Category: 1981
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…
Anvil were an uncompromising band, with a vast discography. If your HM vocabulary is limited to sex, drugs and rock…
Southern fried boogie never sounded so good as with the first pair of Doc Holliday albums released during 1980 and…
Toto’s third album ‘Turn Back’ is one of the harder rocking albums of their repertoire.
After leaving Aerosmith in 1979, Joe put together a hard-rocking band, called the Joe Perry Project. This 2nd release features…
Having made their elusive breakthrough with 1980’s ‘Metal Rendezvous’ Krokus didn’t take long following up, with ‘Hardware’ expanding on the…
‘Head On’ is probably the least distinguished of Toronto’s four outings. The new wave influences and vitality so prevalent on…
Soundtracks and film scores appeared to form the basis for Tangerine Dream during the 80’s, where they would conjure up…
While a new pop direction brought Genesis greater success, much of their progressive fan base including this reviewer, lost interest…
Klaatu were something of an art rock enigma hiding their true identities over the course of several albums of Beatle-esque…
Retaining all of the line-up from the previous excellent LP ‘Freedom At Point Zero’, Jefferson Starship ‘re-introduced’ Grace Slick, returning…
Molly Hatchet by this stage were a band caught between two worlds. Still captured by their southern rock origins, tentacles…
I think few would dispute that the Motley Crüe story is one of the most worn out in the rock…
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. 💜