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Progressive rock band formed in Krakow, Poland in 2007. This is their 5th release. All of the band members are session musicians. The band today is Piotr Lipka (bass), Grzegorz Fieber (drums), Piotr Grodecki (Guitar), Krzysztof Lepiarczyk (Keyboards), Magda Grodecka (Vocals). Previous releases have been compared to Camel, Frequency Drift and Jadis. More»


Published August, 2008. Songs by 15 artists including Nashville Pussy, Black Stone Cherry, Willie Stradlin, Pig Irön......

 

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British-Australian instrumental rock band from London, formed in 1978 by John Williams and Herbie Flowers. Other members of the band were: Richard Durrant, Tristan Fry, Paul Hart, Steve Gray, Francis Monkman and Kevin Peek. Although the band never formally disbanded, Sky has not returned to active recording and performance since 1995. More»


The Original Soundtrack is the third studio album by the English art rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. The Original Soundtrack includes the singles "Life Is a Minestrone", and "I'm Not in Love", the band's most popular song. The Original Soundtrack was a critical and commercial success reaching No. 3 in the UK and No.15 in the U.S. More»


Released March 1999. A curiosity is included in the Ronnie James Dio cover version of the Alice Cooper song Welcome To My Nightmare. More»


Romance at Short Notice was released on 30 June 2008, with the single "Tired of England" released a week earlier on 23 June. Both, album and single, failed to reach high chart positions. The album was their second and last album. The last Dirty Pretty Things gig, 'The Last Hurrah' was announced for 20 December 2008, at the Astoria 2 in London. More»


Don't let the cover fool you. This is NOT a band playing space rock. Diamond Nights is an alternative rock / glam rock band whose influences include Thin Lizzy, Queen, and Cheap Trick. They formed in New York City in 2003, and released their debut album Popsicle in 2005. The band's song "The Girl's Attractive" was featured in a 2006 Jaguar advertisement, as well as the episode entitled "Thirst" from The CW's Smallville and in an Austrian beer (Stiegl) commercial. More»


To show that progressive rock was very much alive and well Classic Rock dedicated the enclosed cd for an edition to prog only. On the cd most of the tracks are recordings made by the latest generation on the scene.

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Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004. Didz Hammond announced he was leaving the Cooper Temple Clause to join the band alongside Libertines drummer Gary Powell and guitarist Anthony Rossomando. The band's debut album, Waterloo to Anywhere, was released on 8 May 2006, reaching number three on the music charts and receiving critical approval. More»


In December 2006 Classic Rock #100 was published. The enclosed cd was in fact only the 37th (compilation) cd being released with an issue of the magazine. Some of the previous issues instead was more likely in some cases to have a compilation DVD enclosed.  However since 2007 a companion cd has been following almost all issues. In the UK some issues even has featured 2 cd's of which one was not enclosed outside the UK. More»


As the success of the first Issue of Classic Rock showed a market for this type of magazines, the second issue soon followed and it was published in January 1999.

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Roadhouse was a British rock band that once included former Def Leppard members guitarist Pete Willis and drummer Frank Noon. According to the band's website, the band recorded a 4 song demo with Noon as their drummer. However, Noon was no longer in Roadhouse by the time of the recording of their debut album. Roadhouse released their self-titled album in August 1991. The album is often referred to as On A Desert Road, a reference to a line in the song "Time". Several singles were released from the album, with b-sides that are not on the album. More»


 

Rock & Reel Magazine wrote about this album: "Roadhouse are clearly keen to make up for lost time. The London-based blues rockers now front three female vocalists and surprisingly, it works, with the singers taking it in turns on House Of The Rising Sun, The Lying Game and Tumbling Down to pitch for the kind of damaged souls who inhabit the small hours". More»


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