Category: 1980s Reviews
All 1980s reviews for the GDMonline.info website.
A name change and a bit of a shake-up for Y&T. This is in terms of image and musical delivery…
Atlanta’s Mothers Finest are another popular outfit among the GDM brethren. Who would’ve thought their hard rock breakthrough album from…
‘Anytime’ was perhaps the best known of the Henry Paul Band four album run from 1979 to 1982. It was…
All in all this is a somewhat uneven album from Lake. However, the best tracks are REAL standouts! Figure out…
If you were a hardcore Foghat fan at the time I could understand your plight. Aside from the first two…
When one thinks about the early days of the NWOBHM, a couple of bands spring to mind. Iron Maiden, Saxon,…
Produced by ‘Mutt’ Lange, Def Leppard’s ‘High N Dry’ was a fairly successful follow up to the heavy but crude…
‘Dairy Of A Madman’ only contained nine tracks, but the material is some of the best from that early Ozzy…
Blackfoot were a southern rock band that flew the Confederate flag during the 70’s and 80’s.
It’s not quite clear who suggested that Q5 should drop the hard as nails approach and move to a keyboard…
Q5 was another band from the booming metal scene of Seattle during the early 80’s. The band was formed in…
Keyboardist/singer John Hunter is the member who went on to further his career beyond the Hounds, picking up a solo…
Here is another album that formed part of my formative AOR years. The quite amazing ‘Brave The Storm’ album courtesy…
So what’s a hard rock band like Y&T doing in a self-confessed AOR addicts music collection? The answer is simple….
In the past, we’ve featured a couple of Pantera’s albums on GDM. But it would be a huge disservice to…
Player is a group that gets it’s fair share of praise here at Glory Daze and rightfully so. With top…
World Trade have a band lineup to dribble over. Formed from the ashes of the mid 80’s prog band Lodgic,…
Lodgic appeared out of Los Angeles during the late 70’s. Playing a style of prog which wasn’t that popular at…
On their second albun ‘Take A Deep Breath’ Brighton Rock move into melodic rock territory, as opposed to their raucous…
The debut Streets album was a good solid effort, and despite the fact it was produced by Neil Kernon, it’s…
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. 💜
Alan Kelly talks about the song 'Caught In The Act'. Apparently Shy did a pre production version/demo of the song…
Always enjoyed the cover on this one. Reminds me of Captain Beyond's debut fused with some comic book character.
This album should've been called 'The Circus'.
Listening to 'Heroine', musically this is similar to 80's era Barclay James Harvest.
A perfect AOR album for the late '80s. Heavenly melody after heavenly melody.
Agree with the review. Also a big fan of the Mk and 4 albums and after a couple of listens…