Track listing: People Can Change
From his bio, "Allen Brooks grew up in Grandview, Missouri and after serving in the US Navy (1980-1984), toured America as a professional musician most of his adult life." I'm most familiar with Brooks' bands Roxx Gang and Mojo Gurus--both acts most closely associated with the 80s glam/hair metal era, with Roxx Gang being a little more glamorous and Mojo leaning a little closer to the sleaze angle of bands like Faster Pussycat, though with their own Southern flare on things. The Guru's image came across intentionally less polished and pretty. Suffice it to say, though, that Brooks and his Roxx, Mojo and other bandmates saw some shit in the 80s and 90s, on into the 2000s.
Fast-forward to 2025 and Allen Brooks has just dropped his new single "People Can Change." As the title conveys, Brooks himself has turned over a new leaf. The song takes you through his personal metamorphosis from rocker to a child of God. After living the life you might expect of a rocker who came up in the 'Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll' era, it's the lessons put forth by Jesus Christ that he's adhering to at this stage in his life.
The accompanying lyric video for "People Can Change" dropped along with the single's release, allowing you to follow each an every word of Brooks' musical testimony. On a similar theme, but taken from Black Sabbath's early 70s era, he's also released a cover of the Sabbath song "Changes," with Keith Maples joining him on guitar.
It doesn't go without notice, this change as a common thread through both songs. Through the lyrics of "People Can Change" he admits to doing things he'd never do again today, living how he's lived and progressing through life up to this point. So it's also about the next stage. There's been a change. The transformation has happened. Now fans of both his musical past and present can look forward to the next stage of Allen Brooks' musical career. He's got a whole lot going on now. You can give him a follow on his streaming at social platforms, which can all be found at allenbrooks.net.