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  The Seattle Effect: Ten great Hard Rock albums released when Grunge ruled the world We all know that when Nirvana and their accolades started to take over MTV, the “Hair Metal” sweet days were over. Shoe-string budget stage sets, flannel shirts, darker subjects and NO GUITAR SOLOS were replacing Aquanet, power ballads, duckfaces and all that.  I understand the fact that popular music has changed through the years and will always have. But the "Grunge thing" had such an effect on Hard Rock, that bands that were playing stadiums in early 1991, would be performing at tiny clubs later on the same year. Record companies dropped some that had just signed their contracts and finished records would be shelved in some cases. Some bands tried to turn their sound into something more contemporary, flirting with the aforementioned Grunge or Alternative Rock, which was also popular during that time.  In this article, I’m going to bring ten records that were released between 1993 an...

  KISS: Top Ten: My LEAST favourite tracks  I have been a KISS fan since I was five. The whole mystique surrounding those characters had a huge impact on me.  To this day, they remain one of my favourite bands of all time. And I have digested their whole discography many times, during many different phases of my life.  I must admit I love 90% of their catalogue. The only record I really can’t listen to is Sonic Boom . Even the ones I don’t care much, like The Elder or the last one,  Monster, have their moments. But the truth needs to be told, a few songs from the 70’s to the early 2010s didn’t stand the test of time. And I didn’t include any off Carnival of Souls , to be fair with some of them songs being unfinished.  Of course, this list is based on my taste and I’ll give my best to justify why those tracks don’t resonate with me,  and don’t forget, I’m a KISS fan and not a KISStard.  10. “Odyssey” (Music From The Elder, 1981)   Odyss...

  Def Leppard - My Top Twenty Tracks (1996-2022) Many people love classifying Def Leppard as a “sellout” band. I never understood that. Since their so-called NWOBHM days, they have been accused of trying everything to please the U.S. market. Even though they have been flirting with Pop since day one, mainly Hard Rock fans insist on putting them down no matter what.  If you go to online forums, you might find three types of people: Firstly, the ones who say they were good up until “Pyromania”, those who think only the records with Pete Willis are worth listening to, and a few who can’t listen to the band after “Hysteria”, claiming that after Steve Clark passed, the band lost them.  I respect everyone’s taste and opinion, but I feel sometimes people seem to be lazy towards Leppard’s later material, which I find incredible in its own right. Here, I’ll do somewhat of a Top 20 with the tracks I love the most from 1996 onwards, and there are MANY tracks I loved I ended up leavi...