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The Michael Men Project was an album project overseen by professional musician and then Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Mikhail Men (a.k.a. Michael Men). Michael Men acquired the services of veteran rock vocalist JOE LYNN TURNER (Rainbow, Deep Purple) to perform a show consisting of original hard rock songs and record the whole thing. The album was released the past decade...
COME TASTE THE BAND is an Norwegian classic Hard Rock band, founded in 1997 by guitarist Jo Henning Kaasin and singer Vidar Heldal. Their album new album “Reignition” includes 9 tracks in the traditional style of the genre with a lively feel, produced by Halvor Halvorsen, Jo Henning Kaasin & the band, with Leif Johansen (Phenomena / 21 Guns) helping...
With the new SCHUBERT IN ROCK album one of you asked for the first CD, also featuring a cast of all-star vocalists from the metal / hard rock genre.SCHUBERT IN ROCK is the project of Austrian hard rock guitarist and concert promoter Klaus Schubert, mastermind behind the band No Bros and founder & owner of Schubl Productions.Schubert In Rock has...
After featuring here some JOE LYNN TURNER rare album editions, it was requested as well the rare CD-singles he released in Japan as solo artist. These are 1999’s ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You‘, 2001’s ‘Challenge Them All‘, and 2006’s ‘The One‘, all including exclusive songs. For his ‘Under Cover 2’ – an album of covers of classic songs –...
After the recent Sunstorm album, one of you asked for a couple of JOE LYNN TURNER solo albums, one of them this rare, hard to find, out of print US release by Friday Music, of “Second Hand Life / Deluxe Edition +3”, Turner’s last solo album of original material. “Second Hand Life” is another strong album from JLT, featuring co-writing...
After the recent Sunstorm album, one of you asked for JOE LYNN TURNER‘s album “The Usual Suspects“, for me, alongside his solo ’85 debut, his finest album. This is the Japanese edition (now out of print) including an exclusive bonus track, and to make it more juicy, we have added the exclusive European bonus track as well. Turner, apart from...
Legendary vocalist Joe Lynn Turner’s SUNSTORM project will release its fifth album, “The Road To Hell“, on June 8 via Frontiers Music. A few weeks ago messages about Turner suffering a heart attack left us worried and concerned. Let us hope Joe makes a speedy recovery and will be able to do what he does best and that is sing...
Here we have another request, the not easy to find “Too Much Ain’t Ever Enough” by GEORGE GAKIS & VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS released by Perris Records some time ago.George Gakis is a well known singer / musician in Greece, fronting the hard rock band The Troublemakers since the early 90s with three albums under their belt. Lately he has become...
Much to the excitement of JOE LYNN TURNER fans worldwide, Cleopatra Records is issuing today a vintage unreleased live album from the vaults of legendary hard rock vocalist of the mighty Rainbow, titled “Street Of Dreams ; Boston 1985“. Recorded during the tour of Turner’s then-newly released debut solo album ‘Rescue You’ (for many, including me, his finest moment), the...
Here’s another request from an album appeared some time ago for promotion only: “Light Of Day“, by songwriter / guitarist SCOTT ROLAF featuring the great JOE LYNN TURNER as lead vocalist. During the past 30 years, guitar player Scott Rolaf has been influenced by quite a few Classic Rock artists, particularly Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore. He has written and...
Featuring the golden throat Joe Lynn Turner,”Cadillac” is the last album by FANDANGO requested here in its Rock Candy remastered form.The great thing about the Seventies was that record companies actually allowed artists time to develop and refine their craft. Fandango, signed to the powerful RCA label, recorded a total of three albums of varying quality and content prior to...
Legendary vocalist JOE LYNN TURNER has been a busy session man during his extensive career, and now some of these work is collected on a brand new collection of studio recordings simply called “The Sessions” and released today, October 7, via Deadline Music. Best known for fronting Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow during that band’s creative peak in the ’80s and later as...
BRYAN ADAMS – Reckless (30th Anniversary Remaster + Previously Unreleased)
"Reckless" turned Canadian BRYAN ADAMS into a worldwide rock star. Timeless hits like “Run to You,” “Heaven” and “Summer of ‘69” pushed sales of the album to over 12 million… Read more…
ANGEL – The Casablanca Years [7-CD Box remastered] (2018)
Caroline Records just released an extensive, mammoth seven-disc Box Set celebrating legendary, Washington DC-bred glam/rock outfit ANGEL. Entitled "Angel: The Casablanca Years", the band-approved Box includes all the complete discography… Read more…
WORLDS APART – Clean Slate (2010)
WORLDS APART has been around recording and performing since the early 90s and have delivered some strong material in the past. The San Francisco Bay are melodic hard rockers are… Read more…
SAINTS OF SIN – Welcome To The Circus (2017)
Since forming in 2013 in Southampton, British rockers SAINTS OF SIN have been bringing their own brand of unadulterated hair metal to venues up and down the country. This is… Read more…
JOHN WAITE – In Real Time [retail]
After the recent Bad English post one of you asked for this quite unknown JOHN WAITE album "In Real Time" released via Frontiers Music some time ago. The album was… Read more…
JIM PETERIK (Survivor) – The Songs (2016)
Continuing with the JIM PETERIK-related requested music, here's "The Songs", a collection of his most celebrated songs freshly re-recorded in acoustic form, released via his own label World Stage International… Read more…
HOUSTON – Truth Slips EP + Singles + Cover Versions
After the recent, awesome new album by Swedish AOR wonders HOUSTON some of you asked for the band's rare "Truth Slips [EP]", presented here on the blog at the time… Read more…
FREEROCK SAINTS – Electric Passion (2017)
"Electric Passion" is the second, vibrant new album by FREEROCK SAINTS, the brainchild of Super Vintage founder Stavros Papadopoulos. In fact, FREEROCK SAINTS are Super Vintage members plus terrific female… Read more…
"Showdown" is the new album by KING'S CALL after a four year absence. The German based melodic hard rock band founded by guitarist Alex Garoufalidis (Greek origins but born in… Read more…
BLINDSTONE – Blues-O-Delic Celebration (2017)
Speaking about heavy-blues, Danish outfit BLINDSTONE are one of this blog favorites. The boys are back with a new album 2017 titled "Blues-O-Delic Celebration", this time a collection of covers… Read more…
ALMANAC released a fine debut album last year but I found it a bit monotonous, now they are back with second effort "Kingslayer", and I must say the focus (and… Read more…
Praised by Classic Rock Magazine as one of the greatest promises from the genre, SAMARKIND are presenting themselves to the world with their pretty awesome self-titled debut "Samarkind". "Samarkind" is… Read more…
