Category: 1989
Treat were now signed to Vertigo, ‘Organized Crime’ was a decent album, but the band were still operating in the…
By 1989, Billy Squier was still out there delivering hard rock to the masses, even if the most successful years…
All in all, going back to listen to this Lou Gramm album proved a worthwhile exercise. Even though melodic rock…
Despite Mick Jones being given the short sharp boot back in 1989, I have a soft-spot for this album.
Melidian were a hard rockin’ band from the New York area who came to the attention of the rock public…
Icon’s resulting fourth 1989 album differed greatly from the rampaging metal of the debut and the AOR tinged follow ups,…
Well, despite Fifth Angel’s infamous history, and their ‘fallout’ with founding guitarist James Byrd, the band still did enough to…
Despite its place in history, and the fallout which occurred with Mechanic Records, ‘When Dream And Day Unite’ remains my…
Bad English deliver a perfect blend of radio-oriented rock (ROR he says?), hard-edged and ‘cutting up rough’ on one side…
Peter Frampton really has delivered a collection of good LP’s during the 80’s. ‘Breakin’ All The Rules’, ‘The Art Of…
Though they ended up being a well produced AOR sounding outfit, life for Silent Running did not start out as…
Rescue originated from Frankfurt, Germany, and are a definite addition to GDM, a seat at our Boardroom table guaranteed.
When we consider the discography of former Canadian metal queen Lee Aaron, we often overlook her 1989 album ‘Bodyrock’. Really,…
American band Nitro delivered one of the more unique albums of the HM genre. Not just then in 1989, but…
Admittedly there is not a lot here that would be considered showstopper material, though to be fair, Heist play a…
The Kiss momentum was halted with ‘Hot In The Shade’, their eighth studio album of the 80’s and by far…
Musically Czakan compare similarly to Treat’s ‘Organized Crime’ period, plus you can pick the eyes out of many other German…
As a memento of the 1989 year, I’d say that Big Big Sun is a worthy addition to your 80’s…
Our interest in Eye/Timmy is due to the release of their 3CD Anthology recently put out by German label Pride…
Saraya is the band name of singer Sandi Saraya, that started life off as the duo Alsace Lorraine which was…
So with this rather eclectic mix of talent, what do we get with Distance? We get well produced AOR with…
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…
I recall buying this in 98 and foolishly expecting another Midnight Madness. It doesn’t sound like Night Ranger at all,…
Billy Joel should have revisited this type of sound years later and added some guitars. What a classic.