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I hate......slow songs.....oh yeah

Advantages: Good grief it's loud
Disadvantages: It won't be for everyone

Kyuss were a band from Southern California, who where one of a number of very heavy US rock bands getting a break in the post-Nirvana era. Nowadays they are more famous for having spawned Queens Of The Stone Age, because guitarist Josh Homme and bassist/singer Nick Oliveri went on to form that band and had huge success with it too. Here though in 1992, together with drummer Brant Bjork and lead singer John Garcia, they put down a blueprint for what ...
...rock is just very heavy rock music taken even further by the post-grunge favoured method of downtuning guitars and slowing it all down to neanderthal beats. Josh Homme takes it even a step more heavier by playing lead guitar through a 400 watt bass head, giving a very distorted and throbbing distinctive sound. The band became very popular at twilight desert concerts, where the youth would gather around car headlights, listen to their music and presumably ...

pinkmatchstick 30.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Blues For The Red Sun - Kyuss

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Curl up by the fire.....

Advantages: Awsome spine chilling vocals
Disadvantages: not very upbeat

...are well known for their ballads and this album brings all the best together in one volume. Luke Morley's songwriting prowess shines through in every song - from the acoustic led "Better man" (with Luke showing even MORE talent playing a harmonica intro) to the more upbeat power-ballad "Castles in the sand". Every track has awsome lyrics, wonderfully delivered by singer Danny Bowes, who has one of the best voices in rock, this album show Danny's ...

thundersmurf 03.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Ballads - Thunder

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One hit wonders?

Advantages: Decent metal tunes and there are 32 tracks which isn't bad for the price.
Disadvantages: Quality of some of the live tracks/B-sides

It's an awful burden for bands when they have a hit that gets played just as much as "The Final Countdown" did as it often seems to override any of their other musical accomplishments. This release is an impressive collection of Europe's best tracks as well as live tracks, B-sides and demos and should go to some lengths to prove that they are not a one song band! In fact on this double disc, 32 track offering it isn't until the second CD that their ...
...us forget about it? Other big hits that the band had including "Rock the Night" "Carrie"and "Superstituous" are here in all of their glory, as well as previously unreleased material such as the acoustic version of "I'll Cry For You" which works very well and "Here Comes the Night" which was a highly sought after session song until this compilation was put together. It should be noted that there are several other Europe Greatest Hits albums available- ...

anneg1 10.04.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Rock The Night (The Very Best Of Europe) - Europe

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Good value taster

Advantages: 16 tracks and a good variety of tunes
Disadvantages: none

...Track listing: 1. Gimme Some Lovin' 2. Dirty Love 3. Fired Up 4. Brown Sugar 5. Back Street Symphony 6. Don't Wait For Me 7. Love Walked In 8. Higher Ground 9. Moment Of Truth 10. She's So Fine 11. Everybody Wants Her 12. Ball And Chain 13. Englishman On Holiday 14. All The Way From Memphis 15. I Hear You Knocking 16. Dirty Love (acoustic version) The CD insert booklet is a bit lacking - with only two small photos and very sparse details on the ...

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Review of Gimme Some... - Thunder

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The louder the better!

Advantages: Great classic tunes
Disadvantages: The extra live versions weren't needed

Who doesn't love a bit of early '90's hair metal - you just can beat it!! If you love your guitar riffs and heartfelt power ballards, give Skid Row a listen! From the opening classic drumming of Youth Gone Wild, this album is one fantastic song after another. 18 & Life and I Remember You should be up there with the greatest metal ballards of the '90's. This takes songs from their two albums, plus a smattering of extras from over the years, together ...

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Review of 40 Seasons (The Best Of Skid Row) - Skid Row

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