Friday, August 31, 1990

Inside Out

Inside Out
USA
Hardcore punk, metallic hardcore

Features Zack de la Rocha before he went on to form and front Rage Against the Machine.


No Spiritual Surrender (1990)

Friday, August 24, 1990

The Lemon Pipers

The Lemon Pipers
Oxford, Ohio, United States
Psychedelic pop, bubblegum pop


Green Tambourine (1968)
Jungle Marmalade (1968)
The Lemon Pipers (1990) Comp.

Tuesday, August 21, 1990

Immortal

Immortal
Bethpage, New York, USA
Speed/thrash metal


Dead and Buried (1990) EP

Friday, August 17, 1990

Forcefield

Forcefield
USA
Hard rock

Formed in 1987, Forcefield’s ever-changing line-up brought together the mainstays of some of the biggest 80s rock bands. The original members were Pete Prescott, Ray Fenwick and Cozy Powell. Amongst guitarist Fenwick’s credits were The Spencer Davis Group, Fancy and Ian Gillan Band, while drummer Powell had been a key figure in bands of the calibre of Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Whitesnake and is widely regarded as an all-time rock great. Prescott completed the line-up fresh from a stint as lead vocalist of Sergent. The debut album Forcefield consisted of reworked rock standards such as Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water, The Kinks’ Set Me Free and Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love mixed with a selection of original material and attracted a cult following.
The band went on to release a further four albums on the President label- Forcefield II: The Talisman, Forcefield III: To Oz and Back, Forcefield IV: Let The Wild Run Free and the compilation Instrumentals. Black Sabbath lead singer Tony Martin took over vocal duties for Forcefield II and then himself handed over to former Rainbow frontman Graham Bonnet for the final two releases. Another major addition for these later works was Dutch guitarist Jan Akkerman, who achieved huge international acclaim for his work in the band Focus.


Forcefield (1987)
Forcefield II: The Talisman (1988)
Forcefield III: To Oz and Back (1989)
Forcefield IV: Let the Wild Run Free (1990)