Melodic Rock Info

Band Pink Cream 69
Info: Germany
Info: Thunderdome
Style: Hard Rock
Years: 2004
Info: Lossless/FLAC (image+.cue, scans)
Rip By: kolushew
Info: 455 Mb

Band Paul Menel (Ex: IQ)
Info: The Great Outdoors
Years: 2012
Style: Progressive Rock
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: United Kingdom
Time: JFK
????? Tracklist: 48:29
Info: 105 Mb

Band Letter X
Info: Born Into Darkness
Style: Hard’n’Heavy
Years: 1992
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 109,85 Mb
Info: Germany

Band Randy Bachman
Info: Axe
Style: Classic Rock
Years: 1970
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 84,23 Mb
Info: Canada

Band Dave Edmunds
Info: Rockpile
Style: Pub Rock / Rock’n’Roll / Blues
Years: 1972
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 130,40 Mb
Info: UK

Band Alvin Stardust
Info: Jealous Mind
Style: Rock / Rock’n’Roll / Glam
Years: 1998
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 120,9 Mb
Info: UK

Band The Juke Joints
Info: Netherlands
Info: Tin House
Style: Blues/Blues Rock
Years: 1994
Info: Lossless/FLAC (tracks+.cue, scans)
Rip By: Badeny/thashit
Info: 318 Mb

Band The Parlor Mob
Info: USA
Info: Dogs
Style: Hard Rock
Years: 2011
Info: Lossless/FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Rip By: Badeny
Info: 347 Mb

Now!

One can say that there are no surprises left for us in music. We seem to have heard everything and everyone in all possible combinations and styles. Modern music lovers are very well-versed and it’s not an easy thing to surprise them. We live in the age where no pure genres are allowed though the mastery of performance is valued more than ever, people tend to mix and blend everything, change styles, try to collect the most distinctive features of each and make something original and truly eclectic. We know many bands combining heavy-metal with electronic and synthetic sounding, experimenting with folk instruments and very often a band sticks to the one chosen. So TRI STATE CORNER displays the similar situation: a bouzouki, which sounds much like an acoustic guitar in the Spanish style defines the approach of the band and becomes “the feature”. But it does sound original and sophisticated and I wonder why no one played like that before.

Now!

Ahh, the 80s. Gotta love the 80s. Musicians raised on a diet of Bruce Springsteen,Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Dire Straits…. you know the sort of thing.

AOR was how it was once described…

Anyway, fast forward 30 years and it’s interesting to see that those influences are alive and well… and living in Italy. Hard Times is the latest release from Canadian musician Max Navarro, 40 minutes of well executed and entirely inoffensive melodic AOR.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Hard Times is how unsurprising it is. Everything feels comfortably familiar, and once you slip into the Max Navarro groove it is all pretty much exactly what you would expect.