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Unknown Soldier · 12-31-2010, 03:33 PM

80`s melodic rock or soft rock as I like to call it, is without doubt one of my favourite rock genres and this thread covers some of the lesser known or not so well remembered artists.

I`ve always been a fan of Magnum, as throughout their discography you hear a huge amount of the bands that influenced them such as Styx and Foreigner etc. They were a unique band, as they were doing an English take on what was a very American sound, a sound that has largely always been unpopular and shunned upon here in the UK. I think "On a Storyteller`s Night" to be a great album but their classic album is "Chase the Dragon". Apart from these albums, the rest of their discography doesn`t really match upto their American rivals of the time.

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Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	80`s melodic rock or soft rock as I like to call it, is without doubt one of my favourite rock genres and this thread covers some of the lesser known or not so well remembered artists. I`ve always been a fan of Magnum, as throughout their discography you hear a huge amount of the bands that influenced them such as Styx and Foreigner etc. They were a unique band, as they were doing an English take on what was a very American sound, a sound that has largely always been unpopular and shunned upon here in the UK. I think "On a Storyteller`s Night" to be a great album but their classic album is "Chase the Dragon". Apart from these albums, the rest of their discography doesn`t really match upto their American rivals of the time.