A lot of people say that Cocked and Loaded is a much better album than this self titled debut, but I'm not so sure. This is a wicked, raw and rocking effort. When I first heard the opening riff to No Mercy as a 17 year old back in '88, I was hooked, and I still am. This album can't match it with Guns n' Roses classic '87 debut: Appetite For Destruction, but is as good as, if not better than Motley Crue's much over rated '87 offering: Girls, Girls, Girls.