Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

Musicians on the Distant Shores album:Robbie Patton, Bob Weston, Tim Weston, Lindsey Buckingham, Colin Allen, Robin Sylvester, Tony Selvage, Christine McVie, Robin Sylvester, David Adelstein & Bob Welch.

01 – Don’t Give It Up.
02 – One On One.
03 – Alright.
04 – Boulevard.
05 – She.
06 – Heartache.
07 – How I Feel.
08 – Last Night.
09 – When Love Disappears.
10 – Distant Shores

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Fronted by pre Mpire, and current Talon vocalist Michael O’mara, VFX were a fantastic band with the ability to mix different styles, ranging from Aor right through to Pomp and hard rock… with ease.Their s/t mini/cd is my particular favourite, with its BLVD like, expansive Aor sound.

1.Never Go Back
2.Fit To Fly
3.Secret Journey
4.Never Thought Love Could Be Like This
5.Fear Of Heights
6.Myriad Arising

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Genre: Melodic rock
Country: Austria
Year of Publication: 1993

01.Belive In Or Not 04:50
02.Rich Becomes Poor 03:31
03.Life Is Just A Taking 04:22
04.Push Up The Daisies 04:25
05.Hold Out Your Hands 04:17
06.Living Is An Evil 04:38
07.On The Run 02:57
08.Little Lady 04:48
09.The Crown 03:50
10.Mama 04:01
11.Try It Again 06:26

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Vincent Rocco (born March 10, 1967) is an American musician, recording artist, singer, and songwriter. Rocco was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Scotland and South Africa.
Rocco’s first album, “Hell or Highwater”, was released in 1992 by Elektra Records.

01. Rescue Me 4:17
02. I Won’t Fall Down 5:29
03. King Of Death Row 5:20
04. Wanted Man 4:25
05. Bulletproof 3:56
06. Ball Of Confusion 4:46
07. Only You 5:12
08. Time Is A Thief 3:53
09. Echoes Of Yesterday 4:

Category: AOR
Year: 1991
Label: Running Records (Canada)

01. The Only One (2:56)
02. More Than This (4:48)
03. Be My Girl (3:50)
04. These Eyes (4:45)
05. Lay Your Hands (3:45)
06. The Promise (5:43)
07. Up Where Dreams Begin (3:54)
08. Smile (3:44)
09. Save Me (3:04)
10. Big Big World (3:53)
11. Anastasia (3:56)
12. Tonite (3:46)
13. Seperation Day (5:33)

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This album was released on the now defunct Bums Records(Den). Lions Pride played keyboard dominated a.o.r of of highest calibre , similar to what we can hear from Fate,Treat,skagerack, Harlot & Airkraft. Comparisons to Airkraft is due to the voice of Joern Gillerhaugen, who is a deadringer for Dave Saindon. The only problem with this classic is that is virtually impossible to get hold of. If your lucky enough to come across a copy,grab it and don`t let go.

1. Broken Hearts
2. Take No Shit Anymore
3. Heartbeat
4. Final Game
5. I`ve Been In Heaven

Tony Williams (lead vocals, piano, keyboards), David Butts (saxophone, flute, acoustic guitar, keyboards, sequencer, backing vocals), David Holmes (guitar), Andrew James (bass), Phil Saddleton (drums, programming), Jim Comway (harp)

01. Fierce 4:05
02. Violence Of Love 3:42
03. Days Of Our Youth 3:46
04. The Tempest 3:23
05. Fire 4:20
06. Dancing In The Teeth Of Catastrophe 4:09
07. Kingdom Of Nothing 3:40
08. Still The Night 3:44
09. World Gone Crazy 3:09
10. She Heals Me 3:32
11. Umbrell

In 2002 they surround themselves with three other musicians then go to Bilbao to record their album under the guidance of Carlos Creator, a famous producer in Spain. The result is a hardrock influenced by bands like Dokken, TNT & co.

1. Inmortal
2. Shouting
3. Power of the Universe
4. The love over the life
5. Driving
6. I wanna go
7. Fly on a ray of light
8 .Up Yours
9. One more day
10. Standing in a bar
11. Living
12. Miscelanea (European Bonus track)

Musiciens:
Massimo Mucelli-Chant
Ricardo Walls-Guitare
Hecto

This mega rare 10-track album was released in 1993 on MSB Records of Germany and is self produced. With a rougher sounding Bon Jovi or Johnny Lima like vocals, DISCOVERY play some excellent AOR/melodic hard rock.

01. Ready For Rock
02. Magic Nights
03. Heart Of Stone
04. Back To The Start Again
05. Hold Back The Seasons
06. Baby
07. Way Of The World (Live At Wembley)
08. Born To Rock You
09. I Know You
10. Dangerous Eyes

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