Lita Ford – Wicked Wonderland
JLRG Entertainment
www.litaxx.tv 

Rating: B

Ahhhhh the ‘80s….Hair Metal, rocker chicks and all kinds of sorted excesses.  Speaking of hot-to-trot rocker chicks, none was more smokin’ than Lita Ford.  The first time I saw that hot little blond crank out a guitar solo, I had to excuse myself for some privacy!

Fifteen years ago, Lita left the rock world and married that big guy, Jim Gillette, from the band Nitro.  Remember them?  They had the guy who could play two guitars at the same time and Jim could shatter glass quicker than a Memorex commercial.  It seems Jim struck gold in the real estate biz and bought Lita an island.  They built a big ass house, fucked like bunnies, had a couple of puppies and lived happily ever after. Lita went from rock babe to mommy, even home schooling her two boys.  Now, taking a page from the ‘when you least expect it…expect it’ book, Lita Ford is back with an album that will rip your balls off the first time you listen to it. 

This is not your kid’s mothers Lita Ford.  There ain’t no syrupy ballads or poppie songs where she is kissing anyone deadly.  Instead, there is sonic brutality laced with TNT.  Songs like “Crave,” “Patriotic SOB,” Scream 4 Me” and “Wicked Wonderland” will have heads banging and fists pumping in the air.  Want proof this shit is THAT good?  Just listen to the first single off the album titled “Bed.”  Lita kicks out the jams with an elongated guitar solo that shows she is still the best guitar player with tits in the world. 

Wicked Wonderland will freak you out the first time you hear it, but as soon as you get used to the fact that Lita has gone this Metal then you will begin to dissect the songs and get into the groove.  Clearly, this is the heaviest music Lita has ever done, but she has the vocals and the guitar chops to back it up.  And the lyrics….we have not even talked about the lyrics…Damn, she may be older but this girl can get dirty!  Jim…you’re a lucky man.

By Jeb Wright