# Black Roses Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988): The King Kobra Album Hidden Inside a B-Movie

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Podcast: [Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dig-me-out-70s-80s-metal-6762076)
Published: 2026-06-16T14:31:06+00:00
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In 1988, a straight-to-VHS satanic panic horror film called Black Roses went nowhere fast. The movie itself is, by any honest assessment, terrible: bright red fake blood, rubber monster suits, Vincent Pastore as a concerned father, and a teacher who kills a possessed student with a tennis racket. What the film left behind, almost accidentally, was a soundtrack worth arguing about. The musicians behind the fictional band Black Roses are King Cobra's core lineup: Marcie Free , Mick Sweda , Carmine Appice , and Chuck Wright. They show up alongside Lizzy Borden , Bang Tango (in their first commercial recording ever, predating Psycho Cafe by a year), Tempest, Hallow's Eve , and a second King Kobra lineup featuring Johnny Edwards , who later sang for Foreigner . Metal Blade Records put full-page ads in every metal magazine. The CD now sells for $50 to $300 on Discogs. Patron Keith Miller paid $100 for his. This week, Jay, Tim, and Chip work through whether this is a hidden gem, a curiosity, or something more complicated: a record that does not fit the artist album model or the showcase compilation model, and lands somewhere between the two. 🎧 Listen to the episode on DigMeOutPodcast.com Episode Highlights Intro (0:00): Poll reveal. Black Roses wins a four-way race at 30.4%, beating Venom, Death Angel, and Marry My Hope. Patron Keith Miller spent $100 on the CD to make this happen. 6:23: The movie. Jay watched it on Tubi: satanic band, small-town teacher, monster from a speaker, tennis racket murder, Vincent Pastore, an open ending where Black Roses heads to Madison Square Garden. 14:07: Is it fun-bad or just bad? Jay: "Worst movie I've ever seen." Taken completely seriously, no camp wink at the camera, zero budget. 17:45: The Keith Miller subplot. An actor named Keith Miller…

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