Grab the cocktail, listen to the mini-playlist (Tasting Flight) and then join the Classic Rocktails Pyromania Party!

When rock became precision-built.

Produced by Robert John 'Mutt' Lange — the mad scientist of layered rock.

Guitars and vocals were stacked obsessively (sometimes dozens of takes).

Pioneered the “polished but heavy” sound later used by Bon Jovi, Poison, etc.

More studio craft than raw band performance — controversial at the time.