Let's hear it for Saraya!

[SchenkerFan]

We never talk about this band anymore. Some killer songs on the debut. Fire to Burn is a great deep cut.

[GoodJudge]

Love the first album. Almost perfect hard rock; Sandi had the looks (I've always preferred brunettes) and a fabulous voice. I couldn't get into ...Blackbird so much, then I read ages ago that she was a god-botherer and went into church music instead. A sad loss for rock if it's true.

[dmbrocker]

Wasn’t she married to Brian Wheat of Tesla once? “Love Has Taken Its Toll” is a solid enough tune that managed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 shortly after it came out. The whole debut album has some other great songs as well like “Gypsy Child” and “Back to the Bullet”. Good stuff.

[daveg]

Love the first album. Almost perfect hard rock; Sandi had the looks (I've always preferred brunettes) and a fabulous voice. I couldn't get into ...Blackbird so much, then I read ages ago that she was a god-botherer and went into church music instead. A sad loss for rock if it's true.

I was kinda the opposite. I did like the first album, but thought it was fairly generic, but it was fun. Blackbird I absolutely loved. It was heavier, and more original. Didn't have any real radio friendly songs, and it was fairly obvious that this would probably be the end of the band.
Still listen to it every so often.

Was the first concert my friends and I took a road trip to. One guy had just got a car, and 6 of us piled in and drove 2 hours, and had a blast.

[Black Stuff]

Sandi Saraya (now Sandra "Sandi" Saraya) was briefly married to Brian Wheat of Tesla in the early 90s, but their marriage ended due to touring pressures.[7] She then married actor Carter Kelly in 1990 and lives in Princeton, New Jersey with her 5 children Peneth, Epith, Mowgly, Scotch, and Drax Kelly.

[krisholmes]

....with her 5 children Peneth, Epith, Mowgly, Scotch, and Drax

Surely she's not famous enough to give her kids names like that?

[Black Stuff]

....with her 5 children Peneth, Epith, Mowgly, Scotch, and Drax

Surely she's not famous to give her kids names like that?

smokin the dope?

[Domino]

love this band! First album is a killer!

[GoodJudge]

If you've got an hour to kill, I've just found and listened to this relatively recent interview (?2019) w/Sandi
https://www.reddit.com/r/hairmetal/comm ... di_saraya/
Looks like I was right about the god stuff, and she's one of too many talents who got burned out by record industry politics. Worth a listen if you're a fan of her music.

[HoldenSSV]

I love both albums and revisit them fairly often. They were a solid live band too. Tony Rey has some tasty riffs and solos on both of them.

Love Has Taken Its Toll
Healing Touch
One Night Away
Drop the Bomb
Queen of Sheba
Hitchin' a Ride (this one got a lot of airplay near me back in the day)
When the Blackbird Sings
Lion's Den
White Highway

[Wild Obsession]

Both albums are completely forgettable......... debut feels like a studio product, Blackbird sounds better and feels like an actual band effort, but no real stand out songs (on either album).

A cassingle of "Love Has Taken It's Toll" with "Hitchin' A Ride" as the "b side", is all the Saraya you need......

And..... she (then and now), looks like she has a perpetual 5 o'clock shadow........

[MattleyCrue]

Gypsy Child is an all time great

[Hellbound]

....with her 5 children Peneth, Epith, Mowgly, Scotch, and Drax

Surely she's not famous to give her kids names like that?

smokin the dope?

Peneth sounds like a certain body part pronounced with a lisp.

[HoldenSSV]

Healing Touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JliO5Vo2f-A

One Night Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLR6lkzh2cs

When The Blackbird Sings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKzVvgIvPQk

The above are better than anything Vain or Hanoi Rocks shat out.

[DemonFilth2001]

Healing Touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JliO5Vo2f-A

One Night Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLR6lkzh2cs

When The Blackbird Sings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKzVvgIvPQk

The above are better than anything Vain or Hanoi Rocks shat out.

Vain had some ok stuff on the debut. Hanoi? Agree 100%.

[jhenders]

Surely she's not famous to give her kids names like that?

smokin the dope?

Peneth sounds like a certain body part pronounced with a lisp.