Johnny Lima – Shine On (1999)

The title of this article is clearly a hyperbole, but ‘Shine On’, the sophomore effort by Johnny Lima from San Francisco, might really be the best hair metal album you missed. As you go through …

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The truth is, there’s no perfect or foolproof way of organizing a record collection. It depends on objective factors, such as the size and variety of the records, or the available space, as well as on subjective ones …

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Pink Floyd – Nick’s Boogie (1966)

‘Nick’s Boogie’ remains one of the most fascinating and best-kept secrets in Pink Floyd’s long history, especially if you’re drawn to their darker, more hypnotic side. It’s the same free-form spirit …

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Klimt 1918 – Undressed Momento (2003)

The crossover between metal and new wave goes back to the late ’80s/early ’90s, when forward-thinking bands like Celtic Frost and Anacrusis not only covered artists such as Wall Of Voodoo and New Model Army, but also …

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Finding unexpected things inside old records is indeed a fairly common occurrence, and it’s not unusual to read stories online about people finding pictures, ticket stubs, letters, or even forgotten stashes of, uhm, illegal substances …

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1972. Barry White had just scored his first major payday as the composer and producer for the girl group Love Unlimited. He then decided to embrace an idea he had been putting off for years: to step into the spotlight himself …

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Crackhouse – Pleasure Toy (1998)

You will find countless bands heavier or more extreme than Crackhouse, but very few of them will be delivering the goods with the same unadulterated ferocity heard in these four songs …

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A look inside Ozzy Osbourne’s exhibit at the Birmingham Museum.

Had you told Ozzy Osbourne in 1986 that, 40 years later, a museum displaying paintings by the likes of Francis Bacon and Botticelli would be hosting an exhibit about his career …

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AC/DC – Touch Too Much (1979)

“Bon would come in and say, ‘You think you can fucking sing it? You sing it!’ And Mutt would just sit there and sing it because he’s a trained singer. Bon would stop and say, ‘Okay, cunt, I can do it’”. …

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Snap! – World Power (1990)

I was looking for the album on cassette, but they only had it on vinyl, and, having a record player at home, I bought it. The first LP bought with my pocket money and my third piece of vinyl overall …

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