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  BERNIE TORME  Turn Out The Lights  (Kamaflage,1982) - Rock       Bernie's debut solo album, Turn Out The Lights , highlights why Gillan wanted him in his band, and why he formed such an integral part of the classic Gillan line-up. Punk metal, explosive energy, touches of blues a la Hendrix.       The single 'America' is here, and the title track is as good as anything he did with Gillan, it nods at Tobacco Road, exquisite.       There's some melodic touches too. Genius throughout.   TRACKLIST: Turn Out The Lights                      Painter Man                      Lies                      America                      Getting There                     ...

  IAN GILLAN BAND  Child In Time  (Polydor/Oyster,1976) - Jazz rock/Fusion       This album is Ian Gillan's solo debut after he left Deep Purple in early 70-s. Released on small Oyster label, he didn't succeed, mostly because he didn't offer much to ex-Deep Purple fans.       Looking on this album as independent product, open ear listener can find some nice moments though. First of all - "Child In Time", remake of the possibly the best Deep Purple 's song. Not too much similar to original, no way better than it, it offers softer, warmer and much more emotional version. With many progressive rock elements and excellent Gillan's vocals.       Five first songs (all A-side) are all short and more straightforward heavy funk-rock numbers with some r'n'b elements, great Gillan vocals, but not too complex. Even if not so great, these songs are worth listening unless you hate funk in your music or are hungry to listen pseudo-symphonic o...

  GOOD RATS  Ratcity In Blue  (Platinum, 1976) - Rock       The Good Rats are a band that comes to mind quite easily when listening to great Rock & Roll groups that should have become bigger than they actually became. Hailing from Long Island, New York in the 1970s, The Good Rats were immensely popular in the New York area.         The Good Rats Ratcity In Blue . album was released in 1976 on the Platinum Records label. It was an album of 11 songs composed by Good Rats bandleader Peppi Marchello. The album was produced by Stephan Galfas who would go on to work with artists such as the Allman Brothers Band , Meat Loaf and Cher.       Every song on the Ratcity In Blue album is great. There was not one clunker among the 11 great tracks. Of course, we all had our personal favorites but there were a handful of songs on that record  we all agreed stood out among the rest. The first would be the album’s great...

  BLACKFOOT SUE  Nothing To Hide  (JAM,1973) - Rock       Blackfoot Sue are remembered today, if at all, for their one-off UK hit, Standing In The Road, a 1972 no. 4. Helmed by twins Tom and David Farmer, their 'classic' lineup included guitarists Eddie Golga and Alan Jones, all but Jones doubling on keyboards when required.        They released their only album to appear during their 'lifespan', Nothing to Hide, in 1973, bullishly containing no singles, while featuring a vicious put-down of the then-current glam scene, Glittery Obituary. The album's peak, though, is the ripping The Spring Of '69, a condensed heavy epic on a par with the genre's market leaders.  TRACKLIST: Messiah                   Country Home                   Cry                   My Oh My            ...

        System of a Down's unconventional songs, replete with abrupt stops and starts endemic to their idiosyncratic spin on metal, demand a dextrous and often acrobatic performance from their bassist Shavo Odadjian, and he has always been up to the task ... in spades. SYSTEM OF A DOWN System Of A Down American/Columbia, 1998 https://www.sendspace.com/file/b29tlday

  JOBRIATH  Jobriath  (Elektra,1973) - Glam rock      Z iggy Stardust is an invention, a fictional character, Jobriath is the demonstration of how reality is much more prosaic and ruthless than imagination, of how rock 'n' roll and everything that revolves around it often proves to be a deceitful and mocking trap... it is a tale of splendor and misery, that of this talented and forgotten artist , who touched the sky with his finger only to be brutally thrown off without a rock 'n' roll suicide to immortalize him for posterity. Bruce Campbell, the man behind the makeup and extravagant costumes of Jobriath, had three great misfortunes, one consequential to the other: being born on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean, not being shrewd and calculating enough to realize it, and getting caught up in the cynicism of the record industry which, given the (very predictable and expected) failure of the marketing operation organized around him, decided to metaphorical...