Day: November 7, 2016

This band hails from New York and they released this album in microscopic numbers over 20+ years ago on their own label. A true undiscovered hair metal treasure where each song is infectious, especially the track, “Sunday Morning” as it reminds of a song that wold be on the Mr. Lucky or Wildboyz.

01. Yesterday’s Gone,
02. Wing N A Prayer,
03. Sunday Morning,
04. October Soul,
05. Rats In The Cellar,
06. Show Me The Way,
07. Blue Skies,
08. Heart Of Stone

Private pressing from this San Francisco based band came out in 1986 through Miles Long Music. Great mini album with some pomp influences that worth your attention, featuriing singer, songwriter and musician Tony Ray. His sound is eclectic, incorporating jazz, rock and a classic 80’s sound to each of his catchy tunes.
He has opened for Pat Benatar and Bon Jovi in Maui (grew up), but also opened for great artists in California including Foghat, Quiet Riot, Kansas and Dokken. “Fasten Your Seat Belts” featuring four well arranged an

Extremely rare indie release from 1992. The band hails from Dallas, Texas and they play an eclectic mix of 90s Hard Rock and Metal with alternative, folk and prog elements, similar in style to Wild Animals. This is an unknown inide that was released on their own label over 23+ years ago. Not many of these are floating around.

Tracklist
A1 Which Way
A2 Cut Tree
A3 Fly
A4 Testimony
A5 Sing
A6 Gravity
B1 Looking
B2 Time To Heal
B3 Over The Weather
B4 Big Choice
B5 In My World
B6 The Burning
B7 Trust

Clinton, Iowa based trio Hyper release this album back in 1985 privately in extremely limited copies with songs varies between hard rock and metal, featuring superlative guitar and drumming. Lots of talent, good production and arrangements, a good find for your collection in the vein of Kingsuite and Grey C. Allen. In 1995 the band released “The Happy Bottom Riding Club” having old and new recordings while the song “Ride the Pony” played in the movie “The Ice Harvest”.

Tracks
01. Smile (3:42),
02. Power to Do (4:42),
03. I Know you Know (3:22),
04. She’s a Taker (5:40),
05. Active (1:49),
06. American Dream (3:06),
07. Strange Man Knockin’ (4:48),
08. I Still Do (6:28)

Cold Pizza were a Kalundborg based outfit acted in the early 80s. This five piece recorded two demos total and this is the bands first seven song self produced demo. This tape was only made for promotion but a small record store did have some for sale .

This was a great 80s hard rock who played melodic hard rock like Europe, Treat, Fate, etc. When Cold Pizza ended up Rik, Johnny and Michael formed another band called Hero, who released a self-titled album in 1986. The drummer Michael Fast joined Pretty Maids later. Mega rare tape….

01. Life,
02. Suicide,
03. Please Help Me,
04. American Tale,
05. Women In Black,
06. Change Your Mind,
07. (Untitled)