Category: Classic Rock

After releasing two albums as a solo artist Greg Kihn decided to change the setup to a band constellation. This is the second release from Greg Kihn Band.

Artist: Greg Kihn Band
Album: With The Naked Eye
Year: 1979
Label: Beserkley
Style: Melodic Rock / Pop Rock
Format: mp3/320

Tracklist
01 Rendezvous 2:25
02 In The Naked Eye 3:15
03 Getting Away With Murder 2:45
04 Moulin Rouge 3:18
05 Beside Myself 2:23
06 Roadrunner 2:55
07 Another Lonely Saturday Night 2:55
08 Can’t Have The Highs (Without The Lows) 3:54
09 Fallen Idol 6:00

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Second solo effort by Ian Cussick and first of four albums to be released on RCA Victor. The album has never been reissued.

Artist: Ian Cussick
Album: Right Through The Heart
Year: 1980
Label: RCA Victor
Country: (West) Germany
Format: mp3/320

Tracklist
01 Mercedes Benz 3:49
02 44th Street 4:42
03 Bullet Proof 4:19
04 Sun A Rise 3:37
05 Take Me To Your Leader 3:59
06 Right Through The Heart 4:17
07 When I Saw You 4:10
08 Wait A While 4:00
09 Castaway 5:31

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In 1986, Joe Satriani replaced Greg Douglass on lead guitar, Tyler Eng replaced Larry Lynch on drums, and Pat Mosca replaced Gary Phillips on keyboards. This is the lineup that went into the studio with Greg Kihn and Steve Wright to record the album Love And Rock & Roll.

Artist: Greg Kihn
Album: Love And Rock & Roll
Year: 1986
Label: EMI America
Style: Melodic Rock / Pop Rock
Format: mp3/320

Tracklist
01 Love And Rock And Roll 3:08
02 Little Red Book 2:30
03 Wild In Love With You 3:42
04 Beat Of The Night 2:48
05 Another Girl Another Planet 2:59
06 Worst Job I Ever Had 3:45
07 Privilege 4:34
08 Okay To Cry 3:37
09 Paint You A Picture 2:42
10 Pastures Of Green 4:16

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Compilation covering the first 10 years of Greg Kihn’s recording career. This was the commercially most successful years of his career as musician making him the biggest selling artist on Beserkley.

Artist: Greg Kihn Band
Album: The Beserkley Years ’75-’84 (Compilation)
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Label: Riot Media
Style: Classic Rock / Melodic Rock
Format: mp3/320

Tracklist
01 All The Right Reasons 3:15
02 Any Other Woman 3:44
03 Madison Avenue Man 4:47
04 For You 3:58
05 Remember 6:40
06 Sorry 3:26
07 Rendezvous 2:29
08 In The Naked Eye 3:16
09 Moulin Rouge 3:20
10 The Break Up Song (They Don’t Write ’em Like That…) 2:50
11 Valerie 2:20
12 Can&#8

In 1973 Melody Maker has an advert announcing…”Singer wanted for German Top 40 band…” – Ian Cussick takes part in the auditions and lands the part as the new lead vocalist for the Tornados, which soon transformed to Lake. In 1974 Ian left Lake and after working as session musician in Germany for a couple of years, he released his first solo album on Metronome. The album has never been reissued on cd.

Artist: Ian Cussick (Scotland)
Album Ian Cussick
Year: 1978 (Reissue 1981)
Company: Metronome
Country: (West) Germany
format: mp3/320

Tracklist
01 In The Beginning / Silver Bird 6:50
02 Back Home 4:22
03 Anette 3:37
04 C. I. A. 6:02
05 Easy Way Out 5:20
06 Woman In My Life 5:12
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The first release by Ian Cussick on Line Records and his seventh solo album.

Artist: Ian Cussick
Album: Love Is The System
Released: 1989
Style: Melodic Rock / Soft Rock / AOR
Format: mp3/320

Tracklist
Intro / I’ve Got The Music In Me 5:12
Five-Ten-Twenty 4:06
I Needed Love 4:19
Love Is The System 6:09
Twenty-First-Century-Man 4:49
Fire Of Love 3:42
Dogs Of War 5:02
We Need Freedom 5:34
Fall In Love Again 5:00
Magical Moment 5:10
The Longest Day 4:46

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The hard-hitting rock ‘n’ roll of the Runaways was as significant culturally as it was musically, opening doors for many female artists in what was a largely male-dominated rock landscape of the time.

01 – Cherry Bomb
02 – Blackmail
03 – I Love Playin’ With Fire
04 – Born To Be Bad
05 – Take It Or Leave It
06 – Queens Of Noise (Live)
07 – You Drive Me Wild (Live)
08 – School Days
09 – Wait For Me
10 – Wasted
11 – Don’t Go Away
12 – Waitin’ For The Night
13 – C’mon

Tracks 1 & 2 from the album “The Runaways”
Tracks 3 to 5 from the album “Queens Of Noise”<