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FM - Atomic Generation (Album review)

March 26, 2018 by Rich Barnard in Album Reviews, AOR, Classic Rock, Melodic Rock

It’s not easy being a heritage act like FM.  Your fans want a nostalgia hit but they also want new releases.  You’re trapped.  You may want to move on, but you don’t dare go too far.  Despite lacking the international successes of Def Leppard or - to a lesser degree - Thunder, FM remain one of the UK’s best-loved melodic hard rock bands and their new record is an impressive balancing act between that rock and that hard place.  They might just be the one band on the scene that can manage to please nearly all of the people… nearly all of the time.

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March 26, 2018 /Rich Barnard
FM, AOR, Melodic Rock, Classic Rock
Album Reviews, AOR, Classic Rock, Melodic Rock
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FM - Indiscreet 30 (Album Review)

November 10, 2016 by Rich Barnard in Album Reviews, AOR, Classic Rock, Melodic Rock, Rock

Indiscreet was originally released in 1986 and is one of the finest AOR albums you’ll find from a British band of the period.  Unsurprisingly then, it has come to be something of a sacred classic among fans of the genre, making it extremely risky business for FM to decide to release a full re-recorded version to celebrate its thirtieth birthday. 

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November 10, 2016 /Rich Barnard
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