The guys in DeGarmo and Key are back a long ways (they're not grandparents yet, though!). They know a lot of rockin' players, like the guys in King's X, REZ, etc.; so they're familiar with real edgy music. So, how come they don't ever kick it out? Comfortable with their audience, maybe? Well, anyways, Ed DeGarmo and Dana Key got a little gnarly 'n' nasty on this release. I guess they decided to join the 90's music revolution. Hmmm...
What's happenin' here is Dana's dirtied up his guitar tone. The only Kiss-influenced/nice boy cheerleading anthems a la "God Good/Devil Bad" here are "Rebel For God" and the title track.
This is the first album since Straight On (1982) that I've been able to say (without feeling like a wimp), "Here's a DeGarmo & Key album I like!"
Other coverage for this album
Syndicate Aug 1994Reviewed by Chris WellMaybe we've been unfair to DeGarmo & Key in the past. It's impossible to review any "new" DeGarmo & Key album without holding it to the standards of their own work: However, the weight of their catalog proves DeGarmo & Key like to keep things simple. And, while in the past they've actually proven "simple" doesn't necessarily mean "mindless," it's time to wonder if we've been using the wrong…The Lighthouse June 1994Reviewed by Roger AppelinskiLast year's Heat it Up ended more than a year of hiatus for Eddie DeGarmo & Dana Key, two men who have been powering Christian music since 1978. The time proved valuable, as they generated one of their most powerful rock albums. Now, less than a year later, they complete a one-two punch with To Extremes, in many ways a continuation of last year's album. Both were produced by John Hampton and…Similar sounding releases
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