Norman Whitfield became one of the most important producers at Motown Records after the departure of the Holland-Dozier-Holland team in…
You could call this “comeback triptych” of the Crue catalog: the first awkwardly throws Vince Neil back in the deep…
Schlockmania’s tour through the Motley Crue catalog continues with the three album released between 1987 and 1994. It’s a fascinating…
If you had to pick a single band that formed the template for glam metal, Motley Crue would be that…
As of this writing, 1978’s Coliseum Rock remains the final album of original material from Starz. However, founding member Richie…
For Sweet fans, the big moment of 2017 was the release of a box set entitled The Sensational Sweet: Volume…
This Catalog Crawl begins with the end: Coliseum Rock featured a retooled lineup and was the second of two albums…
Once a popular band transitions to legacy act, the chances to break fresh ground become fewer and further between. Recording…
The mid-’70s was a killer time for hard rock: bands like Kiss and Aerosmith broke through in a big way,…
During the era covered in this Catalog Crawl, Sweet becomes an enterprise divided into mini-empires, all with a different hand…
During their time at Mercury Records, Rush tended to use live albums as a way to put a bow on…
A combination of band malaise and record company politics killed off Sweet at the dawn of the ’80s… but few…