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Album review: PRIDE OF LIONS – Lion Heart

Frontiers Records [Release Date 09.10.20] Approaching 70, maestro songwriter and Survivor founder member Jim Peterik is showing no signs of slowing down. After last year’s World Stage release with a star studded casts of guest vocalists, and co-writing much of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Jim Peterik, melodic rock, Pride of Lions, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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Album review: ARCTIC RAIN – The One

Frontiers [Release date 07.08.20] Arctic Rain’s music is gloriously reminiscent of the melodic rock genre’s more hypnotic moments. On most tracks, you can tell that they have been thumbing through a dog eared copy of the Eighties’ AOR Blueprint. Doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Arctic Rain, Frontiers, HEAT, melodic rock, review, rock, Survivor, The One, Treat
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Album review: DAVE BICKLER – Darklight

Deko Music [Release date 19.04.19] Amazingly this is the debut solo album from former Survivor vocalist Dave Bickler, most famous for the voice on that band’s classic anthem ‘Eye Of The Tiger’. A solo album has long been rumoured and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Darklight, Dave Bickler, Eye Of The Tiger, hard rock, melodic rock, reviews, rock, solo album, Survivor
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Album review: FIND ME- Angels In Blue

Release Date 22.02.19 For those in the know, Find Me has been one of the best melodic rock projects in recent years. A partnership between producer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Flores and Blanc Faces singer Robbie Le Blanc, a stunning performance … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Daniel Flores, Find Me, melodic rock, review, Robbie Le Blanc, Survivor
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Gig review: DAVE BICKLER/Chrome Molly – Highbury Garage, London, 11 March 2019

Sadly Survivor never made it to UK shores, the sad death of Jimi Jamison scuppering a scheduled show in 2014. However original singer Dave Bickler, who by that stage was back and sharing vocal duties, did play Rockingham Festival 18 … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Chrome Molly, Dave Bickler, gig, Glenn Quinn, Jim Kirkpatrick, John Footitt, Nic Wastell, review, Steve Hawkins, Survivor
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Album review: TARGET – In Target

Escape Music [Release date 20.10.07] Target will be of interest to melodic rock fans as the band featured future Cobra/Survivor vocalist Jimi Jamison, who sadly died back in 2014. This was planned to be Target’s third album and was recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, album, In Target, Jimi Jamison, review, rock, Survivor, Target
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Album review: SCHERER/BATTEN – BattleZone

MelodicRock Records [Release date 22.09.17] Scherer/Batten is vocalist Marc Scherer (who released an album with Jim Peterik in 2015) and guitarist Jennifer Batten, who has worked with Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson amongst others. Former Survivor member Jim Peterik wrote … Continue reading
Album review: THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Amber Galactic

Nuclear Blast [Release date 19.05.17] There are a good number of bands paying homage to the classic 70′s and 80′s hard rock/AOR/pop sound, with Brother Firetribe (another band who’s members are drawn from heavier sounding bands) and Cats In Space being … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amber Galactic, AOR, Arch Enemy, disco, Night Flight Orchestra, pop, review, rock, Soilwork, Survivor
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Album review: PRIDE OF LIONS – Fearless

Frontiers [Release Date 27.01.17] They come less frequently these days, with a five year gap between each of the last two albums, but a Pride of Lions album is always worth the wait, marking the return of veteran master songwriter … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Fearless, Jim Peterik, melodic rock, Pride of Lions, review, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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Gig review: ROCKINGHAM FESTIVAL – Rock City, Nottingham, 23-25 October 2015

Ten great years of melodic rock festivals at Nottingham’s Rock City seemed to have come to an emotional end with the final ever Firefest last year. However just 12 months on with the Rock City organisation having taken on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 23-25 October 2015, Ammunition, AOR, Care of Night, Cinderella, Dan Reed Network, Dokken, Eclipse, Electric Boys, festival, gig, Giuffria, Gotthard, Issa, Jim Peterik, Last Autumn’s Dream, melodic rock, No Hot Ashes, Nottingham, review, Robby Valentine, Robert Tepper, Rock City, Rockingham, Romeo's Daughter, Royal Hunt, Santa Cruz, Serpentine, STAN BUSH, Survivor, TOM KEIFER, Vega
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Album review: PETERIK-SCHERER – Risk Everything

Frontiers Records [Release date 17.04.15] Founding Survivor member Jim Peterik returns with his latest project featuring his latest vocal find in Marc Scherer. “Risk Everything” was written specifically to suite the vocal talents of Scherer who he first met during … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alex Ligertwood, AOR, Bill Syniar, Bob Lizik, Ed Breckenfield, Frontiers, Jim Peterik, Klem Hayes, Marc Scherer, melodic rock, Mike Aquino, Nick Rich, Peterik-Scherer, review, Risk Everything, Shoshana Bean, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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Album review: RADIOACTIVE – F4ur

Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 17.04.15] This is indeed as the title suggests album number four from Radioactive, the first in nearly ten years. Radioactive is the brainchild of guitarist/songwriter Tommy Denander and on each album to date he has … Continue reading
News: THERAPY?, JIM PETERIK, JOE SATRIANI – Tuesday 3 February 2015

THERAPY? (Their new album ‘Disquiet’ is out on March 23rd) Fri March 27 BRISTOL Marble Factory Sat March 28 GLOUCESTER Guildhall Tue March 31 BRIGHTON Concorde 2 Wed April 01 LONDON Scala Sun April 12 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms Mon April … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, AOR, Dave Matthews Band, Frontiers, Jim Peterik, Joe Satriani, Korn, Melissa Etheridge, melodic, news, rock, Survivor, Therepy?, Todd Rundgren
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JIMI JAMISON – Never Too Late

Frontiers www.frontiers.it Following on the heels of his last solo album, the wonderful “Crossroads Moment” (and “Extra Moments”) which was mostly co-written with ex-Survivor colleague Jim Peterik, comes “Never Too Late”. The Survivor writing connection has been severed for this … Continue reading
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Tagged Eclipse, Erik Martensson, Frontiers, Jimi Jamison, Never Too Late, Survivor, W.E.T.
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PRIDE OF LIONS – Immortal

FRONTIERS RECORDS Bringing together ex Survivor keyboardist and songwriter to the stars Jim Peterik with relatively young singer Toby Hitchcock, Pride of Lions are something of a Marmite band in AOR circles. Among the many – myself included- who drooled … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Frontiers, Immortal, Jim Peterik, melodic rock, Pride of Lions, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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PRIDE OF LIONS to return with their fourth album

Frontiers Records is excited to announce the return of PRIDE OF LIONS with the release of their anticipated fourth studio album entitled “Immortal” on September 21st in Europe and September 24th in North America. The 11 tracks new album is … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers, Jim Peterik, Pride of Lions, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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Singles Bar: THE LOOK, FANTASY RAINBOW, THE BOY ROYALS, MORTDELAMER, DREAMSTEALER

The Look – Let It Go (Beat Town Records) Apparently the Look had a hit in 1981, namely ‘I am the Beat’ and DJ Chris Evans is a fan. Now they are back with this new song which isn’t too … Continue reading