Shotgun Messiah - Heartbreak Blvd

[@maconsmithwick4711]

So much better than music of 2023

[@midwestyeti263]

Still love this song in 2024!

[@johnporter9073]

I just heard it on hair nation... damn I love this song.

[@ricksrandomrepairsandrevie9611]

Heard this song while on spring break in Tampa Bay in 1991 and bought the cassette. Now listening to it in 2024 to take my mind back to those days!

[@saradavis3259]

It's 2022 and I woke up with this song playing in my head! These guys were incredible live! I must have been visiting my early 20s in my dreams! ❤️

[@citizendick6087]

i remember when this came out.. Good Stuff!

[@bassist718]

Probably better than most bands, Harry Cody was seriously and criminally underrated as was the band as a whole. True guitar master with a feel, style and sound all his very own!

[@theflyxx]

Man, do I hate grunge for killing music like this.

[@OverTheTop85]

Grunge is S**T

[@RyanBenbow]

You ain't alone on that.

[@fivedaysinjune]

Rap & hip hop put in the final nail.

[@RyanOkinsSilverPunkRocker]

Country is worse.

[@johnwithero7278]

Guitar sounds like a chainsaw 🤘🏻

[@guinb9779]

This song never gets old!!! 80's music will never be beat. Go back for a week?? Sign me up!

[@jerrysale9937]

Best metal song ever written!!!!!!!

[@sterlingmarsh7999]

Still better than 99% of the music being put out today! I miss these days!!!

[@casadefreedom3836]

I had forgotten about these guys until I heard this song on Sirius XM. Badass song for sure!

[@jeffkey6827]

I'm 40 years old and I can't believe I never heard this guys this song kicks some serious ass

[@TheZman1978]

This was a badass song. Kind of makes you think about the possibilities Hard Rock could have went in with in the 90s if grunge had taken over . Still very melodic with great production but heavier then what we were used to hearing. Even a slight subtle hint of industrial......

[@EddieJilette]

You should hear their full industrial record Violent New Breed from 1993. Its fookin amazing and i hate industrial.

[@FormulaKimball]

It's funny, Violent New Breed was their "getting dropped from their label" album but I LOVED it! It's like this sound plus really heavy old school Nine Inch Nails or something. Tim Skold's solo album SKOLD was also good :)

[@psychedelicfright85]

@@FormulaKimball except a lot of that solo album was really soft.

[@FormulaKimball]

@@psychedelicfright85 True. There were a few heavier tunes I liked though ... and I even got to see him perform them live with KMFDM. He was playing bass for the KMFDM songs, but lead vocals for his Skold songs.

[@gitbox6924]

I fully agree . Kinda hard to have a good time when you're fucked up on smack.

[@lancearp7389]

These guys were better than most any other rock on the radio at the time. Very under appreciated

[@nativeroam5915]

Insane guitar solo! Way ahead of its time!

[@tomnater1813]

@Tom Doerfler hey my name is Tom and my brother's name is Steve too!! But we are both 🎤🎹chitty🎸 musicians! I do have a shotgun.🥴 Not relevant...I'm sure.... Thanks for the update though.... cheers

[@captaincapitalism264]

You're not kidding! The rhythm track underneath it supports it perfectly too, heavy & wicked.

[@bpr154]

@@captaincapitalism264 you are right the rhythm track is so solid on this song. The solo is just perfect and super tasty

[@thelrain]

1991.. there is nothing special about this guitar solo. Not ahead of it's time. Copied hundreds of metal hair bands with similar styles. As a guitarist, this solo was good. But way ahead of it's time, nah.

[@roosternm6830]

@@thelrain I agree. That's like saying Metallica is underated. The solo in this song was too late if anything. Great guitar work in this tune. Kid was on fire.

[@melissacortez-bingham1750]

What do you do while on a lunch break during quarantine... crank this song and remember the good times

[@bonemachine1975]

Tim Skold is super talented. This rocks!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Fuck yeah!

[@lancearp7389]

Violent New Breed was so great, so cutting edge. This band never got their due.

[@emswonkenoon9104]

Indeed...nothing like listening that album in a rainy night

[@Skiddy622]

I still have this on cassette. I miss the 80's and early 90's sound.

[@rayedgell1847]

Are you serious?? this was out during the cassette era? WOW,, I am so behind times,, I am just now really diggin this band. Give me some other classic tunes from Shotgun Messiah,, Thanks for sharing.

[@Skiddy622]

@@rayedgell1847 Yeah, this was released in 1992. Cassettes were still going at that time, as CDs were gaining steam through the early 90's. Record labels did not stop making cassettes until early 2002.

[@suncookrocks]

@@Skiddy622 I bought this when it first came out on cassette. Still have the tape, although I was able to burn a CD of it when stand-alone CD burners first hit the market. I'm so old, I sat next to Betty White in second grade.

[@megatonhammer4723]

my exact fav era of music! The transition was just gold. The best of Hard Rock at its very peak before all that arty farty 90s alternative crap came up.

[@brandongfys]

If you miss this sound, check out bands from Sweden, Finland, Brazil, etc. Hardcore Superstar, Crashdiet, Santa Cruz, Shiraz Lane, there is so many bands from overseas that have not only the 80's look, but the sound also.

[@FREDOGISFUUN]

They don`t make the Tunes like that anymore!! I was blessed to grow up in the 80`s! My cassette tape wore out long ago, stretched out so bad it did not sound like the same band anymore ;p

[@maddognation]

Absolutely badass !! Harry Cody is just ripping it up, that sound he gets out of his guitar is awesome !!!!!

[@sdmf3200]

Saw them 5 times in the 90s they were awesome live!

[@debbietipps8094]

Well here I am in 2020. Can't beat it!

[@steveverboom]

I just heard that SHOTGUN MESSIAH is going to reunite. There is an article on Sleaze Roxx about it. Dynamic Talent International has posted it on their site. We need to bombard everyone about this!

[@JacobG1985]

still radio silence on this happening, I see. I dunno if Tim would be welcome to doing another Shotgun Messiah album, he seems to be all about his dark brooding industrial music nowadays.

[@typhon4829]

Thats would fuckin awesome! I would love to see these guys live

[@christianinferno1499]

Sensational - if it will be true

[@billconstantine4441]

FUCKING RIGHT

[@CHUNTERFIT]

Damn how they walk that guitar 🎸 down into the drums, shit is badass. Makes you wonder how the hell a bad ass band like this just vanishes after 1991-93

[@zzcorsair]

Nirvana showed up

[@henrynegro8397]

Yeah grunge music ruined everything

[@Endo-uu8mo]

​@@zzcorsairNirvana is crap 😅

[@NYUK-x-4]

Record company greed? There was certainly enough room for both genres. Nirvana was around in late 80s, Alice in Chains opened for Poison on thier F&B tour in early 91 up in the PNW. Many claim grunge killed "80s bands", but its not too tru. Slaughter released wild life in early summer of 92 and mtv played the shit out of that song and I think it was a top ten album at one point, mtv played Warrant's machine gun video a lot, there was a movie with cuba gooding jr called gladiator that Warrant covered queen's We will rock you which was on the soundtrack, mtv played that video many times. Vince neil had his solo stuff mtv played your invited but your friend cant come video a lot and he played it live at 92 or 93 mtv awards. Firehouse had hold your fire mtv played when I look into your eyes to death and it was a top 20 hit also. Poison released native tongue in 1993 and the stand video was on mtv a lot, they were on leno, arsenio, etc. I don't know if mr big is included in that scene but wild world was played on mtv and radio so much I was sick of hearing it. Was extreme a hairband? mtv played the shit out of the rest in peace video, Trixter released their Hear album in 92 mtv played a video from that album I think it was road of a thousand dreams, of course trixter was wearing flannel and shit back late 89. If anything grunge forced the bands that could afford it, to take a break. Many bands were still releasing albums It really never went anywhere. It was just a "renaissance reshuffling" of music.

[@robertharding8394]

I was in nyc playing drums had a Seattle friend he was in nyc trying to make it and soon as nirvana hit he said he was going back to Seattle

[@robertbatts6517]

Love the band Shotgun Messiah...I'm a guitar player and can rock this song out HEARTBREAK BOULEVARD BABY!!!!

[@Trumpisdumb]

Robert, are you from Colorado?

[@marcl2886]

2022 blasting it out

[@angelblack1985ful]

🥴🤟🏻

[@laurasupko]

Yeah 👍

[@heroldlutz1550]

This is one of my favorites from the 80s!! Period!!! Harry Cody is a badass!!

[@menchitty11]

One killer metal track! Great 90's hair metal at its finest!

[@anthonypalermo8816]

yup

[@chasehill506]

Pure in your face hard rock blasting into the 90s from the 80s!

[@thenew400.]

At least 1k of the views are from me alone 😅 Greatest solo from that whole era. Can't ever get enough.

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

HARD ROCKandROLL RULES ROCK HARD AND HEAVY ....and "SHOTGUN MESSIAH" R HARD ROCK and the "Boulevard BOYS" know how to ROLL ROCK..!!

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

HARD ROCK RULES ROCK Hard and Heavy, and the "Boulevard BOYS" know how to ROLL ROCK Hard AND HEAVY SHOTGUN-STYLE...! ThankYOU BOYS..!!

[@richardstebe309]

Kickass song!! Wish I would of heard this song years ago. Thank you Hair Nation for playing. Now If you could just play it more often

[@demetriosk6536]

I first heard this on hair nation today.

[@2legitmatt]

That's where I discovered it too!

[@39wolvesbane]

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[@39wolvesbane]

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[@Monkeyneeds]

Probably one of my all time favourite guitar solos!! Love everything about this song.

[@SUCHY1983ify]

Hair bands were getting better up to 91. Shotgun Messiah are a great example.This rocks🤘😀

[@rockrane1]

Swedish really know how To make music🤟

[@raystheroof]

This is one of the most underrated bands in that decade. Change my mind. :)

[@christianinferno1499]

One of the very greatest Metalsongs i've ever listened to. Even like the whole album's character!!!! Just one unbelievable piece of music art!

[@christopherperez424]

Underrated metal band

[@cornspike]

sick solo

[@kimburklund3525]

Ain't that the truth!

[@Bender24k]

Better than I remembered it. 🤘

[@tunarockz]

I love this song so much!! Such an underrated band who deserves more recognition!! 🖤

[@jwingnut1]

I absolutely love this song. Still holds up today.

[@Enter-Your-Time-With-The-Dregs]

Harry Cody should of been a household name Fantastic guitars on this song and the rest of the album for that matter, which just goes to show real talent doesn't always get noticed in this world by the masses ! and that pick scratch with the copper pick he used on Heartbreak Blvd sounds as great today as it did the first time I heard it back in 1991 !

[@psychedelicfright85]

I don't get why such amazing musicians just stop making music.

[@Enter-Your-Time-With-The-Dregs]

@@psychedelicfright85 I think over time they get angry that they never got the fame and fortune that should of came their way . These guys today would be in their mid to late 50's -- just saying .............

[@outoftime788]

dam played this milion times bak in the day n stil playin/watchin

[@DepressedCapitalist]

It was difficult to pinpoint this band and label it (what for right?) in the middle of hair bands back in the day. And that was because they were pure talent. Class A songwriting and performance.

[@raygunromance772]

They don't make em' like this anymore. This album is an under the radar gem from the era.

[@silverstatesmiles3914]

I miss this type of music!

[@outoftime788]

best guitar solo of all time

[@peteradahl5147]

Great song and a super performance 🙏

[@stevejuliejames]

BLOODY LOVE THIS SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@beresmonkey]

2024.07.13. I still love this song.

[@cbi66]

Worked with these cats in Indy back in the day. Fuckin rocked! Their mariner was a dick, though lol

[@zumzin3119]

guitarist is amazin

[@jaxonmoon9815]

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE AT LEAST 1M VIEWS!?!

[@demetriosk6536]

I know right. It deserves 5 million views.

[@williamrocker7586]

Because there's not that many Cool people!!! Only a hand full. The masses for the most part are pathetic and Lame and only go along with whatever they are being programmed with, which is sh*t!

[@stephenpetrovich2383]

I know Tim went on to play with a lot of bands...Marilyn Manson for one...these guys should have been bigger...their last album was really industrial sounding.

[@fleshmagnet1236]

One of the best album ever, IMO. Violent New Breed was a beast, as the title said!

[@alquarterman166]

Whatever happened to Harry Cody?!! Amazing guitar player. Shame.

[@akimbofurry2179]

Cant believe this band went on to make a crusty album about meth and whorse, and talking about how they're an asshole.

[@skidvicious411]

@@alquarterman166 went onto writing music for TV and radio, doing pretty good by all accounts and is surprised by how much he's loved as a player.

[@romans323ful]

Killer lead, crazy good tune, wow!

[@marlborohaven3553]

This song ages like fine wine

[@Sharon-gz3hn]

Tim SKold still makes music to this day. He was in numerous bands.

[@michaelg.1786]

Man it's literally been at least 25 years since I heard this song! Had the CD in college that disappeared and my cassette tape of their debut self titled turned to dust lol! Damn good memories. Thanks for posting.

[@traweck3401]

Go Tim. Go Harry. This will never get old

[@ksduathlete]

Still kicks ass. Funny this came out when grunge had taken over but it just is so catchy you couldn’t resist . Still love this song

[@johnanderson7030]

My God what a killer song from a GREAT BAND !!! Harry K. Cody has to be the most underrated guitarist EVER !!! Wish these dudes were still around. Thank you for this post. Wearing it out like I did when I bought this cassette way back in 1992. METAL RULZ !!!

[@littlemonster2483]

The singer Tim Skold is still around making music. Not sure about Harry Cody but he's on Instagram now.

[@theetonster]

Harry Cody was a bad ass guitarist. You can tell he has some Jake E Lee influence (another badass).

[@techmaester]

Once heard this on Dee Snider's "House of Hair" back in 1999. What a killer track!

[@thomaspippin68]

The best thing about this band is that guitar tone. It's absolutely killer tone

[@GoFigureCustomActionFigures]

Thank you Hair Nation!

[@astradaemon]

Still my favorite guitar riff...

[@livewiresimsports665]

I remember seeing this on headbands ball....fn' blew me away.

[@jdmcd3873]

Great song! Very underrated band.

[@alejandragalmarini6115]

Aftet this album they went ultra heavy. Indeed heaviest album i v heard

[@miyagius]

At times I wish grunge never came along when I hear this.

[@Hallow334]

Alternashit/grunge ruined music. A bunch of no talent hacks with guitarists that just stared at their feet.

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Yup. Most grungers were suburban Seattle posers.

[@joeseaton8605]

I hate alternative/grunge music...

[@Franco-ez1dg]

Play this song any time, any where and you have a party

[@japfeif]

I ALWAYS wish grunge hadn't come along when it did. I think hair metal could have gone on another decade for sure....grunge was actually "okay" for what it was...I just wish it could have maybe existed alongside hair metal rather than replacing it....I'm just not sure why fans felt that depressing, no-frills, angst-ridden, simple music was a favorable alternative to cool hair, general bad-assery, lights & lasers and melodic music about partying & getting laid! smh.

[@elvisblade3115]

I'm an 80's rock/metal guy. This was always on my play list

[@boohenry5150]

Wow! This band has an electric feel. They have such an interesting sound that takes us up real high and then brings us down once again. This song makes me feel energized!! Love it.

[@RetroGirl85]

I used to love this song!!!! ahh to be 14 again ;)

[@leskimball6665]

damn nice to see Shotgun Messiah fans alive and well!!!

[@MichaelSmith-ys8vf]

Jammin this still 2019

[@sparent8844]

2022 mofkrs 🤘 🤘

[@glenncoleman6253]

3 albums. All of them amazing and completely different. Harry’s playing on the 1st album is out of this world

[@mrvideo3446]

Hey Yea-aaah! Huuuh! Well, she's a pretty girl, and I don't ask for more You know that touch of hers makes my heart beat like it never did before I didn't know that anything could be this good She makes me do things I don't really think I should Like I don't even care as long as she's there She makes me go much further than I normaly would Naa naa na-na-naa naa na-na-naa Can't you see what you're doin' to me? Naa naa na-na-naa naa na-na-naa Can't you see that you're makin' me bleed? Heartbreak boulevard Take you for a ride, mess you up inside heartbreak boulevard Comin' on so slow, never let you go heartbreak boulevard On the wild side, love's like suicide Down on heartbreak strip It never stays that sweet But still you want some more No return, no retreat, just as hooked on the stuff as you were before I shoulda known that losin' you would hurt this deep I shoulda known that happiness is not for keeps Like I don't even know which way to go Leave me alone, let me die in my sleep Naa naa na-na-naa naa na-na-naa Can't you see what you're doin' to me Naa naa na-na-naa naa na-na-naa Can't you see that you're makin' me bleed Heartbreak boulevard Take you for a ride, mess you up inside Heartbreak boulevard Comin' on so slow, never let you go Heartbreak boulevard On the wild side, love's like suicide Down on heartbreak strip Heartbreak boulevard T-t-t-take you for a ride, mess you up inside Heartbreak boulevard Comin' on so slow, never let you go Heartbreak boulevard Take you for a ride, mess you up inside Heartbreak boulevard On the wild side, love's like suicide Down on heartbreak strip

[@jacobcarrier5660]

Me and dad always rocked to this song when i was little and we still do and I'm 23

[@Autofire80]

Time to bump this song because it doesn't get enough love

[@alannovatolozza]

Killer song.

[@davidhoyt5571]

Heartbreak blvd rocks baby

[@markburk1921]

This song kicks you in the teeth!

[@manofchance]

excellent quality. Thanks for posting.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

This song and Stranger than Paradise by Sleez Beez are the hidden gems of glam.

[@BrettHohbach]

This is such a old song but it is still the best ❤

[@ns671fr]

this band bridged the two rock genres

[@frankrock73]

I like this song

[@philipjfry1383]

Great band of the 90s rock n roll will never dies

[@blackbobby1508]

Pretty underrated band was and still it is.

[@Eddiemunsonsmetalhead]

I am here because of Tim Skold. They should reunite and tour

[@abelcp22]

DOWN ON HEART BREAK STRIP!!!!! This song has so much energy

[@noahmciver9609]

this was such a underrated album

[@themorningstiffy6603]

STREIGHT UP IN YOUR FACE ROCK N ROLL

[@2ndcutbunkers372]

This song just grabs you by the balls and fucking rocks it to it's entireity (MY FUCKING WORD) ENTIREITY heheheh

[@johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

I’d love to watch them live!

[@paxtongerard1]

This song is kick ass

[@PaigeDWinter]

Still one of my favorite bands. Tim was so damn sexy! Met him once, 1999 I think? Super nice?