In 1991 the funk-metal explosion was in full swing with albums from Extreme, Dan Reed Network, Living Colour, Kingofthehill and others seeing solid coverage in the press and airplay everywhere you could possibly look. The Prince-meets-Glam Metal combination would prove to a short lived phenomenon that appealed to not only the headbanging nightclub goer but […]
Review: Valentine – Demos From The Attic 20th Century Music (August 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Valentine “return” with a set of demo tracks recorded after their first album in anticipation for a second album that would never materialize. Yes, I’m aware they did technically release a second album as the band Open Skyz, but this […]
New York City cult AOR heroes Valentine have released their new single, ‘Heart of the City‘ as a precursor to their upcoming ‘Demos From The Attic‘ collection, which is scheduled for the end of July through 20th Century Music / Vanity Music Group. Recorded in the early 90’s and intended to be included on the follow up to their Giant Records debut, the single, along with a plethora of other demos were stored away, seemingly forever until 20th […]
Continuing their quest to unleash unreleased music from noteworthy hard rock bands across the globe, 20th Century Music will be releasing Wicked Witch‘s ‘Wicked Witch of Boston‘ on 27 April 2018. Comprised of members that went on to join and form bands such as Savatage, Metal Church, Trans Siberian Orchestra and Circle II Circle, Wicked Witch […]
New German / American reissue label 20th Century Music is set to release three long lost and out of print titles to make anyone’s upcoming holiday season better than expected. December 8th sees ‘IDEFI‘, the material that should have made up Houston based progressive metallers Drive‘s third album, finally hit the streets in a proper […]
Review: Black Bambi – Black Bambi 20th Century Music (August 2017) Reviewer: Dan Mann Black Bambi, one of the multitude of bands that never ‘made it’ back in those heady days of the late 80’s and early 90’s. With legendary producer Beau Hill at the helm and with the backing of Atlantic Records everything was […]
A new reissue label focusing on the 1975 – 1995 era of popular – and not always so popular – music, has thrown their hat into the ring. 20th Century Music is a German – American partnership operating as a division of Vanity Music Group that will concentrate on both licensing material from major and […]
What do you do when all of your plans go sideways? Picture this: It’s 1990 and you’re in one of, if not the most hotly tipped rock band in the United States. Tons of press, sold out club shows around Southern California and girls lining up as far as the eye can see. And then […]
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