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Red Tiger was founded in Puerto Rico in 2005. In 2010 the band consisting of Alejandro "Alex" Figueroa (drums, vocals), Red Latú (vocals, guitar), Jesse Olmeda (bass) and Moe Rodríguez (lead guitar) released their first album.
In 2014, after recording their second album, Red Tiger relocated from Puerto Rico to Houston, TX. More»


After releasing 2 solo albums Rick Derringer formed the band Derringer. Derringer released 3 studio albums (1976-1978). The band on this live recording consist of the last incarnation of Derringer: Rick Derringer (guitar, vocals), Kenny Aaronson (bass, vocals), Myron Grombacher (drums) and Neil Giraldo (guitar, keyboards, vocals). The recording includes rare live versions of 5 songs from the last Derringer album " If I Weren't So Romantic, I'd Shoot You". Giraldo and Grombacher would soon after join Pat Benatar. More»


Venice is a hard rock/folk rock/AOR band from Venice, California, USA, that was formed in 1977. Venice is a band of brothers which consists of two sets of brothers, Mark and Michael Lennon, and their cousins, Kipp and Pat Lennon. Kipp and Pat are younger brothers of the Lennon Sisters.
For their 2024 studio release, Stained Glass, Southern California band Venice have, to paraphrase one of their old song titles, gone “back to the well” More»


First-ever complete anthology of early 70s UK progressive rock band notorious for occult- based lyrics and explicit stage act.
The release features their three CBS albums, demos, including an early demo version of 'Sacrifice', out- takes, live recordings and a pre-Black Widow LP as Pesky Gee! And their final unreleased album from 1972.
Inspired by the popularity of Hammer Horror films and Dennis Wheatley novels, in 1969 Leicester progressive rockers Pesky Gee! became Black Widow and immersed themselves in the occult. More»


Scarlet: The Old Waldorf was recorded in August 1979. The band were trying out material that they would record a few months later at the Automatt sessions with Sandy Pearlman for their official second album, Shakin’ Street. They were opening for the Jim Carroll Band and the show was captured by KALX radio deejay and producer Terry Hammer. The lineup of Shakin’ Street that recorded this live album was Fabienne Shine with Ross "The Boss" Friedman on lead guitar, Eric Lévi on rhythm guitar, Mick Winter on bass and Jean-Lou Kalinowsky on drums. More»


UPDATE! Added new disc 2 Tommy - Live At Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles - 1989. Includes options for surround sound and band comments.
3 DVD release of The Who performing Tommy live at Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles in 1989 and Quadrophenia performed live on the US tour 1996-1997. Disc 1 and 2 are the live performances of the albums and disc 3 is the second set from the Tommy show, the encores from the Quadrophenia US tour More»


Gerry Beckley, the illustrious singer, songwriter, performer and co-founder of legendary band, America, released his TENTH solo album, titled simply Gerry Beckley, on June 28, 2024. Working with longtime producer and collaborator, Jeff Larson, Beckley explains "Jeff and I found it on a hard drive, and I thought, 'That's pretty good. Gimme some time,'" remembers Beckley, who maintains studios in his two residences of Venice, CA and Sydney, Australia. "So, I went in and just did a bunch of extra stuff, layered it up, and it came out great. More»


Mini lp replica sleeves CD box set issued in Japan in 2010. The set consists of 11 remastered and expanded versions of the studio albums plus disc 12 with a video documentary "Access All Areas".

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Released by Japanese Bootleg specialists Bondage Music: Deutschland Tournee 1982 is a soundboard recording (except 4 tracks) of the concert captured at Stadthalle, Freiburg, Germany 18th November, 1982. This line-up of the band had recorded the album "Straight Between The Eyes" and consisted of Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Joe Lynn Turner (Vocals), Roger Glover (Bass), David Rosenthal (Keyboards) and Bobby Rondinelli (Drums). More»


The American rock band Winger formed in 1987 and they released their third studio album Pull in 1993. Their music changed from the glam metal to a more aggressive and darker musical style. The political messages in the lyrics brought both their music and vocals to a higher level. The clean production and melodic changes lean towards progressive rock/metal. More»


Limited Warranty was one of the many groups that exploded out of the 1980's Minneapolis music scene. The core members were Dale Goulett (vocals, guitar), Greg Sotebeer (vocals, bass), Erik Newman (guitar), Jerry Brunskil (drums, vocals) and Paul Hartwig (keys). Newman or Brunskill penned most of the tunes. More»


Formed in 1982 Hawk was a glam Metal band that really made some noise in the sunset strip. A well known guitarist by the name of Doug Marks was part of this great band and the only member to be part of in every lineup of the band after few changes. Hawk originally featured Charles Morrill (Charlie Wayne Morrill) on vocals, Doug Marks on guitar, Lonny Miller on bass and drummer Scott Travis (now in Judas Priest). More»


2 CD set released with the limited edition book "D-A-D Live Shots". "D-A-D Live Shots" is a 204 pages, hardcover photo-book with live photos from D-A-D 2012 tour "Fast On Wheels".
The size of the book is 30 x 30 cm. and there is only made 2500 copies. More»


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