The Blitz is the eighth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1984. It became a gold album in the United States. While preparing to record it, Patrick Mahassen had been tapped to join the band on guitar, Mark Kohler having switched to bass. Mahassen did not join, and the album … Read more
Change of Address is the ninth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, and is largely seen to be their least successful. It has been described as “plainly one of the worst efforts” from Krokus, and the band’s website claims that they and their musical style were put under too much pressure from … Read more
Departure is the name of Journey’s sixth album. It was released in March 1980 on the Columbia Records label. Departure would be the band’s highest charting album to date, giving Journey their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard album charts, peaking at #8. The album includes “Any Way You Want It”, the … Read more
Metal Rendez-vous is the fourth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus and the first to feature current vocalist Marc Storace. It was released in 1980. The track “Heatstrokes” charted number one in the British Heavy Metal Charts, and arguably opened up markets for Krokus in Britain and the United States, along with … Read more
Hardware is the fifth album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It did not match the success of their previous album, Metal Rendez-vous, going only Gold in Switzerland. However, the album entered the charts in the US, UK and other European countries.
One Vice at a Time is the sixth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus, released in 1982 on Arista Records. It was the first album to feature Mark Kohler on rhythm guitar. It includes a cover of The Guess Who’s song “American Woman”, and a song “Rock ‘n’ Roll” which is very … Read more
Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at No. 5 in the USA, where it became platinum on June 20, 1988. It was also the last Scorpions record to be produced by Dieter Dierks. The album was the follow-up to the successful Love … Read more
OU812 is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988. Its title is allegedly a joke on the band’s previous lead singer David Lee Roth’s 1986 album Eat ‘Em and Smile (OU812 translates phonetically to “Oh, you ate one too?”). However, “OU812” was also seen in the 70s sitcom … Read more