The Mid 1990’s was a bad time to be a rock band. Rock was facing a backlash from the overindulgence of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. With stalwarts that defined an era self-imploding (Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue) and Grunge rising to fill the void of the disaffected youth, it was a tough time to launch [...]
Last night I saw one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve been to in recent years, with a band I never thought I’d go to see. If you only know the swedish rock group Europe for their massive hit “The Final Countdown”, you’ve not heard Europe at all. I’ve had The Final Countdown for a [...]
The White Room The KLF As an ardent Heavy Rock fan, you might be surprised to find The White Room in my collection, but it is one of my favourite albums of all time. At the time, I had no idea what Stadium House or Ambient House music was, and to be honest, I still [...]
I’m hoping that I’m wrong about Bat out of Hell 3. Using one of my free iTunes downloads, I downloaded the first single from the album: It’s All Coming Back To Me. Most people will know it from the Celine Dion version, but that itself was a cover. The original was written by Jim Steinman [...]
This must be the day for Dead Horse Floggerage… I found out that Meat Loaf is to release “Bat Out of Hell 3“ The initial Bat album is a classic – described by Q magazine as a guilty pleasure album, Steinmann and Meat’s opus has stood the test of time. In 1993, the followup was [...]