Seems i was right about BSA being a known & well promoted band back then: "I was in in Detroit from '82 to '88 (Bitter Sweet Alley or BSA) and we opened up for a number of big bands, Bon Jovi, INXS, Cheap Trick, Joe Walsh, Eddie Money, even Motorhead! It was always nice to find out that the...

Turns out Rich Nelson is still involved in music and has a website for his current group, the imaginatively titled Rich Nelson Band, complete with 'contact' section if you want to reach out to him: https://richnelsonband.com/ Seems he's also a rather good fine artist too, with his pencil sketches be...

The MA page has quite a lot of info in the 'additional notes' section, far more than you usually get for bands of that era, in fact. I had a look at the old MotorCityRock site via the waybackmachine but unfortunately they're not listed, either as USA or The Newz. Their bass player Rich Nelson went o...

I'd never heard of it before, but that's quite a cool song. Sounds a little like something from MSG's 'Assault Attack', while the singer's perhaps channelling Led Zep's 'Achilles' Last Stand'. Good observation. My first impression of the track, definitely had a Earthshaker (JPN) influence. Yeah, I ...

Was wondering if anyone perhaps had a rip of the self-titled 1983 Omega LP that they could share? I mean the Welsh band BTW, with connections to Rhiannon Tomos A'r Band. Sounds more prog-leaning than i'd expected from the few songs i found on YT but still very listenable, so i'm curious to hear th ...

I'd never heard of it before, but that's quite a cool song. Sounds a little like something from MSG's 'Assault Attack', while the singer's perhaps channelling Led Zep's 'Achilles' Last Stand'. The guitarist is more tasteful & restrained in his playing than i'd expected from an '87 release. That ...

I can't talk for every Swede, of course, but I've never heard of 'em. That's good enough for me and confirms my general impression. It was the late Robert 'Strängen' Dahlqvist's band after The Hellacopters split up, initially calling themselves Thunder Express. After a couple of albums under that n...

Absolutely no need to be "embarrassed to admit I don't know the Swedish speaking group". As far as i'm aware the band weren't exactly a big name even in their home country. I meant to ask now that all's been revealed, was i right in thinking that DUNDERTÅGET/THUNDER EXPRESS were quite ove...

Absolutely no need for :oops: Despite having listened to that album for decades, the charm of 'The Hounds...' only just became truly apparent to me this Summer. I'd previously had that song mentally earmarked as average for some reason, but lately it's become one of the LP's highlights for me. Weird...

Thanks to you good folks, this episode has been the most popular i've done so far. Your support & interest is, as always, very much appreciated. Thanks. https://i.postimg.cc/rmmbhQ2R/Untitled.jpg As promised, here is the full tracklist for the episode: 01. NEIL RICHARDSON (aka Oscar Brandenburg)...

I know this post is way long time ago. In case you guys want to hear the tracks, it's on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3nYOvO1xZo Very solid rocker, for sure! As far as Asian/"exotic" Metal goes, this is one of the True GOAT's. Hopin' & prayin' that someone will eventually ...

Is it time for the big reveal yet?

Thanks for the tip vasilis, i'm about half way through & enjoying it so far. The music's far more accessible than the 'art prog' description suggested, though it's definitely an ambitious, diverse, unusual & rather exotic sounding record. Personally i'd have liked a few more heavy moments &a...

Some fresh items from this and last month. Re that Douglas release, i know i've seen that illustration they've used as the logo background before somewhere. Boris Vallejo popped into my head straight away, but i may be way off with that. I'm sure it features on at least one other record i've seen, ...