Alive & Screamin'

AMG Review of Alive & Screamin'

Eduardo Rivadavia
All Music Guide

The obligatory live set from Swiss pop-metal merchants Krokus, Alive & Screamin' represents the most successful phase of the band's career by collecting most of their biggest early-'80s hits. Unfortunately, the live (?) performances contained here are merely effective, without ever truly igniting into anything approaching the remarkable or even memorable. Sparkly-clean renditions of tracks like "Headhunter," "Stayed Awake All Night," "Midnite Maniac," "Eat the Rich," and "Long Stick Goes Boom" are trotted out nonetheless. Good luck finding it.