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📌21 March 1983
Zebra
📀 Zebra
#HardRock #PowerPop #AOR #ProgressiveRock
40 years ago Zebra from New Orleans, #USA released their self-titled debut album.
#Zebra (founded in 1975) gained a cult following in the years having toured extensively the US mainly as a cover band, that's why this record became the fastest selling debut album for Atlantic Records.
Hard to think that 2 totally different, if not opposite, worlds like 70s Progressive Rock and 80s #HairMetal could ever join... it happened in Zebra!
This Power Trio (a la Rush) was perfectly at ease in touring and opening for both 👉 Yes and 👉 Twisted Sister!
Superb work from guitarist, vocalist and band leader Randy Jackson and one of my 1980s favorite albums🤘❤️🔥
Zebra were (and still are):
#RandyJackson – guitar, vocals, piano, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion
#FelixHanemann – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, strings
#GuyGelso – drums, backing vocals, percussion
#21March
🎧Listen to Zebra 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌21 March 1983
Zebra
📀 Zebra
#HardRock #PowerPop #AOR #ProgressiveRock
40 years ago Zebra from New Orleans, #USA released their self-titled debut album.
#Zebra (founded in 1975) gained a cult following in the years having toured extensively the US mainly as a cover band, that's why this record became the fastest selling debut album for Atlantic Records.
Hard to think that 2 totally different, if not opposite, worlds like 70s Progressive Rock and 80s #HairMetal could ever join... it happened in Zebra!
This Power Trio (a la Rush) was perfectly at ease in touring and opening for both 👉 Yes and 👉 Twisted Sister!
Superb work from guitarist, vocalist and band leader Randy Jackson and one of my 1980s favorite albums🤘❤️🔥
Zebra were (and still are):
#RandyJackson – guitar, vocals, piano, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion
#FelixHanemann – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, strings
#GuyGelso – drums, backing vocals, percussion
#21March
🎧Listen to Zebra 👉 here
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📌1985
Allan Holdsworth
📀 Metal Fatigue
#JazzFusion #JazzRock #ProgressiveRock #HardRock #NewWave #AOR
40 years ago, in an undocumented date, Allan Holdsworth from Bradford, England, #UK released his 3rd solo album.
Recorded in Los Angeles where Holdsworth had just relocated, and released as Allan Holdsworth with I.O.U. (his band), Metal Fatigue is widely considered an all time masterpiece!
This album was highly praised by all the most important guitarists of the time, who cited it as a big influence and inspiration.
Frank Zappa, who generally was not so nice to his fellow musicians, addressed Holdsworth as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet", while others called him "the #JohnColtrane of the guitar".
In this album:
#AllanHoldsworth – guitar, producer
#PaulWilliams, #PaulKorda – vocals
#AlanPasqua – keyboards
#ChadWackerman, #GaryHusband – drums
"Mac Hine" – drum machine
#JimmyJohnson, #GaryWillis – bass
🎧Listen to Metal Fatigue
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌1985
Allan Holdsworth
📀 Metal Fatigue
#JazzFusion #JazzRock #ProgressiveRock #HardRock #NewWave #AOR
40 years ago, in an undocumented date, Allan Holdsworth from Bradford, England, #UK released his 3rd solo album.
Recorded in Los Angeles where Holdsworth had just relocated, and released as Allan Holdsworth with I.O.U. (his band), Metal Fatigue is widely considered an all time masterpiece!
This album was highly praised by all the most important guitarists of the time, who cited it as a big influence and inspiration.
Frank Zappa, who generally was not so nice to his fellow musicians, addressed Holdsworth as "one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet", while others called him "the #JohnColtrane of the guitar".
In this album:
#AllanHoldsworth – guitar, producer
#PaulWilliams, #PaulKorda – vocals
#AlanPasqua – keyboards
#ChadWackerman, #GaryHusband – drums
"Mac Hine" – drum machine
#JimmyJohnson, #GaryWillis – bass
🎧Listen to Metal Fatigue
👉 here
❤1👍1
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📌20 June 1985
Mr. Mister
📀 Welcome To The Real World
#Rock #PopRock #AOR #NewWave
40 years ago Mr. Mister from Phoenix, Arizona, #USA released their 2nd studio album.
Welcome To The Real World is the most successful #MrMister and it's unamously considered their best album and one of the best Pop Rock / AOR of that decade.
It contains the amazing single 👉 Broken Wings which topped the charts and is surely one of the best ballads ever.
Also "Kyrie" and "Is It Love" were huge hits.
I still prefer their 👉 debut album, but the level of both is the same: pure class ❤️🔥
In this album:
#RichardPage – vocals, bass
#SteveGeorge – keyboards, backinng vocals
#SteveFarris – guitars
#PatMastelotto – drums
Additional personnel
#JackManning, #CaseyYoung – programming
#20June
🎧Listen to Welcome To The Real World 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌20 June 1985
Mr. Mister
📀 Welcome To The Real World
#Rock #PopRock #AOR #NewWave
40 years ago Mr. Mister from Phoenix, Arizona, #USA released their 2nd studio album.
Welcome To The Real World is the most successful #MrMister and it's unamously considered their best album and one of the best Pop Rock / AOR of that decade.
It contains the amazing single 👉 Broken Wings which topped the charts and is surely one of the best ballads ever.
Also "Kyrie" and "Is It Love" were huge hits.
I still prefer their 👉 debut album, but the level of both is the same: pure class ❤️🔥
In this album:
#RichardPage – vocals, bass
#SteveGeorge – keyboards, backinng vocals
#SteveFarris – guitars
#PatMastelotto – drums
Additional personnel
#JackManning, #CaseyYoung – programming
#20June
🎧Listen to Welcome To The Real World 👉 here
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📌#27November 1985
Rocky IV
📀 Soundtrack - Various Artists
#Rock #HardRock #AOR #Funk #Soundtrack
40 years ago the soundtrack of #RockyIV was released along with the film.
🎧What's your favorite song in it (if any)?👇
@Venice_Rocks
📌#27November 1985
Rocky IV
📀 Soundtrack - Various Artists
#Rock #HardRock #AOR #Funk #Soundtrack
40 years ago the soundtrack of #RockyIV was released along with the film.
🎧What's your favorite song in it (if any)?👇
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📌2 December 1985
Demon
📀 Heart Of Our Time
#HardRock #ProgressiveRock #NeoProg #AOR
40 years ago Demon from Staffordshire, #UK released their 5th studio album.
Heart Of Our Time came out few months after 👉 their previous album, which already showcased #Demon evolution of sound and style as compared to their early 👉 New Wave Of British Heavy Metal years.
This is an absolute hidden gem for a band that surely deserved more recognition🤘
In this album:
#DaveHill - vocals, effects
#JohnWaterhouse - guitars
#GavinSutherland - bass
#JohnWright - drums, percussion
#StevenWatts - keyboards, synthesizers
Additional musicians
#KeithAndrews "Archie" - bass
#LeslieAnkrah, #SylvieGatrill - backing vocals
#2December
🎧Listen to Heart Of Our Time 👉 here
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📌2 December 1985
Demon
📀 Heart Of Our Time
#HardRock #ProgressiveRock #NeoProg #AOR
40 years ago Demon from Staffordshire, #UK released their 5th studio album.
Heart Of Our Time came out few months after 👉 their previous album, which already showcased #Demon evolution of sound and style as compared to their early 👉 New Wave Of British Heavy Metal years.
This is an absolute hidden gem for a band that surely deserved more recognition🤘
In this album:
#DaveHill - vocals, effects
#JohnWaterhouse - guitars
#GavinSutherland - bass
#JohnWright - drums, percussion
#StevenWatts - keyboards, synthesizers
Additional musicians
#KeithAndrews "Archie" - bass
#LeslieAnkrah, #SylvieGatrill - backing vocals
#2December
🎧Listen to Heart Of Our Time 👉 here
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📌24 September 1986
Boston
📀 Third Stage
#HardRock #AOR #ArenaRock
40 years ago Boston from Boston, #USA, released their 3rd studio album.
Third Stage was supposed to come out in 1980 but a long dispute between the band and the record company postponed the release.
Recorded over 6 years at Tom Scholz' s Hideaway Studio, Third Stage went straight to n.1 in US charts along with the first single "Amanda".
This album along with the 2 previous 👉 Boston and 👉 Don't Look Back certified #Boston as the leading band in AOR / Arena Rock scene.
Pure class, let's celebrate this wonderful band ❤️🔥
In this album:
#BradDelp – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
#TomScholz – guitar, bass, grand piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, theater organ, drum editing, "guitar 'violin', rocket ignition, thunderstorms, unidentified flying objects"
#GaryPihl – co-lead guitar
#JimMasdea, #SibHashian – drums
#24September
🎧Listen to Third Stage 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌24 September 1986
Boston
📀 Third Stage
#HardRock #AOR #ArenaRock
40 years ago Boston from Boston, #USA, released their 3rd studio album.
Third Stage was supposed to come out in 1980 but a long dispute between the band and the record company postponed the release.
Recorded over 6 years at Tom Scholz' s Hideaway Studio, Third Stage went straight to n.1 in US charts along with the first single "Amanda".
This album along with the 2 previous 👉 Boston and 👉 Don't Look Back certified #Boston as the leading band in AOR / Arena Rock scene.
Pure class, let's celebrate this wonderful band ❤️🔥
In this album:
#BradDelp – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
#TomScholz – guitar, bass, grand piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, theater organ, drum editing, "guitar 'violin', rocket ignition, thunderstorms, unidentified flying objects"
#GaryPihl – co-lead guitar
#JimMasdea, #SibHashian – drums
#24September
🎧Listen to Third Stage 👉 here
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