Month: May 2022

HNE Records present band Raven Rock with 4 cd box-set “Rock Until You Drop‘ is the best LP to come off the NWOBHM since Saxon’s ‘Wheels Of Steel’.” Geoff Barton, Sounds, September 19, 1981

Although Raven were an important part of the NWOBHM of the late ’70s and early ’80s, brothers Mark and John Gallagher had the idea of ​​starting their own rock band as early as 1972. With John on bass and vocals and Mar

Slik Toxik FIRST RE-RELEASE – NEW MASTERING – DETAILED BOOKLET – 3 BONUS TRACKS From Bad Reputation records.

Slik Toxik was formed in 1988 from Toronto hard rock band Portrait. Portrait consisted of the original members vocalist/guitarist Nick Walsh, drummer Kevin Harrison, guitarist Kevin Gale and bassist/lyricist Dave Mercel. Capitol Records (EMI) signed the band in 1991 and released an EP entitled “Smooth An

Band Vamp FULLY REMASTERED – COMPLETE BOOKLET From Bad Reputation Records.
VAMP’s 1989 The Rich Don’t Rock should be considered a masterpiece like the other great classic hard rock albums of the period.

Produced by Tony Platt (Iron Maiden, Motorhead, AC/DC, Foreigner, Cheap Trick…) and packed with stadium-worthy choruses, catchy guitars and Tom Bellini’s voice, The Rich Don’t Rock was a cr

If you take a look at the CD cover of Side Kixx‘s 1988 album Talk of the Town, which depicts a penguin getting out of a limousine with a leggy girl and dressing like a sophisticated city man, you can at least understand that the band has a sense of humor. But that’s about all the cover says. Bad Reputation New sound remaster.

In a word… cover art has come a long way since 1988. That aside, the