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Location: San Francisco / Chase Center / United States of AmericaDate: Friday, December 17, 2021 and Sunday, December 19, 2021 The year was 1981. Hard rock fans were being treated to albums like AC/DC - For Those About to…

In mid-June 1970, Uriah Heep released their studio debut »Very ‘eavy … Very ‘umble« in the UK (RockLine review) and laid the groundwork for a musical artistry all their own. It didn't take more albums than their contemporaries needed to…

Five years have flown by in a flash. Five years since we lost one of the greatest musical visionaries in the history of rock 'n' roll – the brilliant mind of David Bowie. Fifty years ago this November, the man put out his third studio…

King Crimson put out not one but two albums in 1970. The second one, "Lizard" (RockLine review), was recorded by a completely different lineup, one that, just like the patched-together crew behind its predecessor, was doomed to a short…

»With »Trespass«, their first prog record, the band took a massive step forward from the previous album and showed that, despite the members' youth, they were one of the most mature groups of the day. Or rather: the music they started…

Soon after forming in the second half of the sixties, Van Der Graaf Generator became a band that pushed musical boundaries with its progressive vision and unbridled pioneering swagger, throwing the doors wide open for the progressive rock…

For Saxon, 1980 was the most important year of the band's career. That February, they dropped the album »Wheels of Steel« and took the torch from a freshly born phalanx of bands serving up, for the time, a combination of insanely fast and…

What is there left to say about an album that's already had everything said about it? Did anyone ever even need to say anything about an album like this? A fast 40 years have gone by since it came out in early November 1980. Even a passing…

Iron Maiden released the live album »Live After Death« 35 years ago. It was mid-October of that long-gone year. The story behind it is a feat on the level of the biblical exploits of gray-bearded Moses. A story about Eddie the mummy…

“Atom Heart Mother”, Pink Floyd's fifth studio album overall, is considered one of the most overlooked records of their entire career, even though with it the band put out something completely different from its predecessor »Ummagumma«…

After »Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son«, the hugely successful tour that followed its release – with the band pushing their stagecraft even further, expanding and enriching all the sets and scenery to serve up even more spectacular shows –…

1969 went down as the year Led Zeppelin's rock'n'roll supernova exploded, and it was impossible to look away. All of a sudden, this new star was blazing at full intensity. That year they built an incredible launch ramp and catapulted…

This September marked 40 years since the release of Ozzy's debut, "Blizzard of Ozz." It's the album that saved the singer's music career. To get a rough picture of how we ended up with the album that marked Ozzy's final step into a solo…

In early 1980, AC/DC found themselves in a seriously unenviable position. The Grim Reaper tapped their enigmatic vocalist Bon Scott on the shoulder and invited him along. For good. On 19 February 1980, he was found dead in the early…