"Toto, I don't think Kansas is Kansas anymore... I think maybe they sound more like... Toto?" Yep, that's exactly right, Steve Lukather's band. DRASTIC MEASURES was an apt title for an album that takes the Kansas in a gratuitously commercial direction. Gone are the long instrumental prog-rock suites and the violin of Robbie Steinhardt. John Elefante valiantly tries to salvage the band's future with songs that would be more radio friendly - and succeeds well with "Fight Fire With Fire". The songs range from average to rather poor album rock fare, but it's the abandonment of their classic sound that really had older fans looking for the exit door as fast as they could reach it.
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