S
Stebro
Guest
I've listened a lot to AOR actually. But most songs I hear from those musicians are about love, and I don't care about that I like songs about struggle. Songs about people who have lot everything, don't have a job etc. I don't know why I like em. Songs like Eye of the tiger, Burning heart, No easy way out, No rest for the wounded heart, Man against the world, Ever since the world began, Daylight, Hearts on fire. One of the pretty decent musicians I found by just using youtube and searching for AOR was Mark Free. But yes, a lot of the songs could be found in rocky movies, or the karate kid, rambo etc.ModanoMan said:Stebro said:Anyone got any bands/artists to recommend? I like Survivor, Frank Stallone, Robert Tepper etc. Not sure what to call the style really. But I like that "backstreet" music.
That style would be called "The Rocky Soundtrack" haha.
No seriously, that is called a few different things. "Melodic Rock", "Arena Rock" or "AOR". Tons of music from late 70s, and 80s fall into that category. Some contemporaries of Survivor would be Styx, REO Speedwagon, Night Ranger, Foreigner, Journey, Starship, Billy Squier, etc. Younger bands at the time from that 80s era that also produced very good melodic rock in that vein would be Honeymoon Suite ("The Big Prize" is a CLASSIC from the era), Bon Jovi (ala "Slippery When Wet") and quite a few other bands.
I would recommend going over to http://melodicrock.com, hitting their Noticeboard and asking the same question there. Those guys could come up with a million answers for you.