Day: February 19, 2017

Fiction Alley is a four person band that hails from California. They play catchy Hard Rock, with a late 80s style similar to Extreme and Sinister Minister. Some cool guitar riffs on this rarely seen indie.

01. Smothered In Lies (3:53),
02. Burning Tree (4:18),
03. Window (4:30),
04. Carousel (3:57),
05. Funky Train (3:36),
06. Tribe (3:21),
07. Get Up (3:48),
08. Stand By My Side (3:54),
09. My Ol’ Man (4:16),
10. The Bomb (5:31)

Mega rare private release from 1986 on Intimate Records. This California based band play a mixture of melodic rock and power pop with some pomp touches, having male and female vocals and nice chorus, featuring bassist/guitarist Rick Bozzo who has worked with Paul Sabu, Giuffria, Meat Loaf and Ann Margret among others. Super tight production with excellent keys and crispy guitars.

01. I’m Sorry,
02. Your Race,
03. What am I Gonna Do?,
04. Memories of you,
05. Terri

Drums and bass are powerful and the guitar work is simply outstanding with big riffs and squealing solos all the way. Lead singer Chris Lead is a hell of a good shouter and his roaring voice fits perfect to that kind of music. Similar to bands like Faster Pussycat, Maximum, Helter Skelter and Nasty Habit .

1. Intro/Never Surrender 5:20
2. Better Be My Buddy, Baby 3:38
3. Silence 4:30
4. Skull And Bones 3:32
5. Jealousy 3:38
6. Let’s Go Crazy 5:09
7. Emotions 5:46
8. Far Away 5:23
9. She’s Hungry 3:34
10. Catch The Fly 4:32
11. No Way Out 4:5

Very rare release from this Toronto based band released in 1994 in limited copies playing 13 acoustic rock songs with melodic and alternative incentive, with intense and sharp vocals among good songwriting.

Tracks
01. Things You Put Me Through (3:30),
02. More of My Games (5:10),
03. Trying to Say (4:45),
04. Judas (5:51),
05. Method Actor (4:57),
06. Pain Built throne (5:05),
07. Keep Us From Falling (4:42),
08. After the Fall (2:48),
09. So Proud to Know (5:20),
10. The`Godfathers (4:18),
11. Pictured It (5:56),
12. Fly Away (4:12),
13. Intro (1:01)

The Hitmen are a Classic Rock band with many originals that have been together for many years with help from a lot of talented musicians over the years that are still kicken em’ out such as Boppin Billie B Mackenzie, Rob Balint “Rubble-Stubble”, Dave Andruchow, Mark Chichkan and Al Hendry amomg others.

Tracks
01. Armed and Dangerous,
02. Lonely,
03. Sad Times, Bad Times,
04. On the Edge,
05. Slippin’ Away,
06. Can’t Sleep,
07. Blow Me (A Little Kiss),
08. Tables Are Turnin’,
09. Dead Flowers,
10. Five Miles,
11. Cosmic Dayz,
12. Pack My Bags

Another lost gem, sounding like perfect crime heat and maybe a tad like Aurora and Atomic Angel, blended together with a hot singer and shredding guitar player that absolutely blows you away in over thirty minutes of good female fronted rock.

01. Sheze (3:42),
02. Hollywood Strut (3:40),
03. Of All That Rocks (4:40),
04. Best Times (4:07),
05. Hold U Forever (4:08),
06. Haven’t Done Nothin’ (4:17),
07. Dangerous Angels (5:20) ,
08. November Child (3:12)

Obscure release came out in 1994 from B.T. Puppy Records, but due the poor songwriting, the music changes and the luck of promotion the album gone unoticed. They play melodic rock with a mixture of alternative and pop elements in the vein of Missing Link and Cause & Effect.

01. Take a Walk,
02. 30 Days,
03. Inside Track,
04. Searchin’ or Runnin’ Away,
05. Johnny’s Mama,
06. You Can’t Catch me,
07. My Neighborhood,
08. Keep Searchin’,
09. Drive Time (Livin’ and Dyin’),
10. It’s Only Make Believe

This album is a hidden Melodic Hard Rock treasure that is very hard to find. The band hails from Poughkeepsie, NY and this record was only released by the band in microscopic quantities.

01. On The Way Down,
02. Child Breaker,
03. Home Again,
04. Can’t Let Go,
05. See Through You,
06. Livin,
07. Breath,
08. Shame,
09. Someday,
10. Window

This is a nonstop a$$-kicking, head banging, riff ripping party for your ears! Are you someone who loved 80’s hairbands but wanted a little more substance and credibility?
You’ve found it. Plain and simple, this is the best combination of hard driving beats, poignant and inspiring fretwork, sing-a-long choruses and good clean fun I’ve had the pleasure to pop into my stereo in eons.

1. Step Up
2. Pretty N Dead
3. Independent
4. Spiders
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Category: Lite AOR
Year: 1996
Label: Chartwell Canada

1. After All
2. All I Want
3. Alone Tonight
4. Devil In Your Eyes
5. Don’t Run And Hide
6. Dream On The Horizon
7. Just One Touch
8. Losin’ My Head (Over You)
9. Together (You And I)
10. Was I The Only One
11. Ever Beating Heart

This rare 9 track album was released in 1994 on a US indie label (Stone Records). The band plays good, typical mid-90’s style hard rock. They lean more towards the early 90’s than the later 90’s sound. Not to be confused with other progressive band Mata Hari.

Tracks
01. I Don’t Need (3:37),
02. Dying (3:26),
03. Life (3:36),
04. No Idea (3:51),
05. Livid (3:53),
06. Fool In Me (5:17),
07. No. 7 (3:23),
08. Can You? (3:56),
09. Mother Of God (3:41)

Krunch is a five person band that hails out of Pennsylvania and they released this rare inide locally in small numbers. The band has their own style, as they combine elements of Rock, Hard Rock, 90s Rock, and AOR.

01. Planet Delirious,
02. No Way Out,
03. One Of Those Days,
04. Can’t See,
05. Can’t Stop Thinking,
06. Beautiful People,
07. Hard Road To Glory

Extremely rare released from 1987 on Fugue Records. This is one of those good-time, party-hearty, raise-some-hell kind of albums. Fans of straight-forward, unelaborate, no-frills 80s hard rock should go wilder than a gorilla in a banana plantation for this one.

01. Still the Same One,
02. Sweet Baby,
03. Arlena,
04. Rumour has it,
05. Changes,
06. Follow you Down,
07. Highway Romance,
08. Small Town Girl,
09. Julia