Month: March 2023

1983 saw the release of album number 4 from Kansas City’s finest – Shooting Star.

For those coming to this site who are familiar with the Arcangel material, I’m sure you’ll agree, this one’s a…

Preview are another fantastic period AOR band which is considered to be another ambassador of the GDM website.

The band Cobra are a near supergroup, when you subsequently see the names involved with this one-off project from 1983.

It’s Prism, but not really. The true core of the band having left after their previous 1981 album, leaving the…

Prototype were a Canadian band who acquired a ‘near-classic’ reputation among the collectors out there. I was certainly interested to…

At the very forefront of the NWLAHM in the early 80’s were Ratt. Their brand of commercial metal was a…

An unusual album by Kansas’ own high standards, and one that has been commented on by many saying it’s their…

Lost Way are a Spanish hard rock band who have released a decent 2023 debut album in the classic rock…

This is my first look at the Spanish synthwave project At 1980.

Autograph were practitioners of big keyboard use and huge choruses but somewhere along the way they failed to convince.

Of the three 80’s era albums from Autograph, this second one is probably the weakest.

Autograph, beyond their first three studio releases for RCA, continued on despite being label-less. Finishing up with RCA in 1988,…

When Autograph released this back in 2003, I honestly thought nobody took any notice. A great band back in the…

Oak were the New Hampshire band that released two major label albums but unfortunately did not live up to their…

Fans of Styx, Airborne, Alexis and the first Tycoon album will go ga-ga over the debut Oak album as every…

Van Halen’s ‘Fair Warning’ is easily the most forgotten Roth era album, but for myself it’s their best.

Van Halen’s ‘Women And Children First’ came between the impact of a stunning debut and a tepid follow up, and…

I have never considered this Van Halen album to be throwaway. This LP was thrashed by yours truly back in…

The Van Halen debut.. Where does one start when discussing one of the genre-defining debut albums of the 70’s, if…

Couchois remind us of what an amazing time it was to be an AOR fan, with such classics as this…

Late 70’s soft rock never sounded so good with these guys, Couchois (pronunced Ku-Shwa) were an Alabama based band blessed…

‘Clear Approach’ is Trillion’s second album, and if you’re looking for an AOR album of sheer class, where pomp rock…

If you’re into multi-part harmonies like Queen and Yes then Trillion will appeal to you.