Tag: Year-1982

In 1982, Ronnie Montrose released a synth riddled LP that was markedly different to the previous two Gamma LP’s that…

Here’s another Canadian band with its origins sourced from the prairie heartland of Winnipeg. They are the Queen City Kids.

Billy Squier’s third time around sees a straight forward approach to hard rock, with just the right doses of energy,…

It was during the 1980 Reading Festival that new keyboardist Mark Stanway would make his first appearance with Magnum. Interestingly,…

Asia could never live up to the sales and hype of this debut and although ‘Alpha’ the following year performed…

The ‘Let Me Rock You’ album from Peter Criss was a marked improvement over his poor 1978 self titled effort…

This is quite possibly the only perfect Kiss album, with each track as good as the next.

With this album, Rush move beyond the typical guitar driven power trio and put a heavy focus on synth laden…

If you are a fan of the glory days era of Classic Rock, the Roth-era Van Halen albums are essential….

Out of nowhere came Aldo Nova during the northern summer of 1982. Well Montreal to be exact, and a very…

While Judas Priest had broken through with 1980’s ‘British Steel’, it was this album which arguably put them into the…

At the turn of the 80’s decade, Judas Priest had reinvented themselves as premier heavy metallers with a passion for…

This album was a turning point for Kansas as it was their first effort without vocalist Steve Walsh, who had…

When you talk about the quintessential AOR album, the Long Island outfit SPYS, has AOR stamped all over it.

New York based band Novo Combo released two credible AOR albums, this one being their second and best. A good…

‘In For The Count’ is a great album on so many levels, because Balance were not afraid to experiment with…

The Nowherefast sound is a mix of several styles: power pop, radio rock and obviously AOR, but mainly it has…

Both official Mayday albums should be part of your AOR Konnesieur’s kollektion.

Manowar set their agenda right from their opening track ‘Death Tone’, motorbikes, outright rebelliousness and paying homage to the power…

Going back to the drawing board, the Head East line-up remained intact between 1980 and 1982, and signed a deal…

With the blistering opening pair ‘Too Hot To Stop’ and ‘Waiting For Tomorrow’, you can’t help feel that The Rods…

Here’s another exercise in backfilling, which is what Led Zeppelin did to fulfill a 5 album contract with Atlantic, two…

Being a huge fan of Shooting Star, I was so disappointed with this, it ranks as one of the premier…

Of all the obscure albums in his catalogue, ‘Zipper Catches Skin’ might be Alice Cooper’s most forgotten effort of all.