''Live! in Buffalo'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

/ heavy metal band Helix. It was recorded on September 29, 1983 in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

. It is their 14th official release. It includes several songs that were road-tested versions of new tracks that were written for 1984's '' Walkin' the Razor's Edge'', but were yet to be recorded. It also features the song "Hot on the Heels of Love" that has never been released in any other form.

Track listing

# "No Rest for the Wicked" (3:43) # "6 Strings 9 Lives" (3:16) # "Let's All Do it Tonight" (4:46) # "Never Want To Lose You" (3:23) # "Everybody Pays the Price" (3:19) # "You Keep Me Rocking" (4:13) # "White Lace & Black Leather" (4:20) # "Check Out the Love" (3:20) # "Hot on the Heels of Love" (3:14) # "Heavy Metal Love" (2:59) # "Dirty Dog" (3:35) # "No High Like Rock and Roll" (6:49) # "My Kind of Rock" (3:59)

Personnel

Brian Vollmer Brian Vollmer (born June 30, 1955) is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Since the band's inception in 1974, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to ''de facto'' leader of the band, weathering numero ...

- Lead vocals except on 9 *Greg "Fritz" Hinz - Drums *Mike Uzelac - Bass * Paul Hackman - Guitars *Brent "The Doctor" Doerner - Guitars, lead vocals on 9

Notes

Tracks 2, 6, and 13 were previews for the forthcoming album ''Walkin' the Razor's Edge''. Track 5 was unrecorded and unreleased until 1989's '' Over 60 minutes with...''. Track 9 has never been recorded or released anywhere else.

Helix at the time of release

*Brian Vollmer - Lead vocals * Glen "Archie" Gamble - Drums *Daryl Gray - Bass * Darren Smith - Guitars * Mike Hall - Guitars

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Live! In Buffalo Helix (band) albums 2001 live albums