Junkyard - Junkyard

Another obscure, underrated band. Junkyard were a Heavy Metal/Glam Metal band who are very good but once again never received much commercial attention. This is their debut eponymous album released sometime in June in 1989.


Tracklist;



1 - Blooze
2 - Hot Rod
3 - Simple Man
4 - Shot In The Dark
5 - Hollywood
6 - Life Sentence
7 - Long Way Home
8 - Can't Hold Back
9 - Texas
10 - Hands Off


Personnel;


David Roach - Vocals
Brian Baker - Guitar
Chris Gates -  Guitar
Clay Anthony - Bass
Patrick Michael Muzingo - Drums

Wrathchild - Stakk Attakk

Sometime in June 1984 Wrathchild released their debut album "Stakk Attakk". Another underrated band for the time who never got the commercial success that other bands managed to achieve.


Tracklist;


1 - Stakk Attack
2 - Too Wild To Tame
3 - Trash Queen
4 - Sweet Surrender
5 - Kick Down The Walls
6 - Tonite
7 - Law Abuzer
8 - Shokker
9 - Alrite With The Boyz
10 - Wreckless


Personnel;

Rocky Shades - Vocals
Lance Rocket - Guitar
Marc Angel - Bass
Eddie Starr - Drums

Cats In Boots - Kicked & Klawed

Kicked & Klawed is the debut album for Cats In Boots, a Japanese/American Hair Metal/Sleaze band. The album managed to get to number 3 on the Japanese charts. The album was released sometime in mid 1989. It's a solid album with many good songs but unfortunately wasn't as commercially popular as other albums from more established Hair Metal bands at the time. A Very underrated album which is definitely worth a delve into.


Tracklist;


1 - Shot Gun Sally
2 - Nine Lives (Save Me)
3 - Her Monkey
4 - Whip It Out
5 - Long, Long Way From Home
6 - Coast To Coast
7 - Every Sunrise
8 - Evil Angel
9 - Bad Boys Are Back
10 - Judas Kiss
11 - Heaven On A Heartbeat


Personnel;

Joe Ellis - Vocals
Takashi O'Hashi - Guitar
Yasuhiro Hatae - Bass
Randy Meers - Drums

XYZ - XYZ

On October the 17th in 1989 XYZ released their debut eponymous album. The album was an okay success charting at 99 in the US Billboard 200. The album featured two hits; "Inside Out" & "What Keeps Me Loving You".


Tracklist;


1 - Maggy
2 - Inside Out
3 - What Keeps Me Loving You
4 - Wake What You Can
5 - Follow The Night
6 - Come On N' Love Me
7 - Souvenirs
8 - Tied Up
9 - Nice Day To Die
10 - After The Rain


Personnel;

Terry Ilous - Vocals
Marc Richard Diglio - Guitar
Patrick Fontaine - Bass
Paul Monroe - Drums

Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue

Black 'N Blue is the debut eponymous album for Black 'N Blue. Released sometime in August 1984. The album features Tommy Thayer on Guitar and probably one of their best songs (And most successful) "Hold On to 18".


Tracklist;


1 - The Strong Will Rock
2 - School of Hard Knocks
3 - Autoblast
4 - Hold On To 18
5 - Wicked Bitch
6 - Action
7 - Show Me The Night
8 - One For The Money
9 - I'm The King
10 - Chains Around Heaven


Personnel;

Jaime St. James - Vocals
Tommy Thayer - Guitar
Jeff "Woop" Warner - Guitar
Patrick Young - Bass
Pete Holmes - Drums

Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over

Wake Me When It's Over is the 2nd studio album by the band Faster Pussycat. Slightly moving away from their previous Hair Metal sound and going into more of a Blues Rock influenced sound. Released on September the 6th in 1989. The album lasts for just over an hour and features the hit song "House Of Pain".
 

Tracklist;


1 - Where There's A Whip, There's A Way
2 - Little Dove
3 - Poison Ivy
4 - House Of Pain
5 - Gonna Walk
6 - Pulling Weeds
7 - Slip Of The Tongue
8 - Cryin' Shame
9 - Tattoo
10 - Ain't No Way Around It
11 - Arizona Indian Doll
12 -Please Dear


Personnel;

Taime Downe - Vocals
Greg Steele - Guitar & Piano
Brent Muscat - Guitar
Eric Stacy - Bass
MArk Michals - Drums

Babylon A.D. - Babylon A.D.

Babylon A.D. is the eponymous debut album released in 1989 (September 1st?) by the band... Babylon A.D.
The song "The Kid Goes Wild" was featured in Robocop 2, the music video for the song features Robo-Cop.


Tracklist;


1 - Bang Go The Bells
2 - Hammer Swings Down
3 - Caught Up In The Crossfire
4 - Desperate
5 - The Kid Goes Wild
6 - Shot o' Love
7 - Maryanne
8 - Back In Babylon
9 - Sweet Temptation
10 - Sally Danced


Personnel;

Derek Davis - Vocals
Ron Freschi - Guitar
Dan De La Rosa - Guitar
Robb Reid - Bass
JAmey Pacheco - Drums

Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees

On February the 22nd in 1990 Damn Yankees released their eponymous debut album. Consisting of Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw (Styx), Jack Blades (Night Ranger) & Michael Cartellone (Accept & Lynyrd Skynyrd). The album managed to go double platinum. The release of this album helped to revive the career of Ted Nugent.

Tracklist;

1 - Bad Reputation
2 - Coming Of Age
3 - Runaway
4 - High Enough
5 - Damn Yankees
6 - Come Again
7 - Mystified
8 - Rock City
9 - Tell Me How You Want It
10 - Piledriver


Personnel;

Tommy Shaw - Vocals
Ted Nugent - Guitar
Jack Blades - Bass
Michael Castellone - Drums

Bonfire - Point Blank

Point Blank is the third studio album released by the band Bonfire, it was released on October the 3rd in 1989. Bonfire had originally recorded 30 songs for this album but eventually settled on 17.


1 - Bang Down The Door
2 - Waste No Time
3 - Hard On Me
4 - Why Is It Never Enough?
5 - Tony's Roulette
6 - Minestrone
7 - You're Back
8 - Look Of Love
9 - The Price Of Loving You
10 - Freedom Is My Belief
11 - Gimme Some
12 - Say Goodbye
13 - Never Surrender
14 - (20th Century) Youth Patrol
15 - Jungle Call
16 - Know Right Now
17 -  Who's Foolin' Who?


Personnel;

Claus Lessmann - Vocals
Angel Schleifer - Guitar
Joerg Deisinger - Bass
Edgar Patrik - Drums

Arcade - Arcade

In 1992 Stephen Pearcy (RATT) & Fred Coury (Cinderella) formed a band called Arcade. This is their debut album released sometime in April 1993.
The album didn't do too well selling just over 100,000 copies in the US.



Tracklist;

1 - Dancin' With The Angels
2 - Nothin' To Lose
3 - Calm Before The Storm
4 - Cry No More
5 - Screamin' S.O.S.
6 - Never Goin' Home
7 - Messed Up World
8 - All Shook Up
9 - So Good... So Bad...
10 - Livin' Dangerously
11 - Sons & Daughters
12 -Mother Blues


Personnel;

Stephen Pearcy - Vocals
Frankie Wilsex - Guitar
Donny Syracuse - Guitar
Michael Andrews - Bass
Fred Coury - Drums

21 Guns - Salute

Salute is the debut album by 21 Guns, an AOR band from the early 90s. Coming out sometime during July in 1992.


Tracklist;

1 - Knee Deep
2 - These Eyes
3 - Walking
4 - Marching In Time
5 - The Rain
6 - Little Sister
7 - Pays Off Big
8 - Just A Wish
9 - Battered & Bruised
10 - Jungleland
11 - Tell Me
12 - No Way Out


Personnel;

Thomas La Verdi - Vocals
Scott Gorham - Guitar
Leif Johansen - Bass
Mike Sturgis - Drums

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden, one of the greatest English Metal bands of all time managed to get their first UK number 1 album with their 3rd studio album "The Number Of The Beast" also managing to achieve a platinum certification in the US. The album had 2 singles released for it prior to the album coming out. "Run To The Hills" & "The Number Of The Beast".
Released on March the 22nd in 1982.

Tracklist;


1 - Invaders
2 - Children Of The Damned
3 - The Prisoner
4 - 22 Acacia Avenue
5 - The Number Of The Beast
6 - Run To The Hills
7 - Gangland
8 -Hallowed Be Thy Name


Personnel;

Bruce Dickinson - Vocals
Dave Murray - Guitar
Adrian Smith - Guitar
Steve Harris - Bass
Clive Burr - Drums

RATT - Invasion Of Your Privacy

Invasion Of Your Privacy is the 2nd studio album by RATT. Released on June the 13th in 1985. It features the singles "You're In Love", "What You Give Is What You Get" & "Lay It Down". The album cover features Marianne Gravatte who was a playboy model. She also appeared in the music video for Lay It Down.

Tracklist;


1 - You're In Love
2 - Never Use Love
3 - Lay It Down
4 - Give It All
5 - Closer To My Heart 
6.- Between The Eyes
7 - What You Give Is What You Get 
8 - Got Me On The Line 
9 - You Should Know By Now
10 - Dangerous But Worth The Risk


Personnel;

Stephen Pearcy - Vocals
Robbin Crosby - Guitar
Warren DeMartini - Guitar
Juan Croucier - Bass
Bobby Blotzer - Drums

Pretty Boy Floyd - Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz

Leather Boyz With Electric Toys is the debut album by the Glam/Hair Metal band Pretty Boy Floyd which was released sometime in late 1989. It managed to reach #130 in the US billboard charts.

Tracklist;

1 - Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz
2 - Rock & Roll
3 - Wild Angels
4 - 48 Hours
5 - Toast of the Town
6 - Rock and Roll Outlaws
7 - Only the Young
8 - Last Kiss
9 - Your Mama Won’t Know
10 - I Wanna Be With You


Personnel;

Steve "Sex" Summers - Vocals
Kristy "Krash" Majors - Guitar
Vinnie Chas - Bass
Kari Kane - Drums

 "So Tell Me Why" is a single by Poison released on December the 1st in 1991 from their "Swallow This Live" album. It managed to reach number 25 in the UK singles chart.

Tracklist;

A - So Tell Me Why
B - Unskinny Bop (Live)


Personnel;

Bret Michaels - Vocals
C.C. DeVille - Guitar
Bobby Dall - Bass
Rikki Rockett - Drums

Rainbow - Rising

On the 17th on May in 1976, Rainbow released their second studio album. Named "Rising" (More commonly known as Rainbow Rising). Ritchie had gotten rid of most of the line-up that appeared on their first album, only keeping Dio.

Tracklist;


1 - Tarot Woman
2 - Run With The Wolf
3 - Starstruck
4 - Do You Close Your Eyes?
5 - Stargazer
6 - A Light In The Black


Personnel;

Ronnie James Dio - vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Tony Carey - Keyboards
Jimmy Bain - Bass
Cozy Powell - Drums

ZZ Top - Eliminator

Eliminator is ZZ Top's most successful album, selling over 10 million copies in the US alone. It has earned a rank among the Diamond certified album list. The singles for this album definitely helped towards that, earning a lot of air time ("Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "TV Dinners" and "Got Me Under Pressure"). The music videos for "Legs", "Gimme All Your Lovin'" & "Sharp Dressed Man" managed to get a lot of play time on MTV.
The image on the album cover is what gives the album its name. The Eliminator, which is a car Billy Gibbons had custom built for him after he asked for a customised 1933 Ford Coupe.
The album was released on the 23rd of March in 1983.

Tracklist;

1 - Gimme All Your Lovin'
2 - Got Me Under Pressure
3 - Sharp Dressed Man
4 - I Need You Tonight
5 - I Got The Six
6 - Legs
7 - Thug
8 - TV Dinners
9 - Dirty Dog
10 - If I Could Only Flag Her Down
11 - Bad Girl
(Collectors edition)
12 - Legs (Signle Mix)
13 - Gimme All Your Lovin' ~(Live)
14 - Sharp Dressed Man (Live)
15 - I Got The Six (Live)
16 - TV Dinners (Live)
17 - Got Me Under Pressure (Live)
18 - Legs (Dance Mix)


Personnel;

Billy Gibbons - Vocals & Guitar
Dusty Hill - Vocals, Bass & Keyboards
Frank Beard - Drums

Angel Witch - Angel Witch

The first time I remember hearing of this band was on a game named "Brutal Legend". It featured their song "Angel Witch" (As well as many other songs by other bands, which is awesome!). With the catchy chorus, the sweet little guitar solos and the great lyrics I thought I would investigate this band further and I wasn't disappointed! Since it's release, this album has had 4 different re-issues for different anniversaries. The latest being the 30th. Angel Witch is the debut eponymous album by Angel Witch. It is probably one of the best NWOBHM albums that was released. It was released sometime in 1980 possibly the 1th of March and recorded in February 1980.

Tracklist (Original version);

1 - Angel Witch
2 - Atlantis
3 - White Witch
4 - Confused
5 - Sorceress
6 - Gorgon
7 - Sweet Danger
8 - Free Man
9 - Angel Of Death
10 - Devil's Tower


Personnel;

Kevin Heybourne - Guitar & Vocals
Kevin Riddles - Bass & Keyboards
Dave Hogg - Drums

Alcatrazz - No Parole For Rock 'N' Roll

Whilst searching around for hidden little gems of music a while back, I came across this album. The first song I listened to was "Island in the Sun" and it instantly got me hooked, enough to buy this album twice. With Graham Bonnet on this album I had a feeling it would be good and it didn't disappoint. Also featuring a young Yngwie Malmsteen definitely added a good feel to this album.
Released in 1983 on October the 15th "No Parole For Rock 'N' Roll" was Alcatrazz's debut album.

Tracklist;

1 - Island In The Sun
2 - General Hospital
3 - Jet To Jet
4 - Hiroshima Mon Amour
5 - Kree Nakoorie
6 - Incubus
7 - Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live
8 - Big Foot
9 - Starcarr Lane
10 - Suffer Me


Personnel;

Graham Bonnet - Vocals
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Guitar
Gary Shea - Bass
Jan Uvena - Drums
Jimmy Waldo - Keyboards

Manowar - Fighting The World

Manowar's 5th studio album: Fighting The World was released on the 17th of February in 1987. The artwork was done by Ken Kelly and looks stunning! Since this album he has created all the artwork. It was also the first Heavy Metal album to be recorded and mixed on digital equipment (Apparently). Joey DeMaio wrote all the songs.

Tracklist;

1 - Fighting The World
2 - Blow Your Speakers
3 - Carry On
4 - Violence And Bloodshed
5 - Defender
6 - Drums Of Doom
7 - Holy War
8 - Master Of Revenge
9 -  Black Wind, Fire And Steel


Personnel;

Eric Adams - Vocals
Ross The Boss (Ross Friedman)  - Guitar & Keyboard
Joey DeMaio - Bass
Scott Columbus - Drums

KISS - Asylum

The 13th album released by KISS was Asylum. This album was definitely more Glam Metal than their previous Hard Rock albums but still a decent album featuring songs like "King Of The Mountain", "I'm Alive", "Secretly Cruel" & "Uh! All Night". It was released in 1985 on September the 16th. It was the first album where Bruce Kulick was an official band member.

Tracklist;

1 - King Of The Mountain
2 - Any Way You Slice It
3 - Who Wants To Be Lonely
4 - Trial By Fire
5 - I'm Alive
6 - Love's A Deadly Weapon
7 - Tears Are Falling
8 - Secretly Cruel
9 - Radar For Love
10 - Uh! All Night




Personnel;


Gene Simmons - Bass
Paul Stanley - Vocals
Bruce Kulick - Guitar
Eric Carr - Drums

Judas Priest - British Steel

British Steel was the 6th album that Judas Priest released. Coming out on the 14th of April in 1980. Using the same sound that made their previous album good (Killing Machine) but abandoning some of their old lyric style from their previous albums. This was Dave Hollands first album and also the first album where the songs were only written by current members of that band.

Tracklist;

1 - Rapid Fire
2 - Metal Gods
3 - Breaking The Law
4 - Grinder
5 - United
6 - You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
7 - Living After Midnight
8 - The Rage
9 - Steeler


Personnel;

Rob Halford - Vocals
K. K. Downing - Guitar
Glenn Tipton - Guitar
Ian Hill - Bass
Dave Holland - Drums

KISS -Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom was the 19th studio album that the band KISS released. There had been an 11 year gap since KISS had last released an album. That ended on October the 6th in 2009. With tracks such as "Modern Day Delilah", "Say Yeah" and "All For The Glory" it was a very good album in my opinion considering how long it had been since their last album. 

Tracklist;

1 - Modern Day Delilah
2 - Russian Roulette
3 - Never Enough
4 - Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect)
5 - Stand
6 - Hot And Cold
7 - All For The Glory
8 - Danger Us
9 - I'm An Animal
10 - When Lightning Strikes
11 -  Say Yeah


Personnel;

Gene Simmons - Bass
Paul Stanley - Vocals 
Tommy Thayer - Guitar
Eric Singer - Drums

Lita Ford - Out For Blood

Out For Blood is the debut album of Lita Ford formerly of The Runaways. She released this album in 1983 sometime in May. This is the original artwork for the album, unfortunately it was replaced with a picture of her stood in front of a purple background with her Guitar.

Tracklist;

1 - Out For Blood
2 - Stay With Me Baby
3 - Just A Feeling
4 - Ready, Willing And Able
5 - Die For Me Only (Black Widow)
6 - Rock 'N Roll Made Me What I Am Today
7 - If You Can't Live With It
8 - On The Run
9 - Any Way That You Want Me
10 - I Can't Stand It


Personnel;
Lita Ford - Guitar & Vocals
Neil Merryweather - Bass
Dusty Watson - Drums

Def Leppard - Hysteria

Hysteria is the 4th studio album by the English Rock band; Def Leppard. It is their best selling album. Released in 1987 on the 3rd of August. The album took so long to record because of multiple incidents/unfortunate events with band members.

Tracklist;

1 - Women
2 - Rocket
3 - Animal
4 - Love Bites
5 - Pour Some Sugar On Me
6 - Armageddon It
7 - Gods Of War
8 - Don't Shoot Shotgun
9 - Run  Riot
10 - Hysteria
11 - Excitable
12 - Love And Affection

Personnel;

Joe Elliot - Vocals
Phil Collen - Guitar
Steve Clark - Guitar
Rick Savage -Bass
Rick Allen - Drums

Warrant - Cherry Pie

Cherry Pie was the 2nd album released by Warrant. This contains arguably two of their best songs. "I Saw Red" & "Cherry Pie". It was released in 1990 on September The 11th.

Tracklist:

1 - Cherry Pie
2 - Uncle Tom's Cabin
3 - I Saw Red
4 - Bed Of Roses
5 - Sure Feels Good
6 - Love In Stereo
7 - Blind Faith
8 - Song And Dance Man
9 - You're The Only Hell Your Mama Ever Raised
10 - Mr. Rainmaker
11 - Train, Train

Personnel:

Jani Lane - Vocals
Joey Allen - Guitar
Erik Turner - Guitar
Jerry Dixon - Bass
Steven Sweet - Drums

Van Halen - Van Halen

Van Halen was the eponymous debut album by Van Halen. Released on February The 10th in 1978.

Tracklist:

1 - Runnin' With The Devil
2 - Eruption
3 - You Really Got Me
4 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
5 - I'm The One
6 - Jamie's Crying
7 - Atomic Punk
8 - Feel Your Love Tonight
9 - Little Dreamer
10 - Ice Cream Man
11 - On Fire

Personnel:

Eddie Van Halen - Guitar
David Lee Roth - Vocals
Alex Van Halen - Drums
Michael Anthony - Bass  Guitar

KISS - Hotter Than Hell

Hotter than Hell was the 2nd studio album that KISS released. It came out in 1974 on October the 22nd.

Tracklist:

1 - Got To Choose
2 - Parasite
3 - Goin' Blind
4 - Hotter Than Hell
5 - Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll
6 - All The Way
7 - Watchin' You
8 - Mainline
9 - Comin' Home
10 - Strange Ways

Personnel:

Gene Simmons - Bass
Paul Stanley - Vocals
Ace Frehley - Guitar
Peter Criss - Drums