CATALOG

Cherry St. was formed in California by Michigan natives Tom 'Monroe' Mathers & Don ‘Spinner’ Korbecki in 1989 after recruiting Chris Van Dahl on vocals and Taz on guitar. Within a year Cherry St. released a 3 song demo distributed by Important/Relativity that sold over 8000 units worldwide. At various periods the likes of Jamie Scott of Tyketto and even Tigertailz vocalist Steevi Jaimz have been members, however brief their stay. This selftitled debut (1992) was the first release on Perris Records and it's a perfekt example for first class US hair metal. The original CD sells at crazy prices at Ebay, this a strictly limited re-pressing of 500 units from Perris Records. Learn More

Swedish singer Peter Sundell (v, C.O.P., Ex-GRAND ILLUSION) and Danish guitarist and songwriter Torben Enevoldsen (FATE, ACACIA AVENUE) with a new DECOY album. Like expected because of the given personal, “Without Warning“ offers good melodic rock songs without any fillers. Tracks like “Fire’s Gone“ or “Never Easy“ are slightly reminiscent of bands like SHY, TNT or even RETURN. The rockers from up north know how to do it! Learn More

Sadly Dirty White Boy only ever did this one album (1990) but boy is it a corker! Formed around ex-Guffria vocalist David Glenn Eisley and former David Bowie guitarist Earl Slick they rocked big time with plenty of slide guitar courtesy of Earl Slick. Eisley’s vocals are suitably gruff for this lean and dirty rock ‘n’ roll – ‘Lazy Crazy’ being a prime example. ‘Let’s Spend Momma’s Money’ is a real rock ‘n’ roll stomper with a nice honky-tonk piano riff going on in the background. They came out just as hair / glam metal was peaking and bands like Guns ‘N’ Roses were the big thing in rock music, the perfect market for this album. Perfert fodder if you're into Tesla, Company Of Wolves or Cinderella. Bad Reputation re-issue, digitally remastered. Learn More

EDGE OF THE BLADE around frontmann John Francis (AFTER HOURS) totally delivers here. “Distant Shores“ is British melodic rock with a certain amount of hard rock of the finest sort (“Feel The Fire“ or “Wait Forever") which means great songwriting and a powerful production which lets the songs breathe and which is almost reminiscent of a decent classic live sound. But also classic AOR in the vein of the masters of JOURNEY or STARSHIP can be found on this third record of the band (“Love Me Again“). Alan Kelly (ex SHY) on drums. “Distant Shores“ is pretty suitable also for fans of HEAVY PETTIN’, THUNDER or TRISHULA. Learn More

Behind ENEMY EYES you find vocalist Johnny Gioeli (AXEL RUDI PELL) and keyboardist Alessandro Del Vecchio (EDGE OF FOREVER, REVOLUTION SAINTS) who both are an integral part of HARDLINE these days. That’s why it’s questionable to start yet another project but it’s definitely a good one. Lots of hard rock, more metal and rather contemporary but constantly melodic and versatile sounds are to be discovered here. Learn More

Album number two of the Swedes who unmistakably love the eighties. Drummer Freddie Allen (ex HOUSTON) and frontman Alex Falk foremost bring back the times of eighties stadion rock and horror movies like “Nightmare On Elm Street“ or “Halloween“, which had their heydays back then. Minor criticism foremost only for the fact that eight songs are not that much and one or the other hook line being a little too cheesy. Apart from that, this album really rocks. Learn More

Fist were a mid-level Canadian band through the low ‘80s (1979 – 1985), producing five quality records vastly different from each other over that period, of which 1981’s „Fleet Street“ is considered by many metal heads as a classic. The album showcased singer Ron Chenier's talent for writing slick, guitar riffs, while "Thunder In Rock" was easily the year's best tune on the radio waves and gained them world wide reputation. Just a pity that they couldn’t use their name outside of Canada – it got released with a different cover under the title MYOFIST “Thunder In Rock”. Their unique sound of pairing heavy guitars with massive keyboards was their winning formula. First time ever ON CD through Bad Reputation records. Learn More

Canadian hard rockers FIST were founded in 1979 by guitarist / singer Ron Chenier. They had the misfortune that there was an English NWOBHM act with the same name. This caused market confusion and the Canadian act was relegated to release their albums in Europe under the name MYOFIST. Their third album „Fleet Street“ (1983) was released in Europe under the title „Thunder In Rock“ and this album brought them on the map in Europe, too. Album # 4 „In The Red“ (1983) saw them heading for a slightly more commercial sound with a superb mixture of keyboards and razor sharp guitar riffs and it’s the real deal for the melodic rock lovers. First time ever on CD through Bad Reputation records, digitally remastered. Learn More

Natürlich wieder Schweden. Und wiederum wunderschöner AOR im Fahrwasser von Truppen wie WIGELIUS, CARE OF NIGHT oder WORK OF ART. Kein Zufall, ist doch WIGELIUS-Gitarrist Jakob Svensson an Bord. Zusammen mit Sänger Mattias Olofsson und Anton Martinez Matz (d) entstehen elf lockere und sehr melodische Nummern. Kommt mit wunderschönem Artwork. Ein Debüt der feinsten Sorte. Wenig spektakulärer Name, aber umso spektakulärere Musik. Learn More