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]

Welcome to Bop City
Studio album by
Released1988
StudioCMM Studios, KMH Studios
GenreGlam metal, hard rock
Length39:27
LabelCMM
ProducerMatt J. Olausson

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

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  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

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References

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  1. ^ "Kingpin - Welcome to Bop City - Musikon.se".
  2. ^ "Home". shotgun-messiah.se.
  3. ^ "Shotgun Messiah – svensk glamrock i LA | SVT.se". www.svt.se. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07.
  4. ^ "Welcome to Bop City by Kingpin - RYM/Sonemic".