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Fallon – Fallon (FnA Records Review) 🎸 Band: Fallon 💿 Album: Fallon 🏷 Label: FnA Records 📅 Release Year: 2015 / 2022 🕰 Content: A collection of the band’s recorded material from the early 90’s — restored and released for fans of that golden era of melodic hard rock and sleaze! 🔥 Background & History Fallon — a name that might’ve slipped under some people’s radar back in the early ’90s, but for those who know… they know . Hailing from New Jersey, this was a band that embodied that perfect mix of commercial hard rock swagger and melodic finesse that defined the era. Fronting the band was none other than Matt Fallon , whose resume reads like a wild ride through the hard rock halls of fame — having previously fronted Steel Fortune , Anthrax , and even the early lineup of Skid Row . Yep, you read that right. Matt first crossed paths with guitarist Dave “The Snake” Sabo in Steel Fortune back in the early ’80s, cutting his teeth in the Jersey club circuit before brief...
Autograph – Send Her To Me & Cloud 10 (FnA Records 2025) 🎸 Band: Autograph 💿 Album: Send Her To Me & Cloud 10 (Double Feature) 🏷 Label: FnA Records 📅 Release Year: 2025 🕰 Content: Demos, Outtakes, and Unreleased Material from the early to mid 80s 🔥 Background & History Autograph, baby! It all started back in the early 80s with five seasoned players from the L.A. scene just jamming and writing songs together on the weekends — no pressure, just pure rock & roll fire. These guys weren’t strangers either. Steve Plunkett (vocals/guitar) was doing his thing with Silver Condor (Columbia Records), Keni Richards (drums) was banging the skins in The Coup (A&M Records), Steve Lynch (lead guitar) and Steve Isham (keyboards) were playing with Holly Penfield (Dreamland Records), and Randy Rand (bass) was tearing it up with Lita Ford. So yeah… seasoned and stacked! Fast forward to 1983, and the gang — still not calling themselves Autograph yet — laid down some kille...