Category: Wanted Album

Category: Hard Rock
Year: 2003
Label: Thunderrum Records

Tracks
1. Give Me A Bottle Of Anything
2. Thug
3. Squeeze
4. Spitfire
5. Up All Night Again
6. Malibu
7. SHFS
8. Mostly Harmless
9. Bite The Bullet
10. Down In Flames
11. Blood On The Dancefloor
12. Two Thumbs Up!

Andy Schroeder vocals, bass
Bob Schroeder drums, vocals
Dave Claeson guitar, vocals

One of the most sought after 80?s indie american hard rock-metal out there. Not to be confused with Chalice from Laurence Harbour, New Jersey. Self-released on tape only (there’s a “radio station only vinyl promo” even more rare).

Tracks
01. Eyes Of Burning Fire,
02. On My Way,
03. More than Anything,
04. High on Love,
05. Take Control,
06. Running Around,
07. Victim of the Night,
08. Bright as the Stars

Enjoyable and ultra rare nowdays album released in 1982 privately from the band. These five guys offer us nine well arranged and performed tunes with interesting guitar work, attractive use of piano and keys, lots of volume changes and some prog influences. Their style can be compare with Daniel Band, Eden and Van Halen especially in the opening guitar work on “The Dealer”. Very interesting piece of music.

01. In The Town In The City,
02. Come Praise,
03. The Darkest Night,
04. Galilee,
05. He’s Al

Hyper rare melodic rock act from Medford,Oregon with catchy hooks and great lead guitar work. The band formed in the early 80s releasing the single “Stayin’ With You/Lost Time” in 1981. The band gain some fame, touring in the around area and working in new songs with the release of another single “Secret Admiration/Without You” in 1984.

01. Let the Rockin’ Do the Talkin’ (4:02),
02. She was Just the One (3:32),
03. All my Might (3:01),
04. Honey Bee Stings (3:00),
05. Placebo (5:26),
06. Rather Have a Heart (4:10),
07. You Don’t Make me Jealous (3:25),
08. Latest Fabrication (3:55),
09. We Broke the Rules (4:53),
10. Heaven’s Gate (6:18)

Another Ohio based band that I don’t really have a lot of info on. They played in and around the Cincinnati area and had a good following.If I had to compare them to someone, I would say they are in the vein of Electric Angels (but in my opinion, they were better than them)or L.A. Guns.

01 Psychedelic Blues
02 Satin Door
03 All She Believes
04 Say Goodbye
05 Honky Tonk Angels
06 Soul Taker
07 Time For A Change
08 Motorcycle Boy
09 Serpentine
10 Rattlebo

Short lived outfit from Terre Haute, Indiana formed in 1979. Their one and only release came out in 1981 in extremely limited copies. Actually this not Metal, but more similar vein like late 70’s to early 80’s locally made hard rock.

01. Come Out To Play,
02. Doctor, Doctor,
03. You Don’t Matter To Me,
04. Everyone’s Gotta Rock,
05. Blonde Hair,
06. Back Seat To Me,
07. Mamma, Help Me, 08. The Sea

Genre:Rock, Funk / Soul
Style:
Year:1976

Please Pardon Me 5:08
Word Called Love 4:00
Labour Of Love 3:11
You’ll Never Rock Alone 3:01
Livin’ With You 3:53
Tell Me When The Whistle Blows 3:47
Highly Prized Possession 3:19
Gonna Do My Best To Love You 3:05
Backstreet Lovin 3:25
Stranger’s Houses 2:52
A Player In The Band

T.A.X. were a Duisburg based band formed by Michael Bormann and his brother Dirk in 1987 after the end of High Voltage a band also formed by Bormann brothers and acted between 1979 – 1987.

Tracks

01. Slipping Away,
02. She’s the Winner (The Loser Is Me),
03. Never Wanna Lose You,
04. Wait for the Light,
05. Emergency,
06. Starlight,
07. Feeling So Good,
08. Turn It Out,
09. Fly Away,
10. Stairway to Heaven,
11. Get Up,
12. (I Can’t Live Anymore) Without You,
13. Halfway Heaven

Surgical Steel were a metal band releasing few demos and an EP in the early 80s before change their name to Notorious and a sound close to melodic hard rock compare to the aura of the period.

Tracks
01. When you’re in Love,
02. Call me,
03. Sherrie,
04. Stay with me,
05. Young and Dangerous,
06. Heart Attack,
07. We’ve Got your Rock,
08. Love Injection

Category: Hard Rock
Year: 2007
Label: Locomotive Music

Tracks
1. Never Last 3:43
2. Another Thing Comin’ 2:36
3. Future Story 3:59
4. No Grass Is Greener Than Your Own 3:14
5. Business in Me 2:58
6. Night and Day 3:14
7. You’re a Freak 2:33
8. You Make Me Die 3:40
9. It’s All Good 4:16
10. Piece of Me 3:26
11. White Pillow 3:29
12. Give Away 4:14

Total Running Time: 41:22

Kit Riley bass
Nic Maeder vocals, guitars
Sebastian Meader guitars

Gypsy are a 5 piece Hard Rock/Glam Metal act from Kolkata in the veins of Skid Row , Dokken, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Mr Big, Iron Maiden.

Tracks
01. Gimme your Load (2:59),
02. The Shoemaker (3:04),
03. New Boy in Town (3:16),
04. Turned into Stone (3:29),
05. Judgement Day (4:11)

This band hails from Russia and they released this album on a Canadian indie label. The band is a four person band and they play a cool, late 80s style mix of Southern Hard Rock and Hair Metal with some bluesy influences similar in ways to Tangier and Southgang.

Tracks
01. Blues Lives in Russia,
02. Diamond Rain,
03. How Can You Take It,
04. Fool Boy,
05. By My Hand,
06. Be What You Are,
07. Vio,
08. Can’t Get Away,
09. We’re Still Around, 1
0. Miracle, 11. Tuesday

Vocalist and bass player Dugan McNeill after Chameleon released this solo album “In The Velvet Night” back in 1989 through Polygram Records. The record was gestated four years after Chameleon split, so the musical orientation chosen by McNeill is pretty far removed from early ’80s light AOR vein of his former band.

Tracks
01. Walls Come Down,
02. Israeltown,
03. Stranger Than Paradise,
04. Eyes Of A Child,
05. Take A Chance,
06. There Goes My Heart Again,
07. Ghost On The Radio,
08. I Will Be There,
09. Love You Today

Formed in 2008, this NJ-based trio chose a mash-up of the words “cascade” and “cadence” to reflect the relentless rhythmic and hook-laden attack that embodies their music, songs easy to remember but difficult to forget.

Tracks
01. Let’s Get Ready (2:59),
02. The First Time (3:21),
03. Waiting (2:46),
04. Break Out (2:53),
05. In Vain (3:07)

Yukon hailing from the South of Germany were founded in the mid 80s. They toured a lot what brought them a huge fanbase, played many festivals and won prices at several rock contests. In the late 80s they opened for acts like Cozy Powell or Leslie West.

Tracks
01. There Can Be Only One (6:14),
02. Turns To Gold (5:02),
03. On The Run (3:58),
04. Wake Up Girl (Ballade) (7:06),
05. Loverboy (3:56),
06. Since I Was Gone (4:57),
07. She’s My Only Love (5:36),
08. Sunrise (3:39)

This band hails from New York and they play some catchy Hard Rock in the vein of Flesh Tuxedo, Boetto and Dukes Nitemare. These guys can really rock. Take a look at the picture of the band and you know you are in for a real treat.

Tracks
01. The Kingsnake,
02. Down On You,
03. Taking It On The Chin,
04. Big Daddy,
5)When The Morning Comes,
06. The Devil And Frank Fortune,
07. Take Me Back,
08. Old Man Heroin,
09. My Life,
10. Methadone Blues,
11. I Ain’t Ok,
12. The Bomb