AOR Blog: Album Oriented Rock

Iron Maiden has sold over 100 million albums worldwide in its 30+ year career but oddly never really achieved much chart success in the USA. The band has endured as one of the most successful acts in what was dubbed the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and is legendary in its native England, having [...]

Call my a VH purist, but I prefer the party-hearty, showman style of the Roth era over the workman-like pop leanings of the Hagar era. I like Sammy’s stuff, just not as much. While Van Halen has had many hits throughout the years, this playlist is not about the hits, it’s about standout album tracks that came out during the first Roth era.