This record was mostly overlooked by the general public, it should not have been. The album contains some very wonderful guitar playing, great songs, including Lying, the title song Premontion, All eyes on you, some wonderful stuff here. If you are a Frampton fan, and dont have this one, YOU are missing out. More»
If there was a band epitomizing the AOR / Melodic Rock keyboard-driven style & sound in America, that was GIUFFRIA without a doubt. Founded by ex-Angel keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, the group released two celebrated albums between 1984-86. More»
Second album "Silk & Steel" was another awesome slice of pure AOR / Melodic Hard rock delivered by Giuffria, a must have for any fan of the genre. More»
Gregg enlisted excellent musicians in David Glen Eisley, who had recently been vocalist for Los Angeles-based rockers Sorcery, the great Craig Goldy (guitar), briefly a member of hard rock/glam metal band Rough Cutt, and talented session bass player Chuck Wright, at the time having recorded several tracks for Quiet Riot’s hit album, Metal Health. More»
The issue is the voice...very unstable but there are some decent hooks here and there...the AORish tracks "Everybody Says","Was This Love","Piece Of You","My Time"(for me the best song) & the ballad "Someone" have somethin' to offer musically talking...
They deserve a chance and deserve you to listen to them to see what is happening in other South American countries as far as AOR / Melodic Rock is concerned. So far maybe the country that most bands have contributed to our style has been Brazil but it is nice to see that the AOR is still alive in other corners of the world. More»