At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynistic, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city…
Exumer was an early German thrash metal band with close ties to Angel Dust (their labelmates on the Desaster imprint) and a raw, vicious, unsophisticated style derived chiefly from influences like Venom, Exodus, and Slayer…
Latest and Greatest Rock is a roaring 3 disc collection featuring 60 essential high calibre Rock anthems from the biggest and baddest bands This monster set includes modern and classic Rock hits plus a dose of indie and heavy metal to complete the album. The impressive line-up includes Marilyn Manson, Papa Roach, Puddle Of Mudd, Soundgarden, Anthrax, Monster Magnet, Blink 182 to name but a few. Also featured are renowned bands such as Motorhead, Diamond Head, Magnum, Dio, Judas Priest and Status Quo. The album concludes with the greatest classic cuts from Alice Cooper, Kiss, Boston, Heart, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, Rainbow and many more legendary bands.
Kreator (pronounced "creator") is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mille Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Frédéric Leclercq. The band's lineup has changed multiple times over its 38-year career, most noticeably with their bassists and lead guitarists. Petrozza and Reil are the only two original members left in Kreator, though the latter had one hiatus from the band, from 1994 to 1996…