TNT’S PICK
Bryan Adams
Linkin Park
Essential Album: Hybrid theory
The first in its genre, this band
has changed the way rock music is
followed the world over. Their ability
to have a fusion of rap/hip hop and
conventional rock totally rules.
Crosby, Stills, Nash
& Young
Essential Album: Deja Vu
More than any other group of their
time, they endeared themselves to a
generation of youth with their lyric
themes and an eclectic variety of
musical styles.
Deep Purple
Essential Album: Very Best Of Deep
Purple
They shuffled personnel and musical
styles until they became one of the
most successful bands on the concert
and recording circuit.
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Yes
Essential Album: Very Best Of Yes
In spite of more than the usual
number of major personnel changes,
this group has had a long and
successful career.
Queen
Essential Album: Platinum Collection
The band that put the glitter in Glitter
Rock is second only to the Beatles in
album sales in the UK.
Creedence
Clearwater
Revival
Essential Album: Chronicle
At the height of the British Invasion,
they were the leading American rock
band.
TNT’S PICK
KISS
Essential Album: Waking up the Essential Album: Gold
Neighbours Mix Hard Rock with over-the-top
This singer has had numerous appearance and stage antics and
successes for over three decades you get the fathers of glitter-punk.
and still continues to rock even at
the age of fifty. We salute Canada’s
greatest export in music.
The Police
Sex Pistols Essential Album: Every Breath You
Take: The Classics
The Police distinguished themselves
Essential Album: Never Mind The by being able to be successful in the
Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols mainstream playing experimental
Their short life as a rebellious and rock.
proudly controversial punk band
Chicago was out of proportion to the huge
influence they had on pop culture in
England. Skid Row
Essential Album: Only The Lynyrd Skynyrd
Beginning
Formed in 1967, Chicago became Essential Album: Skid Row
one of the most successful orchestral The Cranberries Essential Album: Skynyrd’s Innyrds One of the best hard rock acts from
rock groups and is still active four Described by All Music Guide as “the the late eighties to the nineties Skid
decades later. definitive Southern Rock band,” they Row’s raw energy and Sebastian
Essential Album: No Need To Argue reunited ten years after the deaths Bach’s screeching vocals made them
The group was one of the most of three original members in a 1977 a show stopper and a future hall of
successful rock acts of the 90’s and plane crash, and still perform today. famer.
Tesla sold over 12.5 million albums in the
United States alone.
Black Sabbath
Essential Album: Five Man Acoustical Rush
Jam
Essential Album: We Sold Our Soul
Tesla’s music is often referred to as
Essential Album: Permanent Waves For Rock And Roll
heavy metal, but is better described
Rush is considered one of rock’s best One of the long lasting and most
as hard rock with a bluesy feel. One
of the most talented bands around. live bands, in addition to cranking successful groups is credited as
out 30 albums over 30 years. the first Heavy Metal band. Ozzy’s
breakthrough started with the band.
Scorpions
Essential Album: Still loving you
Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard
rock band from Hanover, Germany
which have survived the rigours of
travelling and rock music for over
forty years and has sold over 75
million albums worldwide.In this
case we will let the statistics do the
talking.
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