UFO – Review Series – Schenker Years

Posted on 27 October 2018 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

RockmusicRaider Editorial - UFO - Collection Schenker Years If there is one underrated band in the long history of rock and metal, then it is the British band UFO. Founded in 1968 by Phil Mogg, UFO proved to be one of the forerunners of the Hard Rock and Metal multiverse that we enjoy today. They have today some 22 studio albums under their belt, with an added score of live records and other versions to boot. UFO‘s latest album reached our shores in 2017, no less. Still going strong after after some 50 years of service.

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Old’n’Tasty Records @ RockmusicRaider – Vol. II

Posted on 2 May 2018 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

You need to give it to them old folks. The ’70’s and ’80s were very productive as far as music is concerned. Barely emerged from early-age rock’n’roll, blues and – not to forget – jazz, rock and later metal were on their quest to claim their place in the musical landscape. This was a time of experimentation, constructing tunes for the future. Not making music for the masses, through old designs like so much patchwork. Which is – come to think of it – what we see a lot of today.

Indeed, older records are – still today – all … [...] Click to raid more!

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Scorpions – Blackout (1982) – Review

Posted on 4 December 2017 by RockmusicRaider — Leave a reply

RockmusicRaider Review - Scorpions - Blackout - Album Cover The avalanche of new music and – for sure – new styles that became available in the ’70s and ’80s to the early ’90s was absolutely tremendous. Metal found itself very strongly on the upswing from the early 80’s onwards. Whereas Hard Rock already started to lose a lot of its shiny luster by this time.

Many of today’s well-known metal genres were in full development mode back then. This led to this crazy and fragmented metal multiverse we (do not quite) enjoy today. The culprits? A number of major rock bands – some still fully in action today. Names … [...] Click to raid more!