Pretty Maids
Jump The Gun


Tracks:

1. Lethal heroes
2. Don't settle for less
3. Rock the house
4. Savage heart
5. Young blood
6. Headlines
7. Jump the gun
8. Partners in crim
9. Attention
10. Hang tough
11. Over and out
12. Dream on

Line up:

Ronnie Atkins - Vocals
Ken Hammer - Guitar
Ricky Marx - Guitar
Allan Delong - Bass
Phil More - Drums

Guests:

Alan Owen - Keyboards
Ian Paice - Drums on "Young blood"
Roger Glover - Bass on "Dream on"
Freddie George Jensen - Harp on "Dream on"

Record Label / Year of Release:

WEA 1990

Notes:

Pretty Maids are a Danish heavy metal band from Horsens, Denmark. Formed in 1981 by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer.

Over the years, Pretty Maids have sold hundreds of thousands of records, but have never broken through in a major way, except in Japan during the 1990s. They have supported well known bands as Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, and Saxon, and were also featured at the 1987 German version of Monsters of Rock, where Metallica headlined along with Deep Purple.

Jump The Gun was produced by Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover, offered more of the same catchy riffs. The record label had put in all efforts to break the charts worldwide with this record, but it never took off, except in Japan. Whether it was lack of hits, marketing or they were simply another victim of grunge music is unknown, but the record didn't live up to expectations. The band more or less broke up after the lack of success with this record, leaving only founding members Ron Atkins and Ken Hammer.