Archive for the ‘Buyers Guides’ Category

Journey Buyers Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 04/10/2008 05:00am

Masters of the lighter-waving ballad, the band that music critics have loved to hate remain the undisputed kings of AOR.

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Status Quo Buyers Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 03/08/2008 05:00am

With the likes of Marguerita Time and In The Army Now lurking, you need to tread carefully in even the mighty Quo’s catalogue.

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Tom Waits Buyers Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 02/08/2008 05:00am

A maverick whose music ranges from the sublime to the challenging, he’s been covered by Springsteen, the Eagles, Tim Buckley and Rod.

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Alice Cooper Buyers Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 26/07/2008 05:00am

The witch-eyed inventor of glam, punk and shock rock who paved the way for every sleaze-rocker who’s slithered into view since.

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UFO Buyer’s Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 12/07/2008 05:00am

Had this British hard rock institution not been dogged by unsettled line-ups and an appetite for drugs an’ booze, they coulda been huge.

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Fleetwood Mac Buyer’s Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 14/06/2008 05:00am

Their ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story is a mini-soap opera, with a soundtrack that includes some of the best music of three decades.

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Paul Westerberg Buyer’s Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 11/06/2008 11:53am

He’s an underachiever and proud of it, man. The pick of Paul – from the Replacements to his erratic solo career.

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Paul Rodgers Buyer’s Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 31/05/2008 05:00am

Free, Bad Company, Queen, solo artist: Paul Rodgers is well into his fourth decade as possibly the all-time great rock vocalist.

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Roger Waters Buyer’s Guide

gbarton / Buyers Guides / 24/05/2008 05:00am

Waters: he still runs deep. A guide to the Pink Floyd frontman’s best work – with his original band and as a solo artist.

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Cheap Trick buyers guide

srowley / Buyers Guides / 09/03/2007 00:00am

Malcolm Dome on the best of Cheap Trick

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