The prevalent amount of wife swapping and nomadic begaviour brought this particular bunch of metal veterans together only to see them go into a blues direction. The albums weren't particularly successful. Reports had it that Gillen only got the gig after his mother got hold of Lee on the telephone. It was also Gillen who brought old colleague Singer into the fold. The band was signed indirectly to Atlantic via Titanium, the label of the editor of Hit Parader. Sadly the illness of Gillen, who secretly suffered from AIDS, meant a lack of tour support and the eventual dissolution of Badlands. The band attempted to stay afloat and bring in singers like Debbie Holliday and John West (later Artension) to no avail. Dusk was originally supposed to be called Demo and was not billed as a tribute to Gillen to respect the wishes of Gillen's family. Gillen had passed away December 1, 1993 in New York from AIDS.
Dusk was reissued in 2004.