This time I will feature one of the greatest rock and roll singers on the planet, Mr Graham Bonnet who has fronted bands like Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz and Impelliteri to name a few.
It was very hard to follow up the first two Alcatrazz albums without either Yngwie Malmsteen or Steve Vai and the 1986 album "Dangerous games" didn´t exactly match the fans expectations but I think there are plenty of great music on this album. It deserves more attention than it gets. Truly a forgotten piece of work.
Bonnet has been involved in many solid albums with Impelliteri and Taz Taylor Band, not to mention his solo work. The song "Night games" from the 1981 album Line up is lovely!
Avoid!!!! Bonnet must have had a headache while recording the dreadful Blackthorne album from 1993, he did his worst vocal performance on "Afterlife" and the songs suck big time.
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Ima Robot has posted 2 new songs available as free download at their website.
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One of the Top 5 best selling bands in the world is Queen, they have changed their sound like a chameleon throughout the years but still the fans has stood by them through thick and thin.
The 1995 album Made in Heaven was released after Mercury´s death and it featured the last songs recorded with Freddie Mercury plus leftovers from other albums and the rest of the album was recorded by the remaining members. With these facts, you could easily start to think that you can pass on this album but that is a mistake. There is lots of great music on here.
Four albums that might not be considered as Queen classics but still very good, and it´s real easy to make your own compilation of strong tracks from these ones. The show must go on baby!
What did they think of when they entered the studio to make the 1982 album Hot space? Queen is not a synthpop band, good thing they only did it once and returned to the more rocking sound on the next album. Good riddens!
Electro dance pop for your soul, why not? The Green Children´s new single "Dragons" will get your legs moving for sure.
UFO has been around for 40 years where the Schenker era is the most classic one, the albums between 1974-1980 still gives me the goosebumps.
The 2nd time Schenker left the band, he was replaced by Vinnie Moore and these two albums from 2004 and 2006 are really good and a must in your UFO collection.
There are plenty of good solid hard rock albums from this band like the first two space rock albums from 1970-1971, the 80´s era from The wild, the willing, the innocent to Schenker´s return on Covenant (2000). Just another proof of that this band didn´t release any crap.
However, I am truly disappointed over the latest studio album The Visitor (2009) which is their weakest album so far. Much too bluesy and the lack of good songs makes this a mediocre album.
My Dear Addiction´s debut album "New blood" will be out on Sept 29.
If you ask me, Petra is without doubt the best Christian rock band, period!
Even though Petra didnt do any original material on the worship album "Revival" from 2001, this album is just as good as their own classic stuff. A personal fave.
The first 4 albums between 1974-1982 are more progressive but quite good and the last Petra album "Jekyll and Hyde" showed the band in a more hardrocking way but its definitely worth listening to.
I never got into their alternative 90´s style where they took a step away from their classic melodic sound, sure there are a few nice songs on these albums but I never really cared that much for any of them.
All my friends know I´m a sucker for female pop so here´s another great pop song from Christian artist Natalie Grant. The new single "Human" is taken from her new album "Love revolution" (out on Aug 24).
Now this is a great modern rock song, Throwing Gravity´s new single "Bring me down" rock! Their debut album "Wake up" will be released on Sept 28.
Get The Juliana Theory singer Brett Detar´s new solo album "Bird in the tangle" for free 2 weeks before it´s released, just sign up at his website.
Queensryche, masters of progressive metal with a groundbreaking sound when they debuted in the early 80´s, I was blown away by their revolutionairy hi-tech metal.
Their latest album "American soldier" from 2009 is as close as the band gets to their classic albums, a real strong album that lifted the band up from the deep grave of the previous disaster Operation Mindcrime 2.
And to quote the classic rock magazine, here are a few albums that helped build and cement their reputation as a good prog metal band. Queensryche (1983), Promised land (1994), Hear in the now frontier (1997), Q2K (1999), Tribe (2003), Take cover (2007)
It should be a crime to release such a fiasco follow up like OM2 from 2008 when the first is a masterpiece and the 2nd one sounded like poor demos, what´s next? a new recording of the entire OM.......help me god.
As a 12 year old kid, I spent most of my days listening to Electric Light Orchestra´s "A new world record" and what a record it is. This band is truly the orchestral version of The Beatles where Jeff Lynne is up there in the same league as Lennon/McCartney with songs like "Telephone line", "Living thing", "Mr Blue Sky", "Turn to stone" and "Twilight" etc.
The Orchestra without Jeff Lynne shouldn´t be anything worth checking out but it´s better than expected and even if it´s hardly recognized out there. I think "No rewind" from 2001 deserves more attention. Underrated and forgotten for sure.
There are several albums that any band would love to have their name on like the first 4 albums between 1971-1974 or Secret messages from 1983 and Balance of power from 1986, not to mention the first Electric Light Orchestra Part 2 album from 1990 which is in fact a solid album even though Lynne left the band.
The 2nd ELO part 2 album "Moment of truth" (1994) and Jeff Lynne´s E.L.O "Zoom" from 2001 are tiresome and far from the sound I grew up with. Avoid!
AOR fans beware, the British band Vega will release their debut album "Kiss of life" on Frontiers Records this fall. The advance sound great!
Christian rock band Julian Drive´s new EP "Beyond our eyes" is available on iTunes. New full length album out in January 2011.Plain White T´s new single "Rhythm of love" available on iTunes now.
Venus Vegas is a hard hitting modern rock band influenced by Breaking Benjamin, Daughtry and Nickelback. Their forthcoming debut album is produced by Tomas Costanza (Diffuser).
18 Shades is currently working on their debut album, check out the new single "Happy ending" on myspace. What a great mix of modern rock and electro pop!
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