Tag: Year-1986

To say Huey Lewis And The News were hot would be an understatement, they had an identifiable sound that had…

Released just prior to Christmas in 1986, Tesla would make 1987 an exciting year for all.

Here’s the debut pop rock effort from the five family member siblings called The Burns Sisters.

‘Sex Crimes’ was Rio’s second album released not long after their acclaimed debut ‘Borderland’, some great heavy handed songs on…

By 1986, Alcatrazz were on a downward curve. The previous years ‘Disturbing The Peace’ was a decent affair. Great songs,…

By 1986, the members of Quiet Riot must’ve felt like they were having one last drink before hitting the road…

by the mid 80’s, Golden Earring had embraced the 80’s. Synths maintains a warm presence throughout ‘The Hole’, and digital…

Mention this album in a group of hardcore ELO fans and just sit back and watch the arrows fly, a…

As far as I’m concerned, this site wouldn’t be complete without a mention of Robert Tepper who earns the right…

Mention Canadian hard rock during the 80’s and a few names crop up, one that hasn’t been mentioned here is…

FM (UK) are all about kight and breezy AOR, and surprising poppy for this South London band bought up in…

There are some albums from the 80’s like the Giuffria debut which many people rate, while others wonder what all…

After the sweeping success of 1984’s ‘Body And The Beat’, Dragon were once again a household name in the Antipodes…

Much like Doc Holliday’s maligned 1983 effort ‘Modern Medicine’, southern rock compadres The Outlaws also opted for an overblown commercial…

One of the reasons that ‘Fahrenheit’ hasn’t appeared earlier in our reviews section is that for mine, this is not…

Perhaps one of the most underrated AOR albums of the 80’s, Zebra’s ‘3V’ is a gem, and to be honest…

Suffice to say that this resulting album is dismissed to this day as Cheap Trick’s worst effort ever, my point…

From Canada, Eight Seconds can best be described as one of the ultimate hi-tech AOR bands there ever was.

‘Dancing Undercover’ was Ratt’s fourth album in successive years (counting 1983’s debut E.P.) and continued in the same vein as…

Fates Warning had been called one of the originators of progressive metal, however, it wasn’t until the pairing of ‘The…