"Trick or Treat"
My original thought for this song was to save it for the end of the month, where it would make a perfect capper for the month of Rocktober. After all, what's better than "Trick or Treat" on Halloween? But the song and the album it appears on are such an intrinsic part of the entire month for me that I felt I'd be remiss not to share it sooner.
If there's one thing I liked as much as rock n' roll back around the time of junior high, it was horror movies, and putting the two together was a very potent combination. Enter Trick or Treat, an incredibly cheesy and bonkers movie about a dead rock star who imbued his soul into his final album, which, when played backwards, unleashes his vengeful spirit upon his hometown. Featuring both Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne! Needless to say, I loved it. And even better than the movie itself was the soundtrack by Fastway. Nine horror-tinged songs about teenage angst and rebellion? Believe me when I say that I was here for that.
Fastway was pretty well under the radar, and I'm not sure I ever would have heard of them if not for this movie (and I don't even know how I heard about the movie—probably just video store browsing). It took me an inordinately long time to check out their earlier albums, given how much I loved this one, but they're solid. I haven't listened to anything later than this album—this was the last one they released with Dave King singing lead. Fun fact: he went on to form the Irish rock band Flogging Molly.
Anyway, if you have a Halloween playlist, this album belongs on it.
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