Do you remember the video for ‘The Right To Rock’ on MTV in the mid 80s? I do. Back when MTV played music, and a lot of hard rock and heavy metal, Keel released their second album "The Right To Rock" and received a fair amount of success there after. Never made it to the level of arena headliner status, Keel combined some of the flash from the LA rockers with harder edged metallers to earn themselves opening slots for headliners like Aerosmith, Kiss, Motley Crue, and Bon Jovi.

After reuniting in 2008 for Keel’s 25th anniversary, frontman Ron Keel with original members Marc Ferrari and Brian Jay on guitar, Dwain Miller on drums, with Geno Arce on bass began working on songs for what would be "Streets of Rock n Roll". Not really edgier hard rock/metal like the debut "Lay Down The Law" or "Right To Rock", "Streets" title track sais it all, more melodic hard rock like “Keel” or “Final Frontier” with a bright chorus/backing vocals and guitar leads (the solo is tasty) and ‘Hit The Ground Running’ follows with a similar energy. ‘Come Hell Or High Water’ is better with a faster pace and touch of aggression. Nice guitar leads and mid tempo in ‘Push & Pull’. ‘Does Anybody Believe’ is a standard ballad with decent lyrics and Marc and Jay place purposeful leads behind the acoustic and electric guitar. ‘The Devil May Care’ carries a solid romp, ‘No More Lonely Nights’ is one of my favs, an uptempo rocker Keel does rather well and again Marc and Jay are the focal point.

Overall a nice return to form and one of the few bands from the 80s who can recapture their classic sound and style without regurgitating the past.