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Death by Power Ballad: Robin Zander, “Time Will Let You Know”
Wouldn’t it be cool to be Cheap Trick’s Robin “The Voice” Zander? I mean, the guy’s, like, 85 years old and looks the same as he did on the cover of Heaven Tonight; he
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: REO Speedwagon, “I Needed to Fall”
One of my favorite things about joining the Popdose brother/sisterhood is the fact that I have found a group of people whose taste in music is as broad and, on occasion, wussified as my
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Quiet Riot, “Winners Take All”
Kevin DuBrow‘s cocaine-assisted demise in 2007 denied the world additional work from one of the great philosophical minds in hard rock. Not really, but has there ever been another frontman in the genre who
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Tommy Shaw, “Lonely School”
Maybe eight or ten years ago, if you’d wanted to make some pretty decent money on a minimal investment, all you had to do was find a CD copy of Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw’s
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Scorpions, “Still Loving You”
Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The power ballad is to
Read More »Death by Power Ballad: Stryper, “Honestly”
Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The power ballad is to
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