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Album review: RUFFYUNZ – Ruffyunz III

Hyperspace Records [Release date 11.08.23] It’s safe to say that the third album offering from Ruffyunz takes up where II left off. The major change is Carmine Appice replacing Bobby Rondinelli’s drums and, at least on the cover, taking centre … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy 'Spaceman' Patterson, Bumblefoot, Carmine Appice, Dave Meniketti, Derek Sherinian, Ed Terry, hard rock, III, Jim McCarty, Pat Thrall, Pat Travers, Randy Platt, review, Ruffyunz, Tony Franklin, Tracy G, Vinnie Moore
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Album review: CACTUS – The Birth Of Cactus 1970

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 21.01.22] Following other heavyweights such as Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge, Cactus fashioned their own brand of bluesy heavy rock at the turn of the sixties. It was a supergroup in the making with ex-Fudgers Carmine … Continue reading
Quick plays: BADFINGER, CACTUS

BADFINGER No Matter What Revisiting The Hits Cleopatra Records [Release date 02.04.21] Badfinger were one of our greatest pop rock bands with a criminally short life-span, not least due to the sad demise of the band’s two main movers and … Continue reading
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Album Review: RATED X – Rated X

Frontiers Records [release date 10.11.14] Rated X are another one of Frontiers’ all-star bands featuring some big names from the past. Who do we have here then? Well the well-travelled Joe Lynn Turner features on vocals, two-thirds of the original … Continue reading