Tesla
was a great
hard rock
band living in a time of
pop-metal
giants. Though they had some big hits, highlighted by an unplugged cover of
"Signs"
and the terrific epic
"Love Song,"
they never were as flashy as, say,
Poison
, so they didn't reach the charts as often. Also, they weren't as recognizably "serious" as
Metallica
or
Queensryche
, so they didn't get written about in magazines outside of guitar publications, who were always thirsty for
guitarists of any fashion. But they were an excellent
band, with real passion and power, and a great set of tunes. Their volume of
20th Century Masters
may not hit all of their peaks, but it hits enough of them to make it worthwhile for most casual fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine