Month: December 2022

Starcastle - Citadel

Starcastle – Citadel 5 (1)

‘Citadel’ from Starcastle is one of the better commercial prog coming out of the USA during 1977, a super album…

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Boatz - Boatz

Boatz – Boatz 4 (1)

Boatz offer up some very tasty radio rock with a Southern flavour, this is one of the better albums of…

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Teaze - Tour Of Japan

Teaze – Tour Of Japan 4.5 (2)

Teaze are one of Canada’s premier bands of the 70’s, glorious rollicking rock ‘n’ roll, one of the better live…

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Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

Uriah Heep – Demons And Wizards 5 (1)

A bonafide classic from 1972, it is perhaps for many Uriah Heep fans the most definitive iconic album of their…

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Gus G - Quantum Leap

Gus G – Quantum Leap 4 (1)

There’s hardly a year that goes by where GDM doesn’t take a dive into the guitar world of Greek guitar…

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Styx - Crash Of The Crown

Styx – Crash Of The Crown (Review 2) 5 (1)

Last sighted in 2017, Styx return with a fabulous effort and coupled with Dennis De Young’s farewell album, it’s a…

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Tarmat - Out Of The Blue

Tarmat – Out Of The Blue 0 (0)

Brazilian band Tarmat landed on my doorstep during November 2021, and they were quite a different proposition to what I…

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Tao (UK) - Prophecy

Tao (UK) – Prophecy 5 (1)

Here’s a new female fronted UK band called Tao with links to three countries and a strong connection to the…

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Life By Night - Glass Walls

Life By Night – Glass Walls 4 (1)

L.A band Life By Night were caught up in the mid 80’s hubaloo of hi-tech pop rock, but they were…

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The Sky - Don't Hold Back

The Sky – Don’t Hold Back 0 (0)

Detroit band The Sky had big wraps on them straight out of high school. It’s a very early rendition of…

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Savage Grace - Savage Grace

Savage Grace – Savage Grace 0 (0)

Originating from Detroit in the late 60’s, the Savage Grace sound was split between period pop rock and proto prog…

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Crabby Appleton - Crabby Appleton

Crabby Appleton – Crabby Appleton 0 (0)

On their debut, Crabby Appleton were the closest any US band came to Badfinger, they were that good, releasing two…

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Elias Hulk - Unchained

Elias Hulk – Unchained 0 (0)

Very much a product of their time and flying the freak flag of the Edgar Broughton Band etc, Elias Hulk…

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Sorcery - 2

Sorcery – 2 4 (1)

The second studio album from L.A band Sorcery was a long time in the making, nearly twenty years from start…

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The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta 3 (2)

We pick up where we left off, covering the first three albums from British pop trio The Police, here’s 1980’s…

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Alice Cooper - Raise Your Fist And Yell

Alice Cooper – Raise Your Fist And Yell 4 (1)

This 1987 effort from Alice Cooper did quite well. It’s theatric metal with a leaning toward the slasher/horror movie genre.

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Alice Cooper - Dada

Alice Cooper – Dada 0 (0)

If you haven’t played thi albym for a while, give it a play. From Alice Cooper’s experimental period, it’s his…

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Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin

Alice Cooper – Zipper Catches Skin 0 (0)

Of all the obscure albums in his catalogue, ‘Zipper Catches Skin’ might be Alice Cooper’s most forgotten effort of all.

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Alice Cooper - Constrictor

Alice Cooper – Constrictor 4 (1)

With this album, Alice Cooper made the transition to MTV melodic hard rock/metal, adding a strong theatric and visual element.

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Alice Cooper - Easy Action

Alice Cooper – Easy Action 0 (0)

At this early stage, Alice Cooper hadn’t arrived on the scene yet, this was his second album and America hadn’t…

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