This Compilation Rounds Up 20+ Lesser-Known Sunset Strip Heavy Metal Bands

If you've ever really wanted to dig deep into the early L.A. rock scene, then you're going to dig the Bound For Hell compilation. The compilation feature 21 tracks that best represent the scene, from well-known artists like Armored Saint and Lizzy Borden to a lot of really interesting deep cuts. Purveyors of the compilation Numero Group describe Bound For Hell as such:

"Heavy metal? Glam? Hard rock? Make your own fuckin' call, you poser. We're not gonna do it for you. Bound for Hell is early '80s L.A. rock as it actually was: a California cataclysm of drunk and horny headbangers, dressed in sharp, shiny, leather androgyny and fire, kicking crowds in the teeth to clear the way to that one big shot.

"Featuring 21 tracks by 21 of the Sunset Strip's most razor-sharp heathens. Available as a 2LP box set with an ephemera-stuffed gatefold and 144-page hardbound book, or a sheer savage CD Wallet, with a 12-panel double-sided poster for those denizens of the compact disc. Drumsticks burned. Hands were severed. Faces bled. Heavy was HELL for a half decade and it was a long, long way down."

The vinyl set and bonus cassette run as follows, and pre-orders are available here.

1. Stormer – "Going To The City"
2. L.A. – "Rocks Cocaine"
3. Max Havoc – "Bound For Hell"
4. Jaded Lady – "Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Pretty"
5. Steeler – "Ready To Explode"
6. Lizzy Borden – "No Time To Lose"
7. SIN – "On The Run"
8. Black 'N Blue – "Give Em the Old 1, 2, 3"
9. Bitch – "Damnation Alley"
10. Romeo – "Feeling To Rock"
11. V.V.S.I. – "Savage Kind Of Girl"
12. Hellion – "Up From The Depths"
13. Angeles – "Blade Of Steel"
14. Knightmare II – "Cold Reception"
15. Witch – "Cinderella (In Black Leather)"
16. Reddi Killowatt – "Liquid Lady"
17. Armored Saint – "Lesson Well Learned"
18. Leather Angel – "We Came To Kill"
19. Rough Cutt – "Take It Or Leave It"
20. Lisa Baker – "Fool Of Lies"
21. Odin – "Judgement Day"

Bonus cassette:

1. Black 'N Blue – "Rules Were Made to Be Broken"
2. Lisa Baker – "Every Girl's Got a Fantasy"
3. Stormer – "Driving"
4. Odin – "Midnight Flight"
5. Leather Angel – "Need Your Love"