It seems like the days of flipping through vast vinyl, cassette, or CD collections is a thing of the past. And while there’s no denying the convenience of having all your favorite albums on a mobile device, it’s becoming more common for recordings to get lost in the shuffle and/or completely forgotten about.
Author/journalist Greg Prato is willing to provide some assistance, with his 12th book overall, Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention. Inside, you will find countless albums that you may have completely forgotten about or perhaps have never even heard of before.
Starting with AC/DC’s Flick of the Switch and wrapping up with Zombi’s Surface to Air, countless styles of music are represented in between – rock n’ roll, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative, new wave, punk, hardcore, grunge, jazz, fusion, psychedelic, prog, folk, blues, funk, soul, rap, spoken word, power pop, big band, glam, experimental, instrumental, soundtracks…the list goes on and on. But the selections stay strong!
Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, whose writing has appearing in Rolling Stone, among other outlets. He is also the author of several acclaimed books, including Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon, The Eric Carr Story, and MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, among others.
Now available as paperback ($12.99, 256 pages), Kindle ($9.99, 287 pages), and Nook.
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Lets not forget the classic debut by vandenberg!!
Psychedelic garage band Teenage Fanclub put out their first record, Bandwagonesque, in 1991. The next two albums, Thriteen and Grand Prix, are equally awesome. Self depricating lyrics set to the sickest melodies known to mankind. The only way I can describe them is: the Beatles on Prozac. They’re still selling out stadiums in Europe without hardly getting a club gig here. In my opinion, the best band ever to have never made it in the US.
Get every album from Teenage Fanclub-total ear-candy! Nice one, Mr. Hohenshelt!
Awesome that Riverdogs already got a mention!
This was Vivian Campbell’s ‘new’ band at the time and I quickly came to realize that their singer Rob Lamothe was the TRUE star of this band. No offense to Viv who also showed a great bluesy side and showed how versatile he is. Far more than just the shredder we knew from Dio.
Riverdogs are AMAZING!!! (I even have the logo tattooed on my back shoulder!)
ROXX – Dimonds And Rust
Outlaws,Fools And Thieves Great glam rock N.Y.C.
Rose Tattoo- Rock and Roll outlaw,Angel City- Face to Face,Joe Perry-Let the music do the Talking,Scorpions-Lovedrive,AC/DC-Powerage,Fastway-Debut,Twisted Sister-Under the Blade,Black Sabbath-TYR,Zakk Wylde-Book of Shadows,Iron Maiden-Virtual XI,Def Leppard-High and Dry,Gary Moore-Victims of the Future,Slash snake pit-Ain’t life Grand?,Jake e Lee-Fine pink Mist,Ritchie Kotzen-Into the Black