Leader of the Banned

Leader of the Banned
Leader of the Banned
Live album by Sam Kinison
Released	1990
Genre	Stand-up comedy; glam metal;
Label	Warner Bros.
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Leader of the Banned is the third Sam Kinison comedy album released in 1990. The first side consists of stand-up comedy, and the second side consists of covers of classic rock songs by bands such as AC/DC, Mountain, Cheap Trick, and The Rolling Stones.

^ ^a ^b Leader of the Banned - Sam Kinison | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-04-21, Kinison thought of himself as a "rock & roll comic" -- he had some success in 1988 with a novelty version of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" -- and he took this perception to extremes with horrible hair metal versions of Cheap Trick's "Gonna Raise Hell," Mountain's "Mississippi Queen," the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell."

[Allmusic-1] Leader of the Banned - Sam Kinison | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-04-21, Kinison thought of himself as a "rock & roll comic" -- he had some success in 1988 with a novelty version of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" -- and he took this perception to extremes with horrible hair metal versions of Cheap Trick's "Gonna Raise Hell," Mountain's "Mississippi Queen," the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell."

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