The Swedish AOR band Creye has now released their new acoustic EP “Up Close”. Listen digitally via, among other things, here.
1 Holding On (Acoustic)
2 Lost Without You
3 Miracle (Acoustic)
4 Never Too Late (Acoustic)
Hard Rock Sleaze Glam AOR HEAVY
Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.
The Swedish AOR band Creye has now released their new acoustic EP “Up Close”. Listen digitally via, among other things, here.
1 Holding On (Acoustic)
2 Lost Without You
3 Miracle (Acoustic)
4 Never Too Late (Acoustic)
Country: Finland
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2019
Tracklist:
01. The Riddle
02. Two Words
03. Guilty Ones
04. Worth to Take
05. Man on the Moon
06. Open Road
07. On and Off
08. Calm Down
09. Totem Heads
10. On the Way
11. The Real Deal
Bobby Barth who has led the charge through many ups and downs and now delivers Axe’s aptly titled last record, Final Offering. Mixed by Mark Pinske (Frank Zappa, Steve Vie), mastered by Alan Douches (Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Pete Townshend, Mastodon)
01. Born To Lose 6:18
02. Bad Romance 4:38
03. Fire & Stone 6:52
04. Land Of Our Fathers 6:32
05. Make A Dream (Last Forever) 3:58
06. Money 4:18
07. Old Scratch 5:56
08. Road To Damascus 4:36
09. Who Will You Run To 5:22
10. T Y Ochen’ Krasi Vaya 5:08
11. Years Slip Away 5:13
Line Up:
Bobby Barth: Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Bob Harris: Vocals, Keyboards
Gerald Berger: Bass
Scott Misner: Drums
Brad Banhagel: Guitars
Includes the unforgettable 80s classics Take Me Home Tonight, Baby Hold On, Two Tickets To Paradise, and so many more PLUS exclusive acoustic versions not found on any other CD!
01 – Take Me Home Tonight (Re-Recorded)
02 – Baby Hold On (Re-Recorded)
03 – Two Tickets to Paradise (Re-Recorded)
04 – Shakin’ (Re-Recorded)
05 – Think I’m in Love (Re-Recorded)
06 – I Wanna Go Back (Re-Recorded)
07 – Walk On Water (Re-Recorded)
08 – Peace in Our Time (Re-Recorded)
09 – Maybe I’m a Fool (Re-Recorded)
10 – Life for the Taking (Re-Recorded)
11 – I’ll Get By (Re-Recorded)
12 – Endless Nights (Re-Recorded)
BONUS TRACKS:
13 – Baby Hold On (Acoustic Version)
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MUST HAVE ! This 37 track, 2CD set represents a “what could have been” second Skull album. It includes 14 previously unreleased original studio tracks making up an entire “lost” album’s worth of Skull material, plus an abundance of demos dating back to the earliest stages of the band’s recording history.What can be considered one of the strongest collections of “lost” songs unearthed in recent times, this release is not to be missed for fans of Skull’s debut album “No Bones About It” or for enthusiasts of KISS’s records of the late 70s and 80s.
Disc 1 –
1 Cave of the Heart
2 I Walk These Street
The Swedish AOR band Perfect Plan are up to date with their new EP “Jukebox Heroes” where you have recorded some really awesome covers.
1 Didn’t Know It Was Love
2 Show Me the Way
3 Stay
4 That Was Yesterday
Country Netherlands Genre Progressive Rock, AOR, Peter Cox – all instruments, additional vocals (1, 2, 4) Phil Vincent (Legion, Tragik) – vocals With:Vince O’Regan (Pulse, Legion, Bob Catley) – guitar solos (4, 10)
1. Delta Hours (4:34)
2. Change The World (5:45)
3. Spring Is Coming (4:13)
4. Into The Lion’s Den (5:43)
5. Rain In May (5:04)
6. Eyewitness (5:52)
7. Circles (4:03)
8. A Silent Cry (6:11)
9. Autumn Sky (4:32)
10. Trading Places (6:00)
11. Storm In November (7:32)
12. On The Edge Of Winter (3:35)
Killed Melodic HARD ROCK!!!Kulick formed the hard rock group Skull, releasing their sole LP, “No Bones About It”, in 1991. Now we have a deluxe 2CD reissue from Bob Kulick’s cult rockers. This 35 track, 2 disc set also features an alternative, earlier recording of the full album, and is completed by 15 previously unreleased, early demos from the band’s recorded history.
Disc 1 –
1 Eyes of a Stranger
2 Breaking the Chains
3 I Like My Music Loud
4 Little Black Book
5 Loser’s Game
6 Living on the Edge
7 Head Over Heels
8 Guitar Commandos
9 This Side of Paradis
Produced by Michael Frondelli (Kiss, Rolling Stones) and polished by Jeff Glixman (Gary Moore, Kansas)
CD 1 : Riverdogs Bad Reputation remaster
01 – Whisper
02 – Toy Soldier
03 – Big House
04 – Holy War
05 – Baby Blue
06 – I Believe
07 – Water From The Moon
08 – Rain, Rain
09 – Spooky
10 – America
CD 2 : On Air Bad Reputation remaster
01 – Baby Blue (Studio version)
02 – Whisper (recorded on KRXQ, Sacramento)
03 – Toy Soldier (recorded on KTXQ, Dallas)
04 – Big House (recorded on WMMS, Cleveland)
05 – Holy War (recorded on WNEW, New York)
06 –
Artist: Anthony (Arjen Anthony Lucassen) Album: Pools Of Sorrow ~ Waves Of Joy Year: 1993 Country: Netherlands Genre: Rock / Melodic Rock Format: FLAC (image+.cue, log, scans) Size: 344 Mb
Tracklist:
01. Wrong Side Of The Street (5:18)
02. Best Of Friends (3:08)
03. Crescendo (3:38)
04. Cry Yourself To Sleep (2:29)
05. Little Miss Understood (4:42)
06. Escape (4:19)
07. Country Girl, City Boy (2:43)
08. Summer’s In The Air (2:33)
09. Days Of The Knights (3:16)
10. Not Over You (3:36)
11. Night On The Town (2:44)
12. A-Losin’ You (3:46)
13. Midnight Train (2:49)
14. Pools Of Sorrow (1:57)
Line Up:
Lead and Backing Vocals, Guita
Flight Of The Knife was a conceptual work inspired in-part by Thomas Pynchon’s epic novel “Against The Day,” with nearly every song delineating a tale of flight, airships, or the wild blue yonder.
Artist: Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears
Album: Flight Of The Knife
Year: 2008
Label: Black And Greene Records
Style: Progressive Rock, AOR
Format: mp3/vbr 235-283
Tracklist
01 Flight Of The Knife (Pt. 1) 5:38
02 Venus Ambassador 4:21
03 Imitation Of The Sky 4:03
04 La Madame On The Moon 2:43
05 The Fire-Tree Bird 3:57
06 The Curious Disappearance Of The Sky-Ship Thunder-Man 4:49
07 The Purple Rocket 4:15
08 The Zero Light 5:17
09 Mama Waits 2:45
10 Son Of Stab 3:35
11 Heaven On A Bird
NINE-T-NINE is a Melodic Rock Band from Hamburg. Since 1999 the seven-member band NINE-T-NINE is one of a few formations in northern Germany, dedicated to the Melodic Rock Genre.
The studio Album ‘Keep The Flame Alive’, released in 2009, was particularly well received in the AOR and Melodic Rock internet forums. Fans of the music of Survivor, Foreigner, Journey, etc., are lifted at NINE-T-NINE well!
1.Long Way
2.Give It upHeart over Mind
3.Deep from the Heart
4.Prelude C. P. F. L.
5.Can’t Pay for Love
6.Home Alone
7.My Way
8.Take Me Away
9.The Crossing
10.Through the StormShoreline, Pt. 2
11.Midnight
12.Just When I Met You
13.Stronger
14.Heat of the Night
15.Light My Life2019
The acclaim of “Flight Of The Knife” led to two years of touring, which got brought to an abrupt end whilst in Mid-tour in L.A. While preparing to record an EP for Elijah Woods’ Simian Record, the band’s van and trailer was stolen, along with all of their gear! Tour derailed the band were stuck in L.A. The band being ever resilient used this time to finish up the 5 track EP for Simian.
Artist: Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears
Album: Mad Valentines (EP)
Year: 2009
Label: Old Flame Records
Style: Progressive Rock, AOR
Format: mp3/320
Tracklist
01 Andromeda’s Eyes 3:07
02 (It’s A) Gambler’s Whirl 3:47
03 The Garden Eleanor 3:42
04 Maria St. Claire 3:26
05 Bye Bye Babylon 4:24
06 The Red Umbrella 4
Michael Breen is the former stage name of Michel Pépin (born 1960 in Nicolet, Quebec) a Canadian pop and rock singer and session musician. Although he released only one album as a solo artist, he had a hit single with “Rain” in 1987. The song was written by then still unknown Sass Jordan and she also contributed background vocals on the album and was featured on “How Will I Know”.
He left for Montreal at 17 and before long found himself playing in the French prog-rock band Concert when they recorded their sophomore album “Vitamin”. When he left Concert he changed his stage name to Michael Breen an joined The Sailcats as their frontman for a year or so.
Pépin never released another album as a solo artist but instead worked as session guitarist with names like Lu
Born in 1983 and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Bryan Treitler was encouraged to begin taking piano lessons at a young age.
1 A Stab At The Sun
2 The Lessons I Learned
3 Operaland
Guitar [Guitar Cameo] – Beefbone Washington
4 The Ceiling On The Wall
5 Macedonia Hotel
6 The Little Engine Who Couldn’t (Think Straight)
7 The Up And Over Stairwell
8 Shedding Tears (All Over The Place)
9 Mrs. Gracy’s Revenge!
10 The Blood Club
11 Misery Loves Company
12 The Bottom Of The Grave
13 Desdemona’s Leaving Town
14 The Tumbling Of Marguerite / Hold On George
15 Riding The Shadow
Being a biography of an artist written by the artist. The artist’s bio: applause, applause. And accordingly, the artist dies at the end. The End.
1 The Wicked Frontier 3:45
2 Ziegfield Station 3:53
3 Cable Through Your Heart 5:07
4 The Silver Lake Mining Company 4:30
5 Diamonds! 5:41
6 Ballroom Kid 4:01
7 You Might Be Caught In Tarantella 3:45
8 The Tale Of Opal Dawn 3:12
9 Faintless Moody: Outlaw 4:40
10 Another Ace In The Hole 1:51
11 Red Baron (Of Arizona) 7:36
12 Owe Mister O 4:12
13 Day-Glo Waterfalls 4:29
14 Quicksliver Daisy Day 5:14
15 Data Mountain