Total 13

Total 13 is the second album, roughly mixing punk urgency, glam flash and hard rock riffs. After the hiatus caused by Dregen's Hellacopters work, the band restarted with a 1997 EP and slammed this restart record down in 1998. Thomas Skogsberg, known for Entombed among others, produced. Short, sharp songs follow one another, and the playing always carries a slightly dangerous heat. The shadows of forerunners like the New York Dolls, the Ramones and The Damned lie heavy over it. Dirty guitar and provocative melody make an appeal that isn't over-refined. From “Made Me Madman” through “U.F.O. Romeo,” “Highlights,” “Look at You” and “Subculture Hero,” there's no waste in a structure that runs 13 songs in 39 minutes. It went gold at home and won a Grammis in the Best Hard Rock/Metal category. On the B-side of the single “Bombed (Out of My Mind),” Hanoi Rocks' Michael Monroe sings, and they toured the UK supporting Alice Cooper. Sealing in the rock 'n' roll impulse that blows boredom away — the record that broke them.