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Shot for Shot Remake of Worst Video Ever

It’s a fact that most 80s videos look dated and don’t hold up well, but Journey’s “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” takes it to a new level. Taken from their 1983 album “Frontiers”, the song is classic Journey, driven by Jonathan Cain’s keyboards and Neal Schon’s guitar. The song was a big hit, [...]

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Michael Bolton: Rocker?

80s R&B hitmaker Michael Bolton went through a rock phase early in his career.  After a couple of failed singer-songwriter solo albums in the mid-1970s, Bolton gave hard rock a try as the frontman of Blackjack, a four-piece unit that also featured future KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick.  Bolton (then going by his real name Bolotin), [...]

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The Babys: Midnight Rendevous (1980)

UK-based power-pop band The Babys formed in 1976 and scored two Top 20 singles with “Isn’t it Time” and “Every Time I Think of You”. Of particular note is the fact that two of The Babys later achieved even greater success in the 1980s. Vocalist/bassist John Waite went solo and had a number [...]

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