Just for fun's sake and as an indication of the listening tastes of all you brothers of melodic rock out there!
1.NIGHT RANGER -phenomenal band, vocalist, and guitarists - Watson and Gillis!
2.HEARTLAND - i reckon Chris Ousey as a vocalist rocks major league and Steve Morris is a way cool guitarist. Their best is yet to come - new rocking album imminent. Look out for side project "The Distance" - fantastic.
3.DEEP PURPLE - Love Blackmore and all the lineup changes assure real diversity. They've hardly done a bad album in 3 decades!
4.HELLOWEEN - all the prog/power clones(and their are many these days) took all their references from Helloween and a certain Yngwie Malmsteen!
5.BOSTON - my favourite of the Journey/Foreigner clique of AOR bands not least because they rock the heaviest. I just wish they were more prolific!
6.KANSAS - talk about experimental and pompous! But some of those melodies are killer! I hear the new album's a cracker.
7.WARRANT - don't laugh. They've done some cracking stuff. I hope their next album's as ballsy as Dog Eat Dog and Jani's a really good songwriter.
8.THIN LIZZY - Gorham and Robertson - twin guitar bliss! But then come to think of it John Sykes wasn't half bad and Snowy White ditto! Phil Lynott - a god!
9. TEN - I don't care if people say they are imitators -because they are not! Their derivative of a few bands (ie Whitesnake) etc. but so is everyone. What they do, they do exceedingly well - My dream package tour - Ten, Heartland and Danger Danger - pure bliss!
10. VAN HALEN - except for Cherone! He sucked - Sammy and DLR ruled!
Honourable mentions and growers - Harem Scarem, Danger Danger, Autograph, Ozzy Osbourne, Emerald Rain, Orion the Hunter, Diving for Pearls.
So get craking! What do you guys think!
Cheers! KAOS FAN!