Decibel Geek recently caught up with KEEL frontman Ron Keel to dicuss the band's 2010 comeback album, Streets Of Rock & Roll and take a look back on the band's career. An excerpt is available below:

DBG: Keel's latest release Streets of Rock & Roll harkens back to a golden age of metal. Quite honestly, I feel it's possibly Keel's best album to date. Please tell us how this record came to light?

Ron: "Thank you, I agree that it’s our best album ever, and when that happens in an artist’s career, there is always a combination of reasons for it. One thing is, it was a creative adventure that came naturally between the guys in the band – when we decided to reunite in 2009, we had no intention of creating new music or making a new album, we just wanted to play some shows and celebrate our 25th anniversary with each other and the fans. The energy and excitement of being back together gave birth to some new song ideas; Bryan and I had already written 'Hit The Ground Running' and 'Looking For A Good Time' for TV and film projects before the band got back together, and when we finished them they sounded like Keel songs. Then Marc and Bryan started throwing more riffs at me, like 'Come Hell Or High Water' and 'The Devil May Care', and the process just exploded from there.

One of the biggest compliments we’ve received from both fans and the media is that Streets Of Rock & Roll is true to our '80s roots and style – we didn’t try to modernize our approach in any way. That wasn’t a conscious decision either; we never got together and discussed what direction we would take, we just spit out an album’s worth of classic Keel songs and followed our hearts and our instincts.

Another big reason this is our best effort ever is that we’ve naturally developed and improved as songwriters and musicians – if you keep working at something, you’re bound to get better at it. We wouldn’t have done it if we weren’t confident we could deliver a killer album full of classic Keel anthems – it’s not a piece of merchandise to sell at the shows, it’s a statement of what we are all about and something we’re extremely proud of."

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The Streets Of Rock & Roll tracklisting includes:

'Streets Of Rock & Roll'

'Streets Of Rock & Roll'

'Hit The Ground Running'

'Hit The Ground Running'

'Come Hell Or High Water'

'Push & Pull'

'Does Anybody Believe'

'Does Anybody Believe'

'No More Lonely Nights'

'The Devil May Care (But I Don’t)'

'Lookin’ For A Good Time'

'Lookin’ For A Good Time'

'Gimme That'

'Hold Steady'

'Live'

'Brothers In Blood'