Tag: Year-1997

Fake ID are birthed from the songwriting team that bought you the first Alien album. The team are in fact…

As at 1997, we think Newman have the makings of something special in the world of melodic rock/AOR.

All the regulars are back for another crack at music-making – Donnie Iris style.

The 1986 North American GTR tour took the band through posh 2,000 seat theaters, naturally pulling from both the debut…

Here’s an oddball release of questionable merit. Supposedly Joey Molland, Badfinger’s rhythm guitarist and vocalist was asked by the Canadian…

Perhaps at the heavy end of the spectrum are the Pretty Maids, but I for one have always appreciated their…

Frontline’s ‘Heroes’ album drew a lot of conversation on Internet discussion lists at the time of it’s release due to…

After three fantastic studio albums Gotthard did what most rock bands do and that is go live, and acoustic.

A great debut from Street Talk, and one for Journey and Toto freaks.

The 90’s saw a brace of albums released by Mark Spiro. Arguably his best came in between the years 1996…

Vocal shortcomings aside, this is a superb disc from Tesseract and is worth every effort to track down.

Not exactly a memorable name in AOR circles, Tony Kishman has been around for a wee while, plus he is…

Sahara Snow was in the main a whole raft of 1997 penned tunes from the trio of Springfield, Pierce and…

Indeed this album sounded nothing like the W.A.S.P. of old, with a heavy industrial influence tainting the album.

Musically, Icebreaker has all the hallmarks of a great melodic rock album, bordering on pomp. Not quite, only just.

Following on from their 1994 effort ‘And The Horse’, Strangeways continue their sabbatical away from quality AOR.

Posthumously released in 1997 but recorded in June and September 1969, ‘Ghost Of A Smile’ is an eye opening listen…

For a bit of a laugh, I’ve included Pat Boone’s ‘In A Metal Mood’ CD from 1997. It caused a…

Former Air Raid main man Arthur Offen returns in 1997 with his new project Flag.

Overall what do we get with Big Mouth? Sweeping melodic rock which brings to mind the best moments of the…