Reviewed: April 2004Released: 2004, Perris RecordsRating: 3.2/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Michael Riesenbeck is a Dutch musician that handles most of the Guitar, Bass, Drums and Keyboards on this cd. He also gets help with Vocals, Bass and Keys on this debut as well from the likes of Jeff Pilson and…
Roxx – Outlaws, Fools, & Thieves
Reviewed: April 2004Released: 2004, Perris RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Roxx features vocalist Joey D who was in Skid Row briefly before Sebastian Bach joined. The band keeps the spirit alive with their brand of 80’s styled party rock. This is one raw RnR album. It has everything that was…
Syanide Kick – s/t
Reviewed: April 2004Released: 2004, Perris RecordsRating: 4.2/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Ahhh!!!! More LA Glam Metal. I just love it and get get enough of it. Why these guys never broke is beyond me after hearing the cd. The band features the bass player from Tuff and the drummer from Big…
Enuff Z\’ Nuff – Favorites
Reviewed: April 2004Released: 2003, TB RecordsRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Where do you start here? Enuff Z’Nuff has got to be one of the most underrated bands in Hard Rock history. They got unfairly lumped into the Hairband image when they first appeared on the scene with “New Thing” but…
Shane Gaalaas – Primer
Reviewed: March 2004Released: 2003, JunkMan RecordsRating: 3.2/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Canadian born drummer Shane Gaalaas releases his first ‘solo’ cd. Despite this being his debut disc he is no newcomer to recording. Shane’s appeared on albums by Michael Schenker and Yngwie Malmsteen over the course of his relatively short careear.…
Johnny Bolt – The Revelation
Reviewed: March 2004Released: 2003, Enlightening EntertainmentRating: 3.7/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Jesse Bolt hit the music scene back in the mid 70’s opening for the likes of Deep Purple and Sabbath before breaking up in the early 80’s. They got back together again a few years later only to disband for…
Mojo Rib – s/t
Reviewed: March 2004Released: 2003, Nuthing Sacred RecordsRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Awww man!!!!! Where do I begin with this one? When this arrived I didn’t know what to expect. Once I put it on I got about 30 seconds into the first song and had to go over to the…
Secret Heroes – Loose, High & Free
Reviewed: March 2004Released: 2003, Rock Parade RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Secret Hereos was formed by guitarist Ryan Heart in order to bring traditional Hard Rockin’ RnR back to life. Along with vocalist Fred Carson this bands debut is a high energy cd of Melodic Metal. Drummer Volker died before…
Yellowhouse – Illusions Of Everyday
Reviewed: February 2004Released: 2003, RockWerk RecordsRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Hailing out of Germany this 4 piece band delivers a great set of original guitar driven hard rock. Almost every song on this release is great and even the not so powerful ones are still better than some bands strongest.…
Def Leppard – X
Reviewed: August 2002 Released: 2002, Bludgeon Riffola / MercuryRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob If you’re looking for PYROMANIA II then don’t even bother with this disc, as you will probably not enjoy it. If you are a fan and like the rest of their stuff then this would be a…
Poison – Hollyweird
Reviewed: July 2002 Released: 2002, Cyanide Records Inc.Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob First a little background info. This is Poison’s first full-length studio album to feature the original 4 members since FLESH & BLOOD. Granted, they had 2 studio albums without C.C (one with Ritchie Kotzen and one with Blues…
Great White – GREATEST HITS
Reviewed: July 2002 Released: 2001, Capital RecordsRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Yet another “Best Of” package…. Anything totally amazing or unique about this one? Not really. It does have the basics on it as well as a couple of “Live” recordings which are nice to hear for a change, but…
Geoff Tate – S/T
Reviewed: July 2002 Released: 2002, Sanctuary RecordsRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Being a fan of Queensryche I was pretty interested in this release. I was expecting something totally different than his band stuff but not too far off the beaten path. More precisely I was expecting was more laid back…
Poison – Greatest Video Hits (DVD)
Reviewed: July 2002 Released: 2001, Capital RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Preamble/Intro A collection of 17 Poison videos and some bonus features.
Ozzy Osbourne – Live At Budokan (DVD)
Reviewed: July 2002 Released: 2002, Epic RecordsRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob Preamble/Intro A live concept in Japan in 2002.