Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker

Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker is the third album by The Joe Perry Project, released in 1983 on MCA Records.

Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker
Studio album by
The Joe Perry Project
ReleasedSeptember 1983
GenreHard rock, glam metal[1]
Length38:12
LabelMCA
ProducerJoe Perry
The Joe Perry Project chronology
I've Got the Rock'n'Rolls Again
(1981)		 Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker
(1983)		 The Music Still Does the Talking: The Best of the Joe Perry Project
(1999)
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Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Perry and Mach Bell; except where indicated

  1. "Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker" – 2:58
  2. "Black Velvet Pants" – 3:20 (Perry)
  3. "Women in Chains" – 4:05 (Ronnie Brooks, Harold Tipton, Tom DeLuca)
  4. "Four Guns West" – 4:28
  5. "Crossfire" – 5:43
  6. "Adrianna" – 3:20
  7. "King of the Kings" – 4:02
  8. "Bang a Gong" – 3:55 (Bolan) - T. Rex cover
  9. "Walk with Me Sally" – 3:14
  10. "Never Wanna Stop" – 4:27

Outtakes
  1. "When Worlds Collide"
  2. "First One's for Free"
  3. "Going Down"
  4. "They'll Never Take Me Alive"
  5. "Into The Night"
  6. "Something Else"

"When Worlds Collide" and "Going Down" were often included in setlists of The Joe Perry Project prior to the recording sessions of the album with "Something Else" performed during the tour for the album.

Alternate song titles
  1. "No Time For Women" -> "Once A Rocker..."
  2. "When Do I Sleep" -> "Adrianna"

Personnel
  • Joe Perry – guitars, vocals, six-string bass
  • Cowboy Mach Bell – vocals
  • Danny Hargrove – bass
  • Joe Pet – drums, congas, gong
  • Harry King – piano
  • Mark Parenteau – chains ("Women In Chains")
  • Rick Cunningham - saxophone

References
  1. Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker - Joe Perry Project, Joe Perry | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-04-25, Bell's vocals would have sounded perfectly in an early-'80s, glammed-up heavy metal band, but not alongside the raw and gritty rock & roll that usually accompanies Joe Perry. Judging form the band photos on the album, the group was trying desperately to fit in with the then-blossoming glam metal scene (poofed up hair, makeup, etc.).


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