Shy have been a mainstay in the melodic rock scene right back to the mid 1980s. Crowned by the success of Def Leppard, Bon Jovi and Europe, the 80s were the golden era of AOR and for a while every record company craved its own poodle-haired, tight-trousered offspring. Before adopting the name of Shy, their roots lay in the altogether heavier, twin-guitar metal of Trojan. However, even in 1982 they sensed the decade's wind of change and set out to leave pub-metal behind. Their debut album Once Bitten... Twice Shy was described by Kerrang! as perhaps the greatest English pomp rock album of all time".
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