Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion
List Price:
Our Price: $8.99
You Save: $40.99 (82%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Brand: HollywoodEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Music Label: Cleopatra
Free Music Notes for Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion
Free Music Review: Hair Metal Heaven
Hit: 5 Stars
Released as a companion piece to the Hollywood Rocks: The Ultimate Guide to the 1980's Hollywood, California Rock-N-Roll Music Scene book, Deadline's 4-disc box set is a terrific chronicle of the Hollywood rock scene in the 1980's. Whether you call it hair metal, glam metal or hard rock, this music dominated the charts in the 80's, and it's good to see a serious attempt to chronicle the era.
Disc 1 covers the early years of the hair metal scene, 1980-85. The disc features pre-Guns n' Roses band Hollywood Rose, Ratt in the Mickey Rat days, Warrant, Armored Saint (an odd inclusion), Steeler, Dokken, WASP, Quiet Riot and plenty of lesser-known bands.
Disc 2 covers 1985-1988, the glory days of hair metal. Big names here include Poison, Stryper, Great White (though it was a pre-85 song), LA Guns, Lizzy Borden and Faster Pussycat, along with lesser known (but still excellent) bands like Rough Cutt, Rock City Angels, Sea Hags and WWIII.
Disc 3 covers 1988-1989, and includes bands like Keel, Bang Tango, Junkyard and King Kobra as well as lesser-knowns like Angora, Black Cherry and Lions & Ghosts. This was about the time when the music was getting either sleazier or more melodic, and there's a good mix of both here.
Disc 4 focuses on bands that emerged in the early 1990's prior to the arrival of grunge. There are some reasonably well-known bands like Jetboy, Love/Hate and Pretty Boy Floyd, but most of the 19 bands on this disc are pretty obscure. You can tell the scene was losing some steam by this point, and the difference in energy and creativity from disc 1 to disc 4 is evident.
Label issues prevented some bands from being included, and some bands that are included aren't represented by their biggest hits. There is also a fluctuation in sound quality that I assume has to do with the quality of the source material. Those issues aside, it's hard to beat the variety of bands included here.
The Hollywood Rocks box set is a terrific companion to the book, but it's also an essential chronicle of the one of the most colorful and vibrant music scenes of the decade. This box set is an absolute must-have for any serious hair metal fan, and is a great way for new fans to go beyond what they see every week on VH1 Classics.
Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion Poster
DISC 1: Early 80s (1980-1985)1. Hollywood Rose - Killing Time
2. Hellion - Run For Your Life
3. Mickey Rat - Dr. Rock
4. Plain Jane - Time Warp
5. Candy - Whatever Happened To Fun
6. Steeler - Cold Day In Hell
7. Dokken - It s Not Love
8. W.A.S.P. - F**k Like A Beast
9. Black N Blue - Hold On To 18
10. The Joneses - Looks So Good
11. The Zeros - Kokomo Joe
12. Quiet Riot - Let s Get Crazy
13. Armoured Saint - No Reason To Live
14. Rat - In Your Direction
15. Bitch - Be My Slave
16. Kery Doll - Too Good For Heaven
17. Warrant - Last Action Hero
18. Sin - Break Down The Walls (That Stop The Rock)
19. Xciter - Sleepless Nights
DISC 2: Mid-Late 80s (1985-1989)
1. Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
2. Lizzy Borden - American Metal
3. L.A. Guns (with Paul Black) - Roll The Dice Faster Pussycat - Babylon
4. Stryper - To Hell With The Devil
5. Great White - Down On Your Knees
6. Demolition Galore - Bulimia Babe
7. Harlow - Rock The Box
8. Slut - Dr. Monster
9. L.A. Guns (with Phil Lewis) - Electric Gypsy
10. Decry - Dead End Zone
11. Nitro - Bitch On My Back
12. Faster Pussycat - Babylon
13. Rough Cut - Hold On
14. Tuff - Sinner Street
15. Odin - 12 O Clock High
16. Salty Dog - Strong Medication
17. Soundbarrier - Gladiator
18. WWIII - Love You To Death
19. Rock City Angels - Hush Child
20. The Seahags - Doghouse
DISC 3: Late 80s
1. Keel - The Right To Rock (Live)
2. Jailhouse - The Innocent
3. London - Rainbow Bar & Girls
4. Cherry Street - Hellraiser
5. Junkyard - Hollywood
6. China - Love In Cold Blood
7. Bang Tango - Someone Like You
8. Black Cherry - Fading Away
9. King Kobra - Mean Street Machine
10. Motorcycle Boy - Cat s Paw
11.Tommi Gunn - Rip, Rattle And Roll
12. Stars From Mars - We Got Tonight
13. Cats In Boots - Her Monkey
14. Lions & Ghosts - Meteor Boy
15. Angora - Hey Operator
16. Virgin - I m No Angel
17. The Hangmen - Desperation Town (Live)
18. XYZ - Inside Out
19. Kills For Thrills - Commercial Suicide
20. D Molls - Action
DISC 4: Early 90s
1. Electric Angels - Def Generation
2. Burning Tree - Planned Disaster
3. Jetboy - Feel The Shake
4. Big Bang Babies - 8 Arms
5. Lypswitch - Sexx On The Sun
6. Syanide Kick - Hollywood Angel
7. Darling Cruel - Changed
8. Saigon Saloon - Days Gone By
9. Rebel Rebel - Tonight s Your Night To Rock & Roll
10. Spiders & Snakes - California Slide
11. Hardly Dangerous - Take Me To The Mountain
12. Skull - I Like My Music Loud
13. Yesterday s Tear - Cold
14. Pretty Boy Floyd - Shut Up!
15. Blackboard Jungle - Chicago
16. Love/Hate - Wish It Was Summer
17. Mondo Cane - High On A Dream
18. Fizzy Bangers - Hai Karate
19. Alleycat Scratch - Take A Bite Outta Me
Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
Sunshine of Your LoveMusic CD
Best price: $4.44
Hawkwind - Acid Daze 1Release date: 1994-06-08; Music CD
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
America - HourglassAmerica; Release date: 1994-05-17; Music CD
Best price: $7.49
Price in other shops:
Entombed - To Ride Shoot Straight & Speak the TruthRelease date: 1997-10-28; Music CD
Best price: $74.98
Rick Cua - Way Love IsRelease date: 1995-04-11; Music CD
Best price: $35.00
Incantation - IncantationRelease date: 1996-04-23; Music CD
Best price: $5.95
Price in other shops:
![Kiss Unplugged [VHS] Image](/images/Kiss-Unplugged-VHS-6303998534-X.jpg){kind=small}
Kiss Unplugged [VHS]Polygram Video; Release date: 1996-03-12; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $11.21
Price in other shops:
![Poison - Flesh, Blood & Videotape [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
Poison - Poison - Flesh, Blood & Videotape [VHS]Capitol; Release date: 1991-12-03; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.95
Price in other shops:
Various - Operation Rock N Roll [VHS]Sony; Release date: 1991-07-02; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $19.69
Ultimate Ozzy Vhs20th Century Fox; Release date: 1997-09-16; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $62.00
Top Rated Albums
Ratt - Videos From the Cellar: The Atlantic YearsWEA DES Moines Video; Release date: 2007-07-31; DVD
Best price: $5.92
Price in other shops:
Hair Metal Live (Dlx)Release date: 2008-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops:
Metal - A Headbanger's Journeywhv; Release date: 2006-05-23; DVD
Best price: $12.53
Price in other shops:
Anthrax - Worship MusicRelease date: 2011-09-13; Music CD
Best price: $7.34
Price in other shops:
Whitesnake - Forevermore (CD/ DVD) (DIGIPACK)Release date: 2011-03-29; Music CD
Best price: $9.01
Price in other shops:
This Is Guitar GodsRelease date: 2007-08-07; Music CD
Best price: $15.90
Price in other shops:
Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metalby Eddie Trunk
Abrams Image; Published: 2011-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.50
Price in other shops:
This Is Metal's Most Covered Moments of 80sRelease date: 2006-10-10; Music CD
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops:
Hollywood Rocks!E1 Entertainment; Release date: 2008-06-10; DVD
Best price: $12.38
Price in other shops:
Hollywood Rocks!: The Ultimate Guide to the 1980's Hollywood, California Rock-N-Roll Music Sceneby Simon Toon
Cleopatra Records; Published: 2009-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops: