Monday, May 19, 2014

Winger Gives Melodic Rock Fans Big-Time Reason For Optimism With "Better Days Comin'"

For most long-time hard rock aficionados, it probably seems like it has been a while since they've heard from Winger.  But the band best known for its late-80's/early-90's take on hair metal has actually had its comeback in the works for a while now.

After the 1993 release of Pull, the band released IV in 2006 and Karma in 2009, with neither one garnering much notice by critics nor fans.  However, something feels noticeably different about their new release, Better Days Comin'

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

New Album Helps Saliva "Rise Up" After Departure of Original Singer

If ever the odds were stacked against a band, 2014 found Saliva at a point where a high percentage of their peers met their demise.  They were more than a decade past a career highlight - the 2002 nomination of their song "Your Disease" for the Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy - and had recently parted ways with  founding vocalist, Josey Scott.

But rock-n-roll is about beating odds and stereotypes and Saliva set out to beat both with their latest release, Rise Up, their first with new singer, Bobby Amaru.