To commemorate the 40th anniversary of “The Year of Motörhead,” Sanctuary Records / BMG has just dropped 1979, an exhaustive and impressive, multi-disc box set —...
Released originally as a 7" record via Nitro Records in October 1999, AFI’s classic All Hallow’s E.P. will be reissued next week as a limited edition,...
In commemoration of its 20th anniversary, Craft Recordings has just released Creed’s sophomore record, Human Clay (Wind-up), as a fabulous double-LP set, and experiencing this multi...
Few debut records have had such a profound, long-lasting and far-reaching impact as Taking Back Sunday’s 2002 debut, Tell All Your Friends (Victory Records). Released via...
Released 35 years ago this week (10.1.84) via Blackheart/MCA Records, Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth remains an essential title in Joan Jett’s impressive catalog.
40 years following its initial release in September 1979 via Sire Records, the Ramones-led Rock ‘N’ Roll High School motion picture soundtrack album continues to serve...
Released 40 years ago this week (September 17, 1979) via Columbia Records, Judas Priest’s breakthrough live album, Unleashed In The East has stood the test of...
Sleeker and sexier than previous Aerosmith efforts, Pump was crisp, concise and 100% fat-free. Three decades following its initial September 1989 release via Geffen Records, it...
Released via Capitol Records 35 years ago this week (September 3, 1984), Iron Maiden’s fifth studio set, Powerslave, remains a fan favorite and continues to speak...
Although Pat Benatar’s status as a trailblazing music icon is cemented, 40 years later, a compelling case can be made for her debut set, In the...
Released 20 years ago this week, Title of Record (Reprise), the sophomore set from Filter, is a bold musical statement — a portrait that remains vivid...
In the ‘90s, they were launched into rock’s stratosphere. However, 30 years ago this week (August 16, 1989), Red Hot Chili Peppers released Mother’s Milk (via...
Released 40 years ago next week (August 15, 1979), via Swan Song Records, In Through the Out Door, the iconic eighth studio record from Led Zeppelin...
Released 40 years ago this week (July 27, 1979) via Atlantic Records, Highway to Hell, the sixth studio set from AC/DC, remains a perfect slab of...
God’s favorite glam gurus, Stryper, dropped their ground-breaking debut EP 35 years ago this week via Enigma Records, and it still hits like a spandex sack...
In the late ‘70s, REO Speedwagon were the crowned “Kings of American Hard Rock.” And no other record found in their impressive catalog screams that point...
The landmark Kinks album, Low Budget, buzzed with crisp, relevant social commentary when it was released forty years ago this week via Arista Records. The 11-song...
Given the less than compelling content seeping into the hard rock scene at the time, DIO’s The Last in Line was the right record at the...
Pretties for You, the debut record from the legendary band Alice Cooper, is as “weird” today as when it first was released 50 years ago this...
It was precisely the right record at precisely the right time. Released June 20th, 1989, the smash album from Faith No More, The Real Thing, still...
An amazing 15 years after its initial U.S. release (June 15, 2004, via Island), Hot Fuss, the debut slab from Vegas-bred rock darlings, The Killers, remains...
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this week (June 7, 1994), Stone Temple Pilot’s sophomore set, Purple, remains an important, fresh and vibrant record — possibly the strongest...
It was 45 years ago this month (May 1974), when the fledgling progressive British band, UFO released one of its quintessential studio sets, Phenomenon via Chrysalis...
Dismissed frequently for being a disco record, “Dynasty” was EXACTLY the album that KISS needed at that time it was released — May 23, 1979. 40...
For those who remember first hearing the debut Weezer record, when it was new, get ready — you’re about to feel a good bit older. The...
35 years following its initial release (out May 10, 1984 via Atlantic), Stay Hungry remains an important record for Twisted Sister and fans alike — still...
