Grand Design is the band that will bring the songs and sound of eighties rock back into your media players and back onto the big stages. Beware!!! The eighties are here!!!!!!

Italian rockers 17 Crash have released a video teaser for their new single “Fat Love” which will be released on January 13 2017. “If you’re a fan of Faster Pussycat, Pretty Boy Floyd, Slik Toxik, etc., give Reading Your Dirty Minds a try.

The Tuff issued by their label RLS Records two new releases for celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band. The first, “The Glam Years 1985-1989” includes 12 tracks recorded precisely between 1985 and 1989 and published as a demo or EP at the time. Some of the tracks but do not present the classic line-up with Stevie Rachelle vocals, but with Jim Gillette (1985-1987), later founder of Nitro with Michael Angelo Batio.

Although the original recordings still rock decades later, I found most of these somewhat altered versions, well, refreshing. The basic song structures are the same (no rap versions for example) and some of them are done by the original artists. There are a few that I really don’t care for, however for the most part, this is a great list of tunes that provide hours of headbanging entertainment.