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Here they stand, brothers them allAll the sons, divided they’d fallHere await the birth of the sonThe seventh, the heavenly, the chosen oneOhhhh!Here the birth from an unbroken lineBorn the healer, the seventh, his timeUnknowingly blessed and as his life unfoldsSlowly unveiling the power he holdsOhhhh!Seventh son of a seventh sonSeventh son of a seventh
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Savatage must be the most underrated Metal band. Why? I just don’t understand. Gutter Ballet is the fifth full-length album produced by the American progressive metal band Savatage. It was the second album created under the direction of producer Paul O’Neill. Initially, on 1 December 1989 it was released. But I am only focusing on
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We all know ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ by Band Aid and we all know ‘We are the World’ by USA for Africa. But the one genuinely great charity song is so often forgotten ‘Stars’ by Hear ‘N’ Aid. These were the people involved in it: Lead VocalsEric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult)Ronnie James Dio (Dio)Don
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Stairway to Heaven There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is goldAnd she’s buying a stairway to heavenWhen she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closedWith a word she can get what she came forOoh, ooh, and she’s buying a stairway to heavenThere’s a sign on the wall, but she wants
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It is not often that all versions of a song are great. However, Whitesnake’s -Here I go again certainly has 3 great versions of the song. “Hang on” I here you say” Are there not only 2 versions of that song> The 1987 album version and the radio edit version?” No, the original version was
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Say what you want about Ozzy Osbourne, but he did perform and sing some truly classic Rock songs. He was still a teenager when he joined Black Sabbath and was only 22 when they recorded ‘Paranoid’. As the title suggests, this song is about a man who is paranoid. The driving guitar and bass create
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I know I am a bit early, it is only early October so why talk about November Rain. I am of course talking about the epic song by Guns N Roses with the title “November Rain” Slash states in his autobiography that an 18-minute version of “November Rain” was recorded at a session with guitarist
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When you hear “Love is all” you are probably more reminded of something the Beatles may have done rather then a bunch of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal artists. Yet that is exactly who were involved in the creation of this beautiful, colourful even fairytale like tale and melody. The song was released in 1974
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In today’s edition of ROCKTOBER you get two for the price of ‘One'(see what I did there?) Starting of with Metallica’s epic song “One” Metallica thrashed into the MTV mainstream with this nightmarish tale of a World War I soldier who steps on a landmine and wakes up to find he’s lost his arms, legs,
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As you can see I renamed October to ROCKTOBER- Throughout the month I shall be posting classic Rock songs and the stories behind them. Starting with Deep Purple’s “Child in Time” It is the 3rd track on the a side of Deep Purple’s classic 1970 album “Deep Purple in Rock” Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan has
History of Sorts 