Kerry Livgren is best known as one of the founding members of Kansas. He left Kansas in 1983 but has remained close to the band and continued to appear occasionally with Kansas on various tours since the 1990s. In 2000, the original and current members of Kansas reunited at Livgren's studio to record a new album written entirely by Livgren, titled Somewhere to Elsewhere. Since 2003 Kerry Livgren has worked in the band Proto-Kaw, which in fact is an early incarnation of Kansas reunited. More»

After reforming in 2003 Attica Rage released their first album in 2008 on Vanduara

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Classic Rock Magazine Issue #4 published May 1999 shows a slight change in focus. As the first issues had primarily payed attention to the old guard, now more resent releases was getting more attention. More»

Attica Rage from Glasgow, Scotland. Active from 1989-1994 as a Thrash Metal band (only released a few demo tapes), reformed in 2003 as a more melodic Heavy Metal band. More»

Second and last release on Columbia by John Eddie. In the late 1980's John Eddie opened for Bob Seger and The Kinks but was dropped by the label early in the 1990's after the album failed to chart in 1989. He then signed with Elektra Records where he recorded a third album, Still in the Same Cage, which, after a lengthy legal dispute, was never released. Since then Eddie has recorded independently and toured extensively; his career saw a resurgence when independent radio promotion person and long-time fan Michele Clark became his manager in 2000. More»

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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