For once, a live album is covered on the whole of Monday Metal Treasures with After Midnight Live. The reason this is being covered is because the whole album consists of never before heard on any of Manilla Road's albums. After Midnight Live is a live album recorded from KMUW radio back in 1979. The tapes that recorded the show from Rick Fisher, the drummer of the band at the time, were discovered a few years ago. The tapes were handed to Mark Shelton and he fixed the sound as much as he could to put out an adequate release for it. The sound production is still raw and loses its quality here and there but this is to be expected when taken from cassettes. However, for a 30 year old tape, the results turned out rather well.
Chromaphobia is the first track the band play on the show and is the strongest point of the album. This song contains the rocking feel from Mark of the Beast. The vibe comes from the riffs and Mark Shelton's vocals that make it sound a lost track from the said album... As if it wasn't lost enough already from being buried for 20 years. The song makes an elaborate intro that feels like it stands within Black Sabbath and Motörhead. The verses tone down the guitars and gives off the spacey feel which is what Invasion and Mark of the Beast would corporate after the initial recording. Mark Shelton states the song is about being a metalhead in the future and receiving the grief for being a dedicated metal fan, having long hair, etc. This isn't a favourite song of the Shark's but it's still a damn good way to kick off a live recording from the early days of the band.
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