I first heard of Savage, when I bought a bootleg of Metallica's called, "One Last Visit" around 1990. It was a recording of Metallica originals in Ron McGovney's garage with Lars, James, and Dave Mustaine. On the recording from 1982 were also versions of Sweet Savage's "Killing Time" and Savage's "Let It Loose". Needless to say, I thought the Savage track was killer, but considering they were an obscure NWOBHM band, I never was able to track anything down from them, especially during those pre-internet days. About five years ago, I received a three disc NWOBHM compilation called "Lightnin' To The Nations". On one of those discs was Savage's "Let It Loose"! My interest suddenly became renewed in what was a very impressionable period for many of your contemporary metal acts with flourished during those early-mid 80's (Metallica/Megadeth/Anthrax/Slayer/Death Angel/Overkill/Testament/Exodus....)because of that scene. Unfortunately, I was finding out very quickly that many of these NWOBHM acts had albums which were either out of print or had huge prices attached to them. That brings me to the present or three months ago, when I decided to re-investigate the likes of Savage. I happened to get lucky by stumbling upon an independent dealer who happened to have "Loose & Lethal" at a reasonable price. Another plus was Metal Blade had remastered the album and with it came three demos, "Back On the Road" being the best song of the three.Now to the album...If you don't like dirty sounding under-produced records, then avoid this altogether. I love this attribute about the record, as it not only dates it to that great NWOBHM period, but it also has that demo feel to it. I can't say that I would want to have this type of production with most albums, but it works this band. I'm not going to break down each song, but I will state that every song on this album is killer, and they're in the same vain from the first track to the last. There are no ballads on here. Savage had a great guitar duo in that of Andy Dawson and Wayne Renshaw and Chris Bradley has great vocal chops. I'm a riff guy, but the vocals are what ultimately gets me to purchase the album. My favorite tracks in order are: "Let It Loose", "Berlin", "Dirty Money" (Lars Ulrich favorite Savage song), "Ain't No Fit Place", "On the Rocks", "Cry Wolf", "White Hot", & "The China Run". If you're looking for one of the one hit wonders of the NWOBHM period, I would say check this out, Witchfynde's "Give 'Em Hell", and Angel Witch's self titled album.