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01 - Gunfighter

02 - Sugar, Leather & THE Nail

03 - Scared

04 - Demon Bell



Dangerous Toys hailing from right here in Austin, Texas. Today being March 2, 2021, Texas Independence Day and my fraternal brother and Governor who declared today the end of all COVID-19 Restrictions. Also, as we head into Spring Break when this town would normally become ground zero for the best place to be on the planet; for the all encompassing South by Southwest Conference and Festivals. But this cannot be as last year it was abruptly cancelled just days before it was scheduled to kick off. Now in 2021, it will be a scaled down virtual event; with keynote speaker Willie Nelson.

But it was in 1988, only in the second year of SXSW, that Dangerous Toys would be signed to Columbia Records after a publishing representative had spotted them playing a live show.



"The Toys", would release their debut album "Dangerous Toys" the following year. The video for their first single "Teas'n, Pleas'n" was on heavy rotation on Dial MTV and Riki Rachtman's Headbanger's Ball. As a teenager in Texas we were so full of Texas pride to see Texas flags hanging behind the band on the stage and all of the cowboy imagery like a cow skull with the state of Texas painted on it. And in their next video for "Scared", lead singer Jason McMaster is sportin' leather pants painted up like the Texas flag, so damn cool!



But there is yet one other reason that we are here today and not only celebrating Texas and the 'The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys', but also to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the release of their follow-up album "Hellacious Acres", on this date in 1991.

Anyhow, back to our story...

The first song off of "Hellacious Acres" was a song called "Gunfighter" and just recently, found footage has emerged out of an attic deep in South Austin. It was published just today on Youtube and you can find the link in the description of this episode:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42Yi7jQ2UE