Brainstorm

2008 release featuring these two classic Osmonds albums on one disc, available for the first time on CD. The Osmonds may have existed in one form or another before and after their massive '70s success but this is the first time in over 30 years that their musical legacy can be experienced in full. Brainstorm (1976) was their ninth album, followed by Steppin' Out a year later…

Fashion Pink were actually the ancestor band to Brainstorm,which recordings saw no light until 2000.They were formed in Baden-Baden in 1968 by multi-instrumentalist Roland Schaeffer along with Eddy von Overheidt on keyboards,Jürgen Argast on bass,Helmut Rusch on guitars and Joachim Koinzer on drums,all coming from local pop groups…

Fashion Pink were considered Baden-Baden’s Super Group. Rusch modelled himself on Jimi Hendrix and was the first to play a Fender Stratocaster including a Marshall-tower. Fashion Pink were the first in the region to play so called progressive underground music, mixed with jazz elements and free-jazz intermezzos. However, this line-up was only short-lived, since Helmut was drafted by the German Armed Forces and Jürgen left the band due to differences about the music. He was replaced with Rainer Bodensohn, who had originally learnt to play the guitar, but later on chose the transverse flute as his main instrument and also played bass. Before Helmut left the band in October 1969, Fashion Pink were the first of many bands to give a guest performance with the radio station Südwestfunk (today SWR) in Baden-Baden, and so this promising up-and-coming band recorded songs in Südwestfunk’s recording studio U1…

BRAINSTORM are one of Europe‘s most successful power metal acts. With albums like “Soul Temptation“ (2003) and „Liquid Monster“ (2005) the band has released classics of the genre and made unmistakably clear what BRAINSTORM is all about: gutsy melodic metal of highest quality. Now the Swabian bunch strikes again and their brand new album „Firesoul“.

' When Brainstorm's second album, "Journey to the Light", failed to sell, some people reasoned that it was due to a shortage of up-tempo material. So with its third and final album, "Funky Entertainment", the Detroit band decided to go for maximum disco appeal and make up-tempo songs a top priority. While "Journey to the Light" was primarily an album for listening, "Funky Entertainment" is very dance-oriented. "Funky Entertainment" wasn't a big seller, but it did enjoy some exposure in dance clubs. At the same time, there were die-hard Brainstorm fans who felt that by neglecting ballads, slow jams, and quiet storm material, the Motor City residents were selling themselves short creatively. And, to be sure, "Funky Entertainment" is the least-essential and least-memorable of Brainstorm's three albums.' Review by Alex Henderson at AMG