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It's never too late they say... HITnRUN release today, December 11 their self-titled full length album 24 years after first forming. HitnRun, a Scranton, Pennsylvania based five-piece, was formed in 1991 and seems they stormed the music scene of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey bringing their brand of original commercial hard rock to the masses. HitnRun opened for national recording acts Dirty Looks, Tyketto, and Widowmaker (featuring Dee Snider of Twisted Sister). The group released a self-managed mini-album in 1993 but sadly arrived too late into the US scene, at the time dominated by the grunge scene. Now after unlocking the vaults and putting the finishing touches on their lifelong recordings, the band is releasing their self-titled "HitnRun" debut album to rockers around the world. Drummer Beckett Grealish says, “Back in 1991, we were told that there was no way we could play original rock in the Scranton PA area and draw a crowd, but we proved the naysayers wrong.” With hard rocking, hook-laden songs and electrifying live performances, HitnRun quickly developed a large and dedicated following in a music scene typically dominated by cover bands. “It’s taken a lot of hard work and patience to get to this point, but we’re really proud of this record and can’t wait for rock fans to hear it,” says HitnRun guitarist Jareth Grealish. “This album really captures our sound from the early '90s: bluesy, melodic, soulful and rocking,” he continues. And indeed this is a great collection of pure late '80s / early 90s US melodic hard rock in the vein of Hurricane, Roxy Blue, Great White, Y&T, etc. 'Shot Of Love' is a killer opener driven by a great riffs, Eric Montoya's slightly raspy vocals and a catchy chorus. There's more quality in the groovy 'Piece Of The Action', the Rough Cutt-like 'King Of The Fools', or the catchy arena ready 'Got The Fire'. 'Forever' is the ballad (very good) still rocking with a strong riff and featuring nice harmony vocals, then 'Take It To The Limit' rocks again in great form. The highly harmonized 'She's So Wild' is plenty of groove, 'Love Gone Bad' has a midtempo / bluesy feel in the Whitesnake mould, and 'Wild And Crazy Days' adds lots of swagger to the solid riff / chorus. Listening HitnRun's quality, you know this band should have been huge. This is not just another 'forgotten band / album rescued from the vaults'. Not at all, these guys are terrific. This is prime US Hard Rock of the greatest quality, and even the production / mix is excellent for a self-managed band. Don't miss this album. HIGHLY Recommended. 01. Shot Of Love 02. Piece Of The Action 03. King Of The Fools 04. Got The Fire 05. Forever 06. Take It To The Limit 07. She's So Wild 08. Love Gone Bad 09. Wild And Crazy Days Eric Montoya – Lead vocals Mark Sutorka – Guitars, backing vocals Jareth Grealish – Guitars, backing vocals Dan Whitman – Bass Beckett Grealish – Drums BUY IT ! www.amazon.co.uk/HitnRun/dp/B018A8JY96 .

from BANNED WEBSITE: http://BANNED WEBSITE.blogspot.com/2015/12/DOKKEN-The-Anthems-Japan-bonus-tracks-Keel-Motley-Crue-Lynch-Mob.html Some of you requested 'Greatest Hits', the collection of re-worked '80s hits recorded by DOKKEN few years ago, more specifically its Japan version featuring 2 bonus tracks. As the Japanese release turned out of print, this reissue by UK label Store For Music under the new title "The Anthems" is the one to get, as it's exactly like the Japanese (but with a new cover artwork and digipak case). Don Dokken had his greatest success with Dokken in the mid '80s with great albums like Breaking The Chains , Tooth And Nail, Under Lock and Key and Back For the Attack. The voice of Don and the excellent guitar work from George Lynch were the trademarks of the US Hard Rock. But the band felt apart a few years later. Don came back with an excellent album Up From The Ashes with a mega line-up: John Norum on guitar, Mikkey Dee on drums and Peter Baltes on bass. George Lynch came with an even better album Wicked Sensation with his own band Lynch Mob. Both bands didn’t last very long, and George and Don tried to make some magic again together, but seems the chemistry was gone. So George decided to quit the band and continued as solo-artist. Don put Dokken back on the map with awesome guitarist Jon Levin (with a similar guitar style as George) and bass player Sean McNabb. Sean played in bands like Great White, House Of Lords, XYZ and Paul Shortino. This is the combo which re-recorded some Dokken classics and added two new tracks, and a couple of covers originally featured on the original Japanese release. On the album you’ll find ten of the greatest hits from Dokken. They have been re-recorded with the new line-up and I am pleased to say all sound terrific. Jon Levin is monster of a guitarist and Don sounds great in my opinion. There where rumors that the voice of Don wasn’t what it used to be... Don has slightly re-arranged his vocal-lines here to spare his voice, and frankly most of the time he’s gotten away with it. He gets some help from the rest of the band during the harmonies and it all works out perfectly. So we can enjoy classic Dokken tunes like “Just Got Lucky”, “Breaking The Chains”, “Into The Fire” and “Unchain The Night”. Even “In My Dreams” and “Alone Again” - perhaps the more harder to re-create - come out greatly. Perhpas it's in the speedy “Tooth and Nail” where is more noticeable Don's struggle to hit the original high vocal notes, but the groove in the arrangement provides a refreshing new take on the song. The overall resulting sound of these classic songs is a bit more punchier than the originals, and although Jon Levin has a guitar set-up similar to Lynch, he still adds a little touch of his own flair all over. "The Anthems" has also 4 new songs to offer, and all are juicy. The First “Almost Over” is a mid-tempo rocker with a great sounding Don accompanied by excellent guitars from Jon. Then “Magic Man” is a truly awesome track, faster & heavier and has that extremely furious guitar riff. Mick Brown’s drumming is outstanding, fiercely bashing the skins. One of the Japanese bonus tracks is “Bus Stop”, a surprising cover from The Hollies from 1966! Don't worry; the smooth vocals from Don and the acoustic guitar from Jon make this a real treat for the ears. The other, “Lies”, is a cover from the one hit wonder from a band called The Knickerboxers (never heard the original). Dokken's version is fun and somehow reminds you Enuff Z'Nuff (plus the Beatles influence) with a scorching guitar solo, and it's perfect to close an album. Many Hard Rock aficionados (and some Dokken fans) didn't know this new line-up of Dokken re-recorded these classic songs - and believe me, this baby worth the purchase. Of course the original '80s recordings are the timeless ones and my favorites, but the new takes featured here seriously Rock. Additionally, you have two new songs exclusive to this release, plus the two Japanese bonus tracks (also exclusive here). Highly Recommended 01 - Just Got Lucky 02 - Breaking The Chains 03 - Into The Fire 04 - The Hunter 05 - In My Dreams 06 - It's Not Love 07 - Alone Again 08 - Dream Warriors 09 - Unchain The Night 10 - Tooth And Nail 11 - Almost Over (new track) 12 - Magic Man (new track) 13 - Bus Stop [Japanese bonus track] 14 - Lies [Japanese bonus track] Don Dokken - Vocals Jon Levin - Guitars Barry Sparks - Bass Sean McNabb - Bass Mick Brown - Drums BUY IT ! www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8458727 . Has anyone checked this out? Just wondering how it sounds with Don's crap voice nowadays.

The full Wildside/Young Gunns demo tracklist: Sadly, the link is long dead. I would love to hear some of these! Wasn't ppfinder a member here? http://www.guitars101.com/forums/sitemap/?t-51902.html ppfinder 11-16-2006, 03:41 AM Wildside - Demos [2CD] http://rapidshare.com/files/3233992/Wildside_-_Demos_-_Disc_1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/3239740/Wildside_-_Demos_-_Disc_2.rar Some of this demos were later release in the Wasted Years cd, others remain unreleased. CD1: 01 - Instrumental 02 - Killing Machine 03 - Crash Diet 04 - Easy As 1,2,3 05 - Dance-Swing 06 - Little Piece Of Heaven 07 - Cold December Morning 08 - Bad Seed 09 - Hemi Cuda 10 - Time Heals The Pain 11 - Make You Bleed 12 - Six Feet Under Ground CD2: 01 - Sweet Little Sinner 02 - City Of Love 03 - Can't Stop Thinking About You 04 - Senorita 05 - Nothing To Lose 06 - Hot Love 07 - Bad Bad Girl 08 - I'm Gonna Getcha You 09 - One Touch 10 - Do You Want Love 11 - Here In The Dark 12 - Hang On Lucy Art Covers included. Adicional Info: The last 2 tracks in CD1 don't have a very good sound as the other ones. Nevertheless they were included in the bootleg by the original producer.

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There's always this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Wildside-The-Wasted-Years-CD-Hairband-Babylon-AD-Roxy-Blue-Ratt-Warrant-Poison-/151284765059?hash=item2339465183:m:mFpwS4Suahf7z-MzSLrI2cg Why were you on the Australian site? I dare to be different.

Damn.... sounds great!

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Never liked him either and was wondering what Andrew's obsession was with him.

Nice looking boots to boot.

Really a good band.

Sounds great. Like that a lot!

Blood Red Saints - Speedway

All the songs sound the same. Like the same song playing over and over with different words. I agree with Geoff. 0 interest in this.

I'm sorry but that's a poor selection of songs to cover. They said they got together to drink jack and play Poison and Motley Crue. None of these covers have anything in common with either band.

from BANNED WEBSITE: http://BANNED WEBSITE.blogspot.com/2015/12/JOHNNY-LIMA-Unplug-N-Play-2015-Bon-Jovi-Tommy-Shaw-Tesla.html San Francisco Bay Area singer / songwriter JOHNNY LIMA is releasing a new album entitled “Unplug 'N Play”. Yes, it's an acoustically driven record but including drums, bass, lots of guitars and of course, Lima's trademark vocal harmonies. If you thought Johnny was always a Bon Jovi clone (at least vocally) just wait to hear “Unplug 'N Play”... but you know? Who cares, because BJ is not producing this kind of '80s stuff anymore, and Lima does, and really, really well done. The album kicks off with "So Excited". The combination of the beautiful intro and Johnny's recognizable voice captures your interest and attention right away and stays with you for the rest of this song (and album). "Still Doing Nothing At All" starts with its mellow yet solid intro, then Lima’s voice feels warm through the whole track and especially during the chorus. The track is somehow synced with track 7 "I’m On My Way". "I Do" is a love song that should be included in everyone's slow dance song collection. Jon Bon Jovi would be green of envy with this one as it's batter than anything he has written in the last twenty years. "Hallelujah! (What’s It To Ya?)" is an uptempo rocker with a hooky chorus and most importantly meaningful lyrics. This song comes across as Johnny expressing himself about the simple view of don't point your holy book at me while judging me, when clearly your book states though shall not judge others. "Feel What It’s Like To Be Loved" includes some great cellos & strings, building up beautifully in its melody and the lyrics just flow from verse to chorus and 4 minutes later as the song fades out, you realize this is one of the most solid tunes penned by Lima over his career. Really good. "Superman" sounds like '80s Bon jovi, simple like this. The song is performed with full instruments (although all acoustic) and you can imagine the chorus sung by the crowd at big arenas. "I’m On My Way" slows things down with the signature Johnny smooth verse-course-verse transition. As I said earlier it sounds like this starts where "Still Doing Nothing At All" ends. "Nothing Worth Losing You" is a powerful song not only because of its lyrics but also Lima's emotional vocal performance, very slow but with substance, then "Let It Shine" picks up the tempo and delivers another catchy chorus. This is how Bon Jovi should sound like in 2015! Clean pure catchy and rocking softly. The album sadly comes to an end with the even more uptempo "I Got The Girl", that at some point remembers me Mike Tramp's last acoustic works yet with the typical Lima's vocal timbre. What I really liked about “Unplug 'N Play” is it's rocking spirit. Johnny Lima goes acoustic here, but this is not a bland album by any means. You have drums, bass, strings, percussion, even some keyboards all sounding absolutely organic. Lima's still rocks in acoustic style, his vocals are in great form and his songwriting skills are intact (if you love the '80s style). Highly Recommended. 01 - So Excited 02 - Still Doing Nothing At All 03 - I Do 04 - Hallelujah! (What’s It To Ya?) 05 - Feel What It’s Like To Be Loved 06 - Superman 07 - I’m On My Way 08 - Nothing’s Worth Losing You 09 - Let It Shine 10 - I Got The Girl BUY IT ! www.amazon.co.uk/Unplug-Play-Explicit-Johnny-Lima/dp/B018SDYSC6

Weren't you the guy that said, "killer"? Yeah, that was you. I was speaking of his last disc. Should have listened to it first eh? That song doesn't do much for me.

Okay song. Nothing to write home about.

Holy..... Fucking...... Shit......... AWESOMENESS: KHYMERA - The Grand Design

Garbage.... absolute trash.

Agree with least favorite tracks. Me too.

H.E.A.T. - Address The Nation H.E.A.T. - Tearing Down The Walls W.E.T. - S/T W.E.T. - Rise Up

They played "Let's Go" during the Ravens/Browns game last night on Monday Night Football. Wonder how much they paid to have that happen!!

Just the usual. Sam started a response thread to Jarred's (Mullethead) thread in Flamefest about Sam blocking him on Facebook. Sam's thread was typical Sam. Thread title was something like Jarred = Cocksucker. He went on a rant about everything under the sun blasting people. And when that thread was deleted, he proceeded to start all over again with another thread.

One of my favs: