Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.
ADD LINK! As requested, here’s a rare piece from the ’80s – the only album from JUSTIN SAYNE, 1990’s “Big Tools“. JUSTIN SAYNE isn’t a guy, but a five-member band that rocked the American West Coast during the golden decade.
Country: US
Released: 1990
Style: AOR
NEXX (1999-2007) was one of the bands that helped the melodic rock and AOR resurgence in the 2000’s, one of the few female fronted acts from the genre at that time. Based in Spain but with an European projection the band performed at prestigious festivals like Gods of AOR, Firefest, Nemelrock, and supported artists such as Jeff Scott Soto, TNT, Firehouse, Tyketto, Mitch Malloy, among others.
Country: Austria
Released: 1994
Style: Pop Rock, Prog Rock
Country: Austria
Released: 1998
Style: Pop Rock, Prog Rock
There’s no getting away from the fact that the debut on Tom Scholz’s ‘Boston’ album was one of the greatest, and of course most successful, recordings in the history of rock music. It was a record that changed the lives of the band members forever, rapidly elevating them from humble beginnings to headlining huge arenas worldwide.
Genre: Hard Rock / AOR/ Metal
Year: 2023
Country: Various
Genre: Hard Rock / AOR
Year: 2023
Country: Sweden
Year of manufacture: 2023
Genre: Progressive Rock / AOR / Pop Rock
Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2023
Country: US