Month: May 2023
Looking back on it now, all things considered, the Bon Jovi debut album quite easily ranks as one of the…
With Wrabit’s John Albani driving the show, the Lee Aaron sound for this album comes off like his former band…
The 1984 album ‘Out On Bail’ from Legs Diamond is another forgotten gem from one of hard rocks premier hard…
Back in 1984 this Airrace album was considered a breakthrough AOR album in British music circles, as finally good ‘ol…
Ted Nugent goes AOR? Not quite, but the man went very close with this and other 80’s albums ‘Little Miss…
Here’s one L.A band that should’ve been huge, but for some reason, Armored Saint missed their boarding call on the…
Atlantic Records obviously saw ‘cha-ching’ signs with Ratt, and duly snapped them up. As history would show, this album would…
Listening to this album, no one could accuse Krokus of being AC/DC clones anymore. The sound is far more polished.
Originally from Nevada, Michael Furlong secured a major label deal with Atlantic and bought in a veteran lineup for this…
The mega selling Bryan Adams ‘Reckless’ album, is voted by many as being one of the best of the AOR…
This album was the American version of Slade’s 1983 British release ‘The Great Kamikaze Syndrome’, rush-released after the unexpected hit…
In what would be their last studio album until 1989, Molly Hatchet finally followed the lead of .38 Special and…
If there was ever an album that was representative of the mid 80’s MTV era, then The Cars ‘Heartbeat City’…
Arriving at the tail end of the NWOBHM was Yorkshire rockers Baby Tuckoo.
Buoyed by the No#1 selling success of ‘Metal Health’, it was going to be hard for Quiet Riot to emulate…
Californian band Runner – while short on content delivers the goods and won’t disappoint.
After an aborted reunion a couple of years earlier, Deep Purple Mk 2 (1969-73) finally completed the deed in 1984…
From the same hometown as REO Speedwagon and Starcastle (Champaign) come these 80’s AOR likely’s Rathskeller thanks to this one-off…
Dennis DeYoung, mentor and all-round mannequin impersonator of Styx has done the predictable and released his debut solo album.
‘The Works’ was a hugely successful album for Queen, but did very little in the United States and the band…
The song titles on this LP are hilarious. I’ll Bi Yer Luv.. I mean.. come on. This is probably where…
Unfortunately this album wasn't available in it's entirety on YTM. All the individual tracks are there but no logged in…
I recently reacquainted myself with this album. It's much better than I remembered it by. Good to hear 'Can't Stop…
I like the storyline but not much else. 👎
Have added a new video into the review. 'Breaking Me Up'. These gals look and sound great. 💛
Carmine Appice is also involved with the band Ruffyunz, and appears on their 2023 album 'III'. https://raritetno.com/hard-rock/210584-ruffyunz-iii-2023.html
30 years on, the song 'Foreclosure Of A Dream' can be directly aimed at former Dutch PM Mark Rutte and…
There is one unofficial release on YouTube Music from around 2008/2009 with a load of Unreleased tracks. It's called Post…
I would agree this isn't one of Queen's best. Jazz which followed after this wasn't much better. Live Killers from…
I have this need to revisit the first two Argent albums for review. Argent and Ring Of Hands. Watch this…