This is close to being one of my favourite live albums of all time as Night Ranger celebrate their 40th anniversary with ‘40 Years And A Night With Contemporary Youth Orchestra’, due for release on October 20th 2023 via Frontiers Music SRL on CD/Vinyl (inc. ltd editions), DVD, Blu-Ray and …
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Welcome back Liverpool based rockers Fugitive with new studio album Nobody Gets Out Alive released on CAT Records Music Label, an apt description of how strong this is proven by opener ‘Anything Is Possible’, a feelgood rock and roller fuelled by big fat riffs that hit hard and heavy over …
Read More »White Spirit-Right Or Wrong-Album Review-Planetmosh
If ever a band could be described as a “Phoenix from the ashes”, Hartlepool, County Durham rockers White Spirit certainly fit that title! Formed in 1975 by Janick Gers and Graeme Crallan their 1980 debut single ‘Backs To The Grind’ on Neat Records got a lot of recognition from the …
Read More »Generation Radio announces self-titled debut album
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of the upcoming self-titled debut album from Generation Radio, a colossal new rock group centred around the combined talents of Jay Demarcus (Rascal Flatts) and Jason Scheff (ex-Chicago), on August 5, 2022. Fans of classic AOR in the style of Journey …
Read More »FM-Thirteen-Album Review-Planetmosh.
Formed in 1984, FM are still flying the flag high for AOR music, point proven by the release of their latest studio album Thirteen, coincidentally their thirteenth. Self produced by the band and released via Frontiers Music S.r.l these eleven tracks bristle with confidence, it opens up with ‘Shaking The …
Read More »HARD ROCK HELL SPRING BREAK ANNOUNCES FIRST 50 BANDS
HARD ROCK HELL SPRING BREAK ANNOUNCES FIRST 50 BANDS AS IT HITS 88% SOLD AND IS ON TRACK TO SELL OUT NEXT WEEK As you have previously seen, Hard Rock Hell have recently announced Hard Rock Hell Spring Break, which will boast 3 arenas over 4 days and 60 bands playing over multiple …
Read More »Heavy Pettin – 4 Play
Not get enough foreplay on Valentines day? Well fear not as Glasgow hard rockers Heavy Pettin are here to the rescue courtesy of their just released 4 Play EP. Self produced by guitarist Gordon Bonnar, it bristles with pride throughout like a strutting peacock. Forming in 1981, they caused a …
Read More »The New Roses – Nothing But Wild
How has a band this good slipped passed my radar? The New Roses, formed 2007 in Wiesbaden, Germany, will release their fourth studio album Nothing But Wild on August 2nd 2019 via Napalm Records. Vocally they come across like prime time era Cinderella and musically they impress with early Guns …
Read More »Tesla – Shock
Here’s to a big welcome back for Sacramento, California based melodic rockers Tesla as they return from a five year studio hiatus with new album Shock, released by Universal Music Enterprises on March 8th 2019. Formed in 1985 they still feature four out of five original members as they come …
Read More »FM – The Italian Job
Now flying the flag for AOR for thirty five years now, FM fly it even higher on their latest album The Italian Job, a live recording from their appearance at the Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan on April 29th 2018 that features seventeen songs and a bonus DVD released on …
Read More »Airrace – Untold Stories
It’s a return flight for me with Airrace as I first saw them support Ted Nugent at the Hammersmith Odeon in Feb 1984 and here I am today reviewing their executive class new studio album Untold Stories, released by Frontiers Music Srl on August 10th 2018. Laurie Mansworth returns with …
Read More »FM – Atomic Generation
Atomic Generation, studio album number eleven from the national treasure that is FM, features eleven stunning tracks of premium melodic rock available now via Frontiers Music. Self produced, something I’m a firm believer in with a very in your face mix, point proven by opener ‘Black Magic’. Showing their heavier …
Read More »Cats In Space – Manchester Academy 23/09/2016
Cats In Space – a new name to me so I really wasn’t sure what to expect to see. I was thinking probably a bunch of old hippies playing Hawkwind-inspired trippy psychadelia, but as you will see I couldn’t have been more wrong! The evening turned out to be a …
Read More »Kansas launch 2nd Single ‘Visibility Zero’ from new album ‘The Prelude Implicit’
A brand new song and lyric video from Kansas is streaming now. “Visibility Zero” is the second single released from the band’s intensely anticipated new studio album The Prelude Implicit, which will be released on September 23rd, 2016. The band says, “Visibility Zero is a great KANSAS song written by …
Read More »Rockingham Festival 2016 Venue and Line-up Announcement
STANDING ON TOP OF THE ROCK-INGHAM Hey we’re back, I heard you missed us? A different venue, less bands but no dip in quality is what Rockingham is offering this year. After last year’s successful weekend, plans were put in motion to deliver more of the same AOR goodness as …
Read More »Bonfire – Celebrate 30th Anniversary with New Double Album ‘Pearls’
For the 30th Anniversary / 30years live on stage they present the long desired double-album „PEARLS“ (UDR-Music / Home of the Legends www.udr-music.com ) on 03/18/2016- it’s the first CD of that kind since the foundation of the band in 1986. All “classics” are recorded right now in Milano (Italy) and arranged in a completely new way, as a …
Read More »FOREIGNER’S European Tour starts at London Palladium on June 7th 2016
FOREIGNER’S European Tour starts at London Palladium on June 7th 2016. Universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, FOREIGNER will rock across Europe and Israel for a massive summer 2016 Tour. A formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, …
Read More »Serpentine announce new video
After a superb show at the Rockingham festival last weekend, British melodic rockers Serpentine are pleased to announce their brand new single ‘Where Does Your Heart Beat Now’ is available now through i-tunes. facebook.serpentine
Read More »Serpentine announce the release of their album ‘Circle Of Knives’
Serpentine – the young melodic rock quintet who burst onto the scene in 2010 with the Japanese Rock Top 30 album ‘A Touch Of Heaven’ – are back with their much anticipated new album ‘Circle Of Knives’, released in Europe through AOR Heaven on April 24th. Produced and co-written by …
Read More »FM – Heroes and Villains
FM, one of the best rock bands to come out of the UK in the 1980’s are back with a brand new album and this lucky chap has been listening to it almost continually for the last 2 weeks… I love my job! On rock solid British foundations is built …
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