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Pat Benatar: Icons

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:50 pmNo Comment | 63 views
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Pat Benatar
Icons
(Capitol)
Though her success came in the 1980s with the MTV generation, singer Pat Benatar has consistently released 11 studio albums over her storied career. Her last studio album was 2003′s Go and there is …

Everclear: Icons

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:48 pmNo Comment | 64 views
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Everclear
Icons
(Capitol)
I have to admit, when I first heard Everclear’s sophomore album Sparkle and Fade in 1995, I loved it. From top to bottom the album was filled with slick rock songs like “Heroin Girl,” “Santa …

Midnight Oil: Essential Oils

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:46 pmNo Comment | 99 views
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Midnight Oil
Essential Oils
(Columbia/Legacy)
U2 may come to mind first when you think of 1980s political rock bands, but Australia’s Midnight Oil were just as strident about filling their songs with strong political point of views – …

Placebo: Self-Titled/Without You I’m Nothing/Black Market Music/ Sleeping With Ghosts/Meds

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:44 pmNo Comment | 37 views
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Placebo
Self-Titled/Without You I’m Nothing/Black Market Music/ Sleeping With Ghosts/Meds
(EMI)
Placebo is one of those bands that made rock music so listenable in the ’90s. Before “alternative” became shorthand for formulated cynicism dressed up in flannel and …

Poison: Icons

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:42 pmNo Comment | 12 views
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Poison
Icons
(Capitol)
Poison are like the cockroaches of hair metal, not because they are dirty and creepy…okay, well maybe a little creepy, but if the Zombie Apocalypse did in fact come, I swear Poison would be the …

Elvis Presley: Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite [Legacy Edition]

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:40 pmNo Comment | 21 views
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Elvis Presley
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite [Legacy Edition]
(Sony Legacy)
Fat or skinny, Elvis put on one hell of a show, and nowhere is there a better example of just how great he was as a performer …

Stephen Stills: Carry On [Box Set]

By on April 29, 2013 – 3:34 pmNo Comment | 63 views
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Stephen Stills
Carry On
(Rhino)
“You can’t fit me onto three discs!” According to a recent Guitar World interview (May 2013), that is exactly what Stephen Stills told the producers of his box-set retrospective. Stills ultimately won the …

The Lucky Peterson Band Featuring Tamara Peterson: Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin

By on March 25, 2013 – 9:23 pmNo Comment | 179 views
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The Lucky Peterson Band Featuring Tamara Peterson
Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin
(Blackbird Music)
Blues fans are now able to transform their living rooms into a hot Berlin blues club simply by popping the DVD of …

Michael Schenker: Temple of Rock Live in Europe CD/DVD

By on March 25, 2013 – 9:22 pmNo Comment | 124 views
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Michael Schenker
Temple of Rock Live in Europe CD/DVD
[inakustik]
Michael Schenker has one of the best hard rock guitar tones in music today, plus he plays the shit out that Dean V. So, I was pretty stoked …

Shuggie Otis: Inspiration Information/Wings Of Love

By on March 25, 2013 – 9:20 pmOne Comment | 78 views
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Shuggie Otis
Inspiration Information/Wings Of Love
(Sony Legacy)
I think that conventional wisdom speaks to Shuggie being an inspiration and source of information for a certain funky gentlemen known, in the past, to favor the color purple. …