Month: December 2022
‘Citadel’ from Starcastle is one of the better commercial prog coming out of the USA during 1977, a super album…
Boatz offer up some very tasty radio rock with a Southern flavour, this is one of the better albums of…
Teaze are one of Canada’s premier bands of the 70’s, glorious rollicking rock ‘n’ roll, one of the better live…
A bonafide classic from 1972, it is perhaps for many Uriah Heep fans the most definitive iconic album of their…
There’s hardly a year that goes by where GDM doesn’t take a dive into the guitar world of Greek guitar…
Last sighted in 2017, Styx return with a fabulous effort and coupled with Dennis De Young’s farewell album, it’s a…
Brazilian band Tarmat landed on my doorstep during November 2021, and they were quite a different proposition to what I…
Here’s a new female fronted UK band called Tao with links to three countries and a strong connection to the…
L.A band Life By Night were caught up in the mid 80’s hubaloo of hi-tech pop rock, but they were…
Detroit band The Sky had big wraps on them straight out of high school. It’s a very early rendition of…
Originating from Detroit in the late 60’s, the Savage Grace sound was split between period pop rock and proto prog…
On their debut, Crabby Appleton were the closest any US band came to Badfinger, they were that good, releasing two…
Very much a product of their time and flying the freak flag of the Edgar Broughton Band etc, Elias Hulk…
The second studio album from L.A band Sorcery was a long time in the making, nearly twenty years from start…
We pick up where we left off, covering the first three albums from British pop trio The Police, here’s 1980’s…
This 1987 effort from Alice Cooper did quite well. It’s theatric metal with a leaning toward the slasher/horror movie genre.
If you haven’t played thi albym for a while, give it a play. From Alice Cooper’s experimental period, it’s his…
Of all the obscure albums in his catalogue, ‘Zipper Catches Skin’ might be Alice Cooper’s most forgotten effort of all.
With this album, Alice Cooper made the transition to MTV melodic hard rock/metal, adding a strong theatric and visual element.
At this early stage, Alice Cooper hadn’t arrived on the scene yet, this was his second album and America hadn’t…
I follow this bloke on YouTube called Dan McClellan who is a religious scholar. He's very good, calm and to…
Based on the legendary album cover I’d been trying to track this down for years. I can see why Eric…
A mixed bag, but ‘One Good Reason’ has to be one of the best songs the band ever produced.
This is a seriousky underrated album. 'Don't Accuse Her' is simply breathtaking.
This album now has a YTM link. 31 tracks in total. 18 extras on top of the original 13. Upon…
Just listened to this via the YTM link. Pretty damn good. Some quirky synth reminded me of Donnie Iris. Will…
This is the pick of the HPB albums for me. Though I do occasionally drag the others out for a…
The original review from Geir might come across as indifferent. But much of this album is really good. 'Escape' and…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜