Tag: Year-1989

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…

‘Headless Cross’ is an incredible slab of melodic metal from Black Sabbath, the production huge, the playing from all involved…

A flashback in time for one of AOR’s most loved bands, Indianapolis’ pride and joy Roadmaster.