Golden Voice Of Demis Roussos, The - Demis Roussos

Advantages: good materials
Disadvantages: rushed production

...you. The album boasts of some very brilliant materials, that have unfortunately only suffered some dry production setbacks due to schedule delays, caused by frictions and arguments within the band- which in the end-result, Rick Wakeman left the band for the second time; and this time around, lead man Jon Anderson also left the group, resulting to the number of his solo projects and a number of skits with former APHRODITE'S CHILD (comprised with famed greek singer Demis Roussos) Vangelis, before Anderson (of course I'm not talking about Jethro Tull) got back with the band again (this time with South African rock heartthrob Trevor Rabin on vocals and guits - which spawned the 80's Yes type of music); and in turn, this departure of Wakeman and Anderson after this album's release also brought forth YES' (only(?) effort without Anderson) lp... Read review

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Advantages: Some good numbers
Disadvantages: Mostly pap

...The most remarkable aspect of Culture Club’s rapid rise to fame was the trasnformation of the group’s lead singer, Boy george, from an emblem of London’s bizarre transsexual demi monde into an all round family favourite. His appeal rapidly took him from the style conscious pages of ID magazine to the cover of Woman. Previously, male pop artists with a penchant for cosmetics and female clothing appealed to a marginal, mainly student audience. their sexuality was regarded by others as deviant, an affront to middle class family life. But in 1983, Boy George, self confessed bisexual in lipstick and frocks, was basking in the sort of widespread affection reserved for the tame and unthreatening. The band’s drummer, Jon Moss, was for several years a lover of George’s. the rest of Culture Club were guitarist Roy hay and bass player Mikey... Read review

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Advantages: Great catchy tune, Clean vocals
Disadvantages: A bit unoriginal and commercial

...The Offspring- Original Prankster. The year is 2000, the world is still getting over the relief that the millenium bug fears were unfounded, England had just crashed out of the Euro 2000 group stages, and when you said the name 'Bin Laden' no-one knew what you was talking about. Ah memories from a near demi-decade ago. Punk rock fans however at this time were drooling at the anticipation of one of their most loved bands forthcoming release. The Offspring had exploded onto the big world of commercial music two years previous in 1998 with their smash hit single 'Pretty fly for white guy', and had become popular by rock fans four years earlier than that, and it was no surprise that there was a hell of a lot of hype surrounding the bands next release. So it was in the fall of 2000 that Offspring released the first single off... Read review

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