Playback is a collection that was originally released in 1995, but which has been unavailable outside North America since 2005. It’s a compilation covering the band’s time with MCA records and spans 20 years of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ career, from 1973 to 1993. What a collection this is! A six CD compilation containing…
Polish band ”At the lake” are back with this new album – Maya. It’s one of those albums that straddles multiple genres – symphonic metal and gothic metal primarily, but with folk and classical influences too. The use of the violin helps differentiate the band from many of the other bands in these genres as…
Electric Lady are a Finnish band that formed in 2007 that describe their music as pop-rock. They cite influences including Iron Maiden, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Janis Joplin, and Led Zeppelin, but listening to it there are certainly other more recent influences. To those influences I’d add 80s bands including Pat Benatar and Romeos Daughter….
Stop Stop are a glam rock/hard rock band that are orignally from Spain, but moved to London last year. They’ve been busy touring and building a good fan base in the UK. ”Unlimited” is their debut album, and I have to say it’s an impressive debut, and certainly lives up to their excellent live reputation….
Universal have just released a Thin Lizzy collection (I’m sure some of you are already thinking ”not another one”), but this isnt a greatest hits collection – this is the bands six albums released between 1974 and 1979 packaged together in one collection – and at a very reasonable price. So for around £17 or…
Late night fiction are a Melodic post hardcore band from Hull. They formed in 2007, but the band as they are now only really came together in 2009 when they moved to a heavier sound and recruited new members. That year the band released their debut EP (Hands and numbers). Since then the band have…
With the Euro 2012 tournament going on, what better time for some football related music. This new album features 22 football related songs – the perfect soundtrack when you mute the sound on the TV while the pundits waffle endlessly and annoyingly in the pre-match buildup. There are three songs on the album sung by…
It’s 30 years since legendary British rockers Asia released their debut album – the self titled release that quickly made a big name for the band with that debut album spending 9 weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard top 100 album chart and selling enough copies to go multi-platinum. Since then the band have…
Liljegren Records/Sound Pollution Norwegian rocker Pelle K first rose to recognition on the Norwegian national TV show “The X Factor”, performing German and Italian power metal songs. Via Youtube videos he became lead singer for both DAMNATION ANGELS and THE ANABASIS, plus got signed with DooLittle. An album with lyrics of love, fear and trust/strengths…
Massacre/Sound Pollution 69 CHAMBERS may not say much, but the name Tommy Vetterli has a fine ring to it. If anyone doesn´t know he is back in the revived CORONER again and has been in KREATOR too. The rest of the band is Tommy´s wife Nina Vetterli – Treml on bass and vocals and drummer…
SPV/Playground Since his first days in STEELER AXEL RUDI PELL has been high in the ranks of the world of music. In 1989 he started his solo career and has since played with the likes of Charlie Huhn, Rob Rock, Jeff Scott Soto, Jörg Michael, Mike Terrana and Johnny Gioeli. Today Axel´s band consists of…
Frontiers/BAM HARDLINE´S history dates back to 1991. The term supergroup was immediate as it was formed by JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon, brothers Joey and Johnny Gioeli on guitars and vocals respectively, bassist Todd Jensen (ex SEQUEL) and drummer Deen Castronovo. The circulation of musicians was fierce of cause, with Neal returning to JOURNEY and Tod…