Trixie’s roots can be traced back to the late Eighties when the fledgling band, fronted by the singer-songwriter-producer Ronnie Borchert, signed to Core Atlantic and recorded what was to be their debut release. Unfortunately the album was shelved in place of releasing Wild Horses’ debut, Bareback

In 2003 Metal Mayhem Music released Trixie’s once ill-fated, thirteen-year-old self-titled debut. The recordings of that debut have suffered over time with a bit of tape “warble” and “hiss,” but the album is great even with those sound issues; a lost gem of the 80s, indeed. I’m not certain whether the release of that long-lost debut prompted Borchert to resurrect the band or vice versa, or something in between, but two years later Borchert was back with Trixie and a killer sophomore album, Lift You Up. This is the album that I first heard, one that blew me away with its unabashed indulgence in anthemic hard rock.

Earlier this year saw the release of Trixie’s outstanding third release, Shelter. If this album—if any Trixie album, for that matter—came out in 1986 we'd consider Trixie to be a classic 80s rock band today. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.