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Youtube80′s Bands Carry The Torch Of Great Music
Apr 28
audio, music 80's metal, crazy lixx, europe, hair metal, kiss, krokus, ratt, reckless love, scorpions, slash, stryper, Treat, winger No Comments
2008 was a great year for music. A number of popular 80′s metal bands released new records. New music from Dokken and Whitesnake and White Lion and King’s X and Def Leppard! I wrote about these albums in a blog post you can find here. Could life get any better?
It sure can! 2009 and 2010 have seen some incredible releases from veteran rockers from the 80′s as well.
Europe’s Last Look At Eden was released in 2009 and instantly became one of my favorite albums of the year. The music is hard and driving and these guys bring the melody!
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The Scorpion's Sting In The Tail
The new Scorpions album, Sting In The Tail, is the band’s farewell record. What a way to retire! Apart from the 3 ballads, this album rocks from start to finish. Definitely a must buy for any hard rock fan!
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I’ve always been a big fan of Winger. Their blend of hard rock and sugary pop metal is just something I love to listen to. In Karma, Winger pulls out all the stops and gives us fan some terrific songs.
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Krokus' Rock N' Roll Handshake
I can’t say that I was a fan of Krokus back in the 80′s, but their new album, Hoodoo, is a great slab of rock. Definitely leans towards the AC/DC sound, but fun to listen to none-the-less.
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Kiss' Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
Sonic Boom made it in my top 5 albums of 2009 for a good reason! It is so much fun to listen to! Kiss brings the funk and the hard rock in a big way with this album. I totally believe Gene Simmons when he sings “Yes I know, nobody’s perfect, but baby I come awfully close”.
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Treat is new band to me, although they’ve been around since the early 80′s. I downloaded a “best of” disc and was instantly hooked. Now the rockers bring us Coup De Grace and it is an instant hard rock classic.
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Of all the 80′s metal bands, I’d have to say that Ratt was one of my favorite. I had their posters in my room as a teen and was constantly listening to Out Of The Cellar or Invasion Of Your Privacy. I was quite excited to hear they were releasing new material in the form of Infestation. I have to admit, I didn’t like the new album so much, but with multiple listens, it has grown on me.
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Woohoo! Stryper’s release, Murder By Pride, was my favorite album of 2009. I’m glad to say that it was the music that put it in that position, and not just because Stryper is one of my all time favorite bands. Everything about this record is awesome, from the beefy bass lines to Michael Sweet’s soaring vocals to Oz Fox’s amazing guitar licks.
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Slash's cover of Paradise City
Ok, Slash isn’t exactly an “80′s band” but he was a founding member of Guns ‘n Roses, and he is covering one of their best songs from Appetite for Destruction. I still have mixed feelings about the entire album. Most of it is good, but some it is pretty mellow. I will say, that if Fergie got herself a metal band, I’d buy that record!
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Crazy Lixx's My Medicine (R.O.C.K)
Never heard of Crazy Lixx? That’s because these guys were probably still in diapers in the 80′s. I added them because they play hair metal so well! If Poison and Def Leppard had a child together, they would have named him Crazy Lixx!
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Reckless Love's Back To Paradise
Reckless Love is another “new” band that plays 80′s glam metal perfectly. Listen to the above song and tell me that would not have been a #1 hit in 1984! The entire album is great and I highly recommend it.
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