For a brief period in the late eighties, White Lion were genuine contenders for Bon Jovi’s hairmetal crown, a brace of US Top 10 hits from double-platinum-selling 1987 album Pride suggesting world domination was around the corner, before being metaphorically mauled to death by the grunge wolf-pack led by Nirvana.
Their brief but glorious spell on the pop savannah has clearly been gnawing away at Scandinavian singer Mike Tramp ever since, with various incarnations of the band leading to 2008’s studio reunion, Return Of The Pride.
