Alive and Screamin'
Republication 2000: Spitfire Records
Alive and Screamin ' is the first live album of Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It contains the single " Screaming in the Night (Live)".
Background
Alive and Screamin ' appeared at a time when Crocus considered musically had reached its nadir. Although Change of Address could certainly celebrate success in the wake of earlier successes and glam metal shaft, but past on the tight, tough guys days had been only a little left. Because of this and also because of the constant line-up changes, the band lost especially among the older fans their credibility. Therefore was the most produced by Tony Platt album that was recorded with the same line-up as the studio predecessors, the right answer and also be a good way. For one, because the old hits were presented such as it wanted the fans and the other because it was the first, long -awaited live album in the band's history. With the single "Screaming in the Night (Live)" in the back managed Alive and Screamin ' after all, number 97 on the Billboard charts. Recorded during the North American side trip to the Change of Address World Tour in Amarillo, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Poughkeepsie, USA, and in Toronto, Canada, the album includes songs from all works of Storace era to 1986, apart from hardware, as well as with " Lay Me Down " a never released on a studio album song. After Alive and Screamin ' However, there were again to personnel restructuring: Bassist and songwriter Chris von Rohr came back and replaced Tommy Keiser, drummer Jeff Klaven was replaced by Dani Crivelli. However, these measures should prove to be a prelude to the planned course correction. In addition, we drew the necessary conclusions from the experiences to the development of Change of Address, which was reflected in addition to the personnel changes in a change of record company. Alive and Screamin ' but was re-released the same title list in 2000 by the record label Spitfire Records with a slightly different cover artwork.