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Vol IV, Issue 4 – High flyer (15 Feb 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 3 – High flyer (15 Feb 2019)

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Name of song– High flyer

Band – UFO

Writers– Michael Schenker & Phil Mogg

Album- Force It

Release year– 1975

 

High flyer

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

“UFO” is a classic hard rock band formed in London in 1968. Creating classic hard rock numbers like “Shoot shoot”, “Rock bottom”, “Let it roll”, “Only you can rock me”, they have a cult status in the rock world. An intermediate bridge between early hard rock, heavy metal and new wave of British heavy metal, they are a perfect classic hard rock band. Formed by Phil Mogg (Vocals), Mick Bolton (Guitars), Pete Way (Bass) and Andy Parker (Drums), they were a small band to begin with. However, soon, with the addition of Michael Schenker from Scorpions, they drove to international stardom in the early seventies. With much line-up changes, over the next decades, they consolidated their success and they have been still going strong!

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Vol IV, Issue 2 – Holiday (15 Jan 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 2 – Holiday (15 Jan 2019)

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Name of song– Holiday

Band – Scorpions

Writer– Klaus Meine

Album- Lovedrive

Release year– 1979

 

Holiday

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

“Scorpions” are one of the most popular hard rock/heavy metal bands from the late sixties and going on strong till present. Formed in 1965 by Rudolf Schenker in Germany, they were able to establish themselves as hard rock band from the early days. However, with addition of Rudolf’s brother Michael Schenker as guitarist and Klaus Meine as vocalists, the band skyrocketed from Germany into the entire world. Various line-up changes followed during their career. The addition of Matthias Jabs as lead guitarist in 1978 shifted the band into more heavy metal sound along with prototype hard rock ballads. Endowed with total 18 studio albums till date, they have had numerous accolades and loyal fan following all over the world. They have been considered as “The Heroes of Heavy Metal” by The Rolling Stones and “Ambassadors of Rock” by MTV and were ranked 46th on VH1’s Greatest Artists of hard Rock.

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Vol III, Issue 21 – Heroes (01 Nov 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 21 – Heroes (01 Nov 2018)

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Name of song– Heroes

Singer – David Bowie

Album- Heroes

Writers– David Bowie & Brian Eno

Release year– 1977

Peak chart positions

# 8 – Ireland (IRMA)                                    # 9 – Netherlands (Singles Top 100)

# 11 – Australia (AMR)                                 # 17 – Belgium

# 19 – Austria                                              # 19 – Germany

# 24 – UK Singles Chart                                # 35 – New Zealand

# 126 – US Singles Chart

Special mention  

# 46 – Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs Of All time”

# 15 – NME’s “500 Greatest Songs Of All Time”

# 34 – Mojo Magazine’s “The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time”

# 24 – Radio X’s “The Top 1000 Songs Of All Time”

# 7 – Radio X’s “Best Of British”

# 6 – Pitchfork’s “The 200 Best Songs Of The 1970s”

Heroes

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

“David Bowie” was an English musician who changed the face of world music forever. The founder of glam rock, he ventured into all genres of music and succeeded in all. Whether it is pop, rock, funk, disco, dance, he has been equally successful and influential in all. Undoubtedly, Bowie has been considered as one of the most influential musician of the 20th century. With more than 140 million album sales worldwide, he is considered one of the world’s best selling music artists. In 2000, he was voted “the most influential artist of all time” by his fellow music stars. Besides music, he was also a talented actor. In modern world, it is almost impossible to find any musician not influenced by him.

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Vol III, Issue 19 – The temple of the king (01 Oct 2018)

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Vol III, Issue 19 – The temple of the king (01 Oct 2018)

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Name of song– The temple of the king

Band – Rainbow

Album- Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow

Writers– Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio

Release year– 1975

The temple of the king

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

“Rainbow” may be not a common name to a hard rock fan, but it is a band having a significant contribution in the rock world since the late seventies. With over 28 million records sales worldwide, they have been voted no. 90 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. The band was the brainchild of “Deep Purple” guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. In 1975, Ritchie Blackmore felt alienated from Deep Purple with some musical differences and he teamed up with Ronnie James Dio’s band “Elf”, creating “Rainbow” (Also known as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow). The band had various ups and downs with numerous line up changes and produced many albums and are still going strong. Their most notable numbers include “Since you’ve been gone”, “Jealous lover”, “Stone cold”, “Street of dreams” etc.

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