If "Easybeats" was considered the Australian answer to the "Beatles", then "Masters Apprentices" with its ruffiness was quite consistent with the local version of the "Rolling Stones". Masters Apprentices entered the 70s with the title of "the most popular Australian team", and this status was reinforced by an album with the quite justified name "Masterpiece". More»
Rock Candy Record has done their own remastered version of LOVERBOY‘s debut album ”Loverboy”, a fully 24-bit sonic treatment from the original source tapes. This Vancouver slick melodic act became one of the most successful Canadian acts in America with their self-titled debut including the single hits “Turn Me Loose” and “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” which sold more than 2 million copies. More»
During the mid-to-late 1980s, Britain’s homegrown melodic hard rock scene was blessed with an embarrassment of riches. No one who lived through the era could forget the hook-friendly quality of (takes a deep breath…) FM, Tobruk, Strangeways, Dare, Terraplane, Lionheart, Heavy Pettin’, Airrace, Bronz, Virginia Wolf, Kooga, Robin George, etc, or indeed the subject of this two-CD retrospective, Birmingham’s own SHY. More»
Sep 6, 2023 07:05
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Lion’s Pride is reissuing the out of print MINUS ONE album ”Red Black White”, the band which members formed part of Glenn Hughes crew during a tour in Europe. ”Red Black White” is an exciting mix of melodic rock clearly ’80s inspired, yet providing a breath of fresh air to the genre via clever arrangements and some electronic beats / FX.