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My aotw this week is Firehouse - Hold your fire. A good all round rockin' album.

You are a funny glam rock chick Penny

Got your shit yet?

np Danger Danger-Cockroach (Ted Poley version)

I did, today, thankyou so much. Some interesting stuff there. I've posted yours too so you should get it soon.

And I'm not really a glam rock chick I wouldn't call Firehouse glam.

Penny wrote:My aotw this week is Firehouse - Hold your fire. A good all round rockin' album.

A damn fine album it is too! After reading Andrews news column It kinda sparked a CD dust off for me also.

bloody superb!

Cheers

Penny wrote:I wouldn't call Firehouse glam.

I wouldn't either.

On top of that, Firehouse beat out Nirvana for the "best new band" emmy during the early 90's. And guess who is still around today? Can't wait to get ahold of a copy of the new Firehouse cd "Prime Time".

Currently, my album of the week goes to Robin Beck "Trouble Or Nothin'". I got a cd-r copy in a trade, and it is excellent radio-friendly hard rock. Coca-cola promoted her single, but if you ask for my opinion, the single "First Time" is the weakest track on the album. It's a decent ballad, but the other rock tracks are better.

This week I don't have an album of the week because I am very busy with my new job

Penny wrote:
I wouldn't call Firehouse glam.

No, I wouldn't either. I have the CD Prime Time and it's sounds very nice to me

My album of the week is... 'Tribute to Van Halen 2000'. Its got everything, from the superb 'Unchained' played by Jack Russell,Dweezil Zappa,Marco Mendoza & Eric Singer too the terrible 'Pretty Woman' by the Nelson brothers with Albert Lee, Tony Levin & Aynsley Dunbar.

My album of the week is Hoobastank - The Reason. Absolutely awesome. I liked the first release but this one blows it away.

Made in Calfornia by Johnny Lima is my cd of the week.
Bon Jovi hooks and Def Leppard harmonies, what more can a melodic rock lover would want.

ok.....I'll admit it Fire house are not really glam.....more like good ol long haired late 80's american rock. I had Hold Your Fire and the first one on tape many years ago. At the time i thought they were cool.....i even had the Firehouse live VHS.......they were kind of a bunch of tools

I want that Hooba cd Sarge.......i'll see if they have it at one of the better cd shops in Canberra on my travels today

Doggy wrote

Bon Jovi hooks and Def Leppard harmonies, what more can a melodic rock lover would want.

How about better solos, more balls and less musical cliches

Better late than never for the AOTW. This weeks choice is Oleander -Joyride as I've finally got the thing and is even better in all it's glory rather than just sample clips

Another Tribute album for me this week. This time 'Tribute to Boston'. I will never understand why Steve Overland of FM never made it BIG. He must possess one of the best voices in the world. He certainly sings perfect on 'Long time' then on 'Amanda' he is like an angel

I won't be online tomorrow or Christmas, so I will have my AOTW a day early.

This week, it goes to Shiva "S/T"

If you still haven't bought this album yet, you should. Even complete haters of female-fronted rock have found a reason to like this album. A must for any collection.

Shiva's new album is due in January. It will be interesting to know how Shiva will have any heaping hell at topping their debut.

My AOTW is Allan Holdsworth-All Night Wrong. It came out about a year ago and they finally got a copy at the cd shop. Its awesome. You wouldn't know it was live if it wasn't for the clapping at the end of each song. Jimmy Johnson and Chad Wackerman are top shit as well. I will say it once more if i have infact said it before.....Allan Holdsworth is the most amazing guitarist ever!!!

This week my AOTW is Warren Zevon's last album "The Wind". He made this album as he was dying of lung cancer and it shows as he struggles to finish some vocal lines as he runs out of breath. This album is as good as anything he's ever made.

Sad about Warren Zevon. The only song of his I know is that Werewolves of London.

Tali, the Holdsworth album has probably been doctored.

My album this week is Pretty Maids - First Cuts and Then Some. It has a couple of rockin' Christmas songs. And there's a picture of Santa on the covering sleeve.

My AOTW is Stone Temple Pilots - Thank you. The bonus DVD has over 3 hours of content including music videos, live footage and bootleg stuff so well worth changing the damn region settings on the PC as it's only as US release with that little extra.

This week it's Dream Theater - Train of Thought. The best thing they've done since Awake in my opinion. They've stopped wanking so much and wrote some heavy songs.

Sgt Schultz wrote:This week it's Dream Theater - Train of Thought. The best thing they've done since Awake in my opinion. They've stopped wanking so much and wrote some heavy songs.

After I bought the thing it didn't leave my player for like 2 weeks straight. A lot of people are bitching about the album on the DT boards. The main complaint is its not Images & Words. I love the heaviness and aggressiveness of the songs.

I'll nominate my Xmas pressie this week. King Diamond's Two from the vault, Fatal portrait/Abigail. If I have to pick one it would be 'Abigail'. Good 80's Heavy metal.

While waiting for cd version of "Bent" by an Aussie called Heaven, which I won at Ebay. I have given the vinyl are good old thrashing.

Entering the new year, my album of the week will go to Savannah "Forever's Come and Gone."

However, it won't be the original album. I never liked the album because the songs don't flow into each other. I have rearranged the track order on a cd-r, and now it sounds a lot better than it did before, almost similar to their first album.

If you have the album and you want to hear the rearranged version, burn a copy with the track order I've listed on the melrock classics board:

http://www.melodicrock-classics.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=364

Any second opinions are appreciated, since the classics board isn't exactly thriving right now.

MY AOTW is 'Truth in Shredding' MVP/Allan Holdsworth/Frank Gambale.

Holdsworth gets a nod 2 weeks in a row....closing out the year.

Holdsworth doesn't need to doctor his shit Penny.....he's Holdsworth dammit.

Who is Holdsworth? I've never heard of him.

My album this week is Black Majesty's Sands of Time. Excellent Aussie metal.

Penny wrote:Who is Holdsworth?

I know who he is...

Quotes on Holdsworth from a couple of decent guitar players.

"He's out there, spacy and so into playing weird, but I love the sound he gets. He's the probably the only guitarist who has made me go, 'Huh? How did he do that?" Eddie Van Halen

"He is frightening." - Gary Moore

My aotw is Neal Morse - Testimony. Brilliant is the only word to describe this one. Some may think the lyrics a bit too 'religious' but to me it is just a man telling the story of his spiritual journey. This one is straight from the heart of a great songwriter.

Another quote about Holdsworth from another guitarist.

"He's really fucking scary"
-Taliwakker-

AOTW time again.

This week it is Freak Kitchen - Move.

This is probably one one of my most played cds of the last two years.
Its just awesome.

My AOTW is new cd by Cornerstone. Once again Doogie White has released awesome cd. There a lot of Rainbow meets DT . The dueling between the keyboardist and the guitarist, reminds me Purple.