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In 1985 Europe recorded the soundtrack for the film On the Loose, which gave them the hit "Rock the Night". The track "Broken Dreams" is unique to this disc and can not be found on any other release. This disc was only sold at special events such as screenings of the movie On the Loose and Europe concerts on that particular 1985 tour. More»


The band was formed as Dick Smith And The Dole Q early 1978 by Dave Barrett (vocals), Steve Barrett (RIP 2020) (bass) and Paul "PD" Downes (guitar). With addition of Paul "Frank" Madden (guitar) and Steve "Swifty" Swift (drums) and a change the name to Dick Smith Band they started touring. When the band finished in 1982 they had played more than 1.000 gigs. More»


Italian metal band from Bari, Apulia formed in 1995. They released a demo in 1998 and their only album in 1999. The band consisted of Alex Spadavecchia (vocals), Antonello Cimbasso (guitar, keyboards), Gigi Pisanello (guitars), Giuseppe Arpone (bass), Giuseppe Dentamaro (keyboards), Loredana Perrini (Faraualla) (vocals) and Rha Lisco (drums, percussion). More»


Only available for digital download on August 6, 2021. The album consist of 3 concerts the first was recorded acoustical May 2021, the second is the Rock City Live Remastered and finally the finishing is the acoustic Great White Monkey Remastered, which totals more than 4 hours of listening. More»


Midnite Eve was a hard rock / glam metal band from Arboga, Västmanland County, Sweden, that was formed in 2010. the band members were Jimmy Jb Berglind (vocals), Sebastian Öster (guitar), Jesper Lundh (bass), Jim Jansson (drums). The band split up in 2013.  More»


American Blues were an American 1960s Texas-based garage rock band who played a psychedelic style of blues rock music influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators. They are most notable for including two future members of the band ZZ Top in their ranks, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard as well as Rocky Hill. More»


The second release from Dream Theater in a series of releases limited to members of their fanclubs. All recordings on the release are outtakes from the June and July 1997 recordings for the album Falling Into Infinity, recorded, compiled and edited by Mike Portnoy. The release was limited to 3400 copies. More»


The second collection from Pallas of re-recordings from the band’s extensive catalogue of album tracks and rarities. Following 2019's "The Edge Of Time" with a new selection of tracks that could be the main theme or credit music to a movie. This second collection of re-visionings of tracks from the band sets out to explore both atmospheric and cinematic moments further. More»


Twenty years after the first album release from Coloursøund, Billy Duffy (The Cult) and Mike Peters (The Alarm) has decided it's time to follow up with Coloursøund II. The spur for the second album came when Duffy sent Peters a guitar riff, and within weeks the pair had located to a beach cottage in North Wales coastline to write. More»


This release is a 2 CD reissue of the 2 first albums released by The Steve Gibbons Band. Of the included 5 bonus tracks the 2 on the Any Road Up CD apparently never has been released elsewhere. The name of the band was a pure coincidence as the band is a direct continuation of Idle Race, the late 60's band most famous of including Jeff Lynne More»


Verona, Italy based progressive metal act Moto Armonico was founded in 2010 by guitarist Uccio Ghezzer and vocalist Patty Simon. Soon afterwards, drummer Alessandro Veronesi, bassist Giampi Tomezzoli and keyboardist Christian Pasin were recruited, finishing the line-up. After numerous live gigs, their self-titled debut was released in 2012 More»


Moto Armonico from Verona, Italy was formed in 2010. They play melodic progressive hard rock with metal influences. The band consists of Luca Adami (vocals), Uccio Ghezzer (guitar), Christian Pasin (keyboards), Giampi Tomezzoli (bass), Alessandro VeronesiI (drums). Down To Timavo is their second album. More»


Elara Sunstreak Band is a Swabian (Germany) trio, who skillfully and technically mix well-versed ingredients from psychedelic, prog and stoner to a high-octane fuel for the home system. It's is the psychedelic journey of three friends for whom music isn't a quick commodity but the expression of a positive attitude of life. More»


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