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Album review: DOWN BY LAW – Lonely Town

Cleopatra Records [Release date 26.02.21] Veteran punk band Down By Law have returned with their 12th album “Lonely Town”, and it is a welcome return. Frontman and founding member Dave Smalley has led the band through line-up changes, international tours … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cleopatra Records, Dave Smalley, Down By Law, Lonely Town, punk, review, Ricky Warwick, rock
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Album review : GEORGE LYNCH & JEFF PILSON – Heavy Hitters

Cleopatra Records [Release date 15.01.21] Two of Dokken’s original members who left and developed into marquee names themselves are guitarist, George Lynch and bass player/vocalist, Jeff Pilson. The prediction that all rock bands will eventually do a covers’ album might … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brian Tichy, Cleopatra Records, Covers, Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson, Lynch Mob, melodic hard rock, review, USA
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – A Wizard A True Star, Live

Cleopatra Records, USA [Release date 25.09.20] Eleven Years ago this month, Todd Rundgren and his band, suitably garbed in white “coat’n’tails” played “A Wizard, A True Star” in its entirety, at the Akron Ohio Civic Theatre, one of the last … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wizard A True Star, CD, Cleopatra Records, DVD, live, melodic, review, rock, soul, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: CAPTAIN BEYOND – Lost And Found 1972–1973

Cleopatra [Release date 02.06.17] Somewhat of a trans-Atlantic supergroup in their day, Captain Beyond formed in 1971 and originally featured guitarist Larry Rhino Reinhardt and bassist Lee Dorman (both of Iron Butterfly), original Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans (wanting to … Continue reading
Album review: HANOI ROCKS – Strange Boys Box

Cleopatra Records [Release date 21.10.16] Vastly underrated yet hugely influential, Finnish legends Hanoi Rocks are said to have sold one million albums back in the Eighties. That is not many when you consider that without them we would not have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy McCoy, box set, Cleopatra Records, glam, Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe, review, rock, sleaze, Strange Boys Box
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