Welcome to Bop City explained

Welcome to Bop City
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kingpin
Cover:	Welcome to Bop City.jpg
Released:	1988
Studio:	CMM Studios, KMH Studios
Genre:	Glam metal, hard rock
Length:	39:27
Label:	CMM
Producer:	Matt J. Olausson

Welcome to Bop City is the first album from Swedish glam metal / hard rock band Kingpin, released in 1988 on the CMM (Club Mariann Music) label in Sweden and in 1989 on the Music For Nations label in the UK.^[1] The album was later remixed and released in 1989 under the band's new name Shotgun Messiah on Relativity Records in the US, charting respectably at #99 on Billboard and selling close to half a million copies.^[2]

It is the band's only album with Easy Action / Zan Clan singer Zinny J. Zan on vocals, who joined after hearing the band's early demos.^[3]

The album was re-released on CD in 2008 on the Italian label Time Warp Records.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Bop City" - 4:06
2. "Shout It Out" - 4:16
3. "I Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" - 4:29
4. "Squeezin' Teazin'" - 3:58
5. "The Explorer" (instrumental) - 4:02
6. "Nowhere Fast" - 4:29
7. "I'm Your Love" - 5:00
8. "Dirt Talk" - 4:36
9. "Nervous"- 4:27

Personnel

• Zinny J. Zan - Vocals
• Harry Cody - Guitars
• Tim Tim (Tim Sköld) - Bass
• Stixx Galore - Drums
• Tord Jacobsson - Drums (on "The Explorer")

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kingpin - Welcome to Bop City - Musikon.se.
2. Web site: Home . shotgun-messiah.se.
3. Web site: Shotgun Messiah – svensk glamrock i LA SVT.se . www.svt.se . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107043845/http://www.svt.se/sa-javla-metal/shotgun-messiah-svensk-glamrock-i-la . 2012-11-07.
4. Web site: Welcome to Bop City by Kingpin - RYM/Sonemic.