Aerosmith – Nine Lives
From the opening squally feedback and Steve Tyler’s trademark caterwauling, there’s no mistaking whose album this is; there are some true stormers here.
Budgie – Bandolier
Budgie, the three-piece heavy metal band from Cardiff in Wales, were far more influential than anybody dared think at the time of their self-titled debut album in 1971. Both Iron Maiden and Metallica showered them with praise and recorded their songs, giving the band much-needed royalty revenue.
Van Halen – Van Halen
One of the greatest party albums of all time by one of the greatest party bands of all time, these young tearaway Americans knew how to rock and enjoy themselves to the limit and beyond.
Big Country – The Crossing
The best thing of all was the Big Country dual guitar sound; it blew away all the synthesizer bands dominating the music scene in the early Eighties and allowed real rock & roll to make a much-needed comeback. Proper music with proper songs about actual events or feelings.
BBM (Jack Bruce – Ginger Baker and Gary Moore) – Around The Next Dream
After bouts of Spinal Tap-type behaviour, this trio did manage to leave behind a true masterpiece in “Around The Next Dream.”
The Damned – Grave Disorder
What you have here is thirteen fabulous cuts, all featuring what you would expect from The Damned, speed, melody, aggression, attitude by the bucket load, and a belly full of laughs.
Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix
As soon as Derek Sherinian roars into action on the title track, ably assisted in a raiding pack of Zak Wylde on guitar, Billy Sheehan on bass, Armen Ra on Theremin and Simon Phillips on drums, you know things are red hot as ever.
Atomic Rooster – Death Walks Behind You
Just the name alone conjures up thoughts of demonic early seventies heavy metal, progressive rock. Atomic Rooster came out with a couple of very powerful early seventies albums. They sounded great.
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