed in the band. 



Track listing

    1 Brown Eyes 4:21
    2 Busted Love 3:51
    3 Juggler 3:29
    4 Soldier of Love 3:44
    5 Train 4:54
    6 Armageddon 2:53
    7 Ray's Electric Farm 3:08
    8 Stormy Weather 2:50
    9 Cats in the Alley 2:56
    10 Bandits of Rock 3:55
    11 Circus World 3:42


Jay Davis:bass guitar, vocals
Vinny Appice:drums, background vocals
Danny Johnson:guitar, vocals

(Johnson & Appice are both ex Derringer side men. This is really good 70's hard rock.. )

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