Hardline Double Eclipse (LP, colored Vinyl)

(Real Gone) 12 tracks, colored vinyl in orange

Neal Schon... unchained. That's what you get to hear on this 1992 album as the Journey and Bad English guitarist, freed from the corporate confines of his former bands, smashes down the heavy metal thunder along with future brothers-in-law Johnny and Joey Gioeli on guitars and vocals and a killer rhythm section featuring bassist Todd Jensen and drummer Deen Castronovo. "Takin' Me Down" and their cover of "Hot Cherie" were the hits, but the whole album is arena metal at its best, with arrangements and production by Schon. This album has never been released on LP in the US, and European vinyl copies of the Hardline debut will cost you some hard currency.