We're An American Band is the seventh studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad, better known as Grand Funk. The album was released by Capitol Records on July 15, 1973, and went gold in the United States just over a month after its release. Two singles were released from the album. The first, "We're An American Band", was released on July 2, 1973, and the second, "Walk Like […]

This album was recorded in 2009 by the band of Wishbone Ash bassist Martin Turner and his band, Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash. Argus, is considered one of the best Wishbone Ash albums originally recorded in the 70s.Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash entered the studio in 2009 and re-recorded the entire Argus, reviving the epic dream stories and unique guitar melodies of the first recording, elements that influenced the entire spectrum of […]

By the time his third solo album was released in 1983, Suicide frontman Alan Vega had decided he wanted to escape the punk art ghetto he had confined himself to and seek the mainstream success Suicide had never had. So for Saturn Strip, Vega signed a major contract, his first with Elektra Records, and did everything he could to make it a success. He used producer and Suicide fan Ric […]

Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes, the main recording of which took place in July 1982. The album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and cassette on April 13, 1983, and on CD in 1987 with two additional tracks, "Ugly" and "Gimme The Car".In 2002, Rhino Records remastered the album, adding an additional CD of demos and live performances of tracks as well as a radio […]

The psychedelic jazz-rock band Sweet Smoke was formed in Brooklyn in 1967, originally named Sweet Smoke Of The Happy Pipeful, but was active from 1969-1974 in what was then West Germany.Their debut album, Just A Poke, was released by EMI Columbia in Germany in 1970. It was also released in Italy, the Netherlands and France, where, due to their stage presence in those countries, they were quite popular. They were […]