Intensities in 10 Cities is the second live album by the American guitarist Ted Nugent, released in 1981 and consisting of ten songs recorded during the last ten dates of Nugent’s 1980 tour. Nugent played 2 or 3 new songs every night on the tour, and told audiences he was recording them for possible inclusion … Read more
Kilroy Was Here is the eleventh studio album by the rock band Styx, released on February 22, 1983. The album is named after a famous World War II graffito, “Kilroy was here.” It was the final album of original material to be released by the “classic” lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James “J.Y.” Young, … Read more
“Tattooed Beat Messiah” released in 1988 on the Vertigo label is the debut full-length studio album by Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction. Engineered by Femi Jiya and Mark Freegard. Mixed by Nigel Green. The album reached #132 on the US Billboard 200 and #20 on the UK album charts in March 1988. The album … Read more
Producer Mike Chapman helped Lita Ford craft her true breakthrough album, Lita, loading it with big, slick arena rock/pop-metal hooks and making it her most consistent solo album. Ford scored big hits with “Kiss Me Deadly” and the ballad “Close My Eyes Forever,” the latter a duet with Ozzy Osbourne and the first Top Ten … Read more
After the War is an album by Irish rock guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1989. Like Moore’s prior album Wild Frontier, this album contains elements of his Celtic roots. The instrumental track “Dunluce” is named after Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland. The track “Led Clones,” with Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals, pokes fun at bands … Read more
Good Music is the fifth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The album was released in 1986.
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide is a four-song EP released by American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses on December 16, 1986 on the label UZI Suicide. (This was ostensibly a self-released record but UZI Suicide was actually part of Geffen Records.) When referred to by the band members talking about the EP, they have … Read more
Even though it’s the official greatest-hits compilation of the Scorpions’ ’80s releases, The Best of Rockers ‘n’ Ballads is actually missing some of their best rockers and ballads. While it contains such hits as “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” “Blackout,” and “The Zoo,” the 12 songs listed simply don’t give the listener a good impression … Read more
hree Lock Box is a Sammy Hagar solo album, with appearances by Loverboy’s Mike Reno, Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Mr. Mister’s Richard Page. His only top 20 solo hit, “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy”, reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.