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Category: CHRIS OUSEY

CHRIS OUSEY / LIONHEART / OUSEY / MANN

OUSEY / MANN – Is Anybody Listening (2022) *only at 0dayrox*

When the first lockdown began in 2020 Steve Mann and Chris Ousey started working together for a new project. The pair set to work and quickly realized that there was a great synergy between the two of them. The resulting work from OUSEY / MANN is their debut album “Is Anybody Listening”, a dynamic piece of classic melodic hard rock at its best and one that certainly stands as some of the best work that either of them have been involved with.
Chris Ousey has had an excellent singing career that goes way back to the times of “Monroe”, “Virginia Wolf”, “Heartland” and along the way we have had “The Distance”, “Ozone” and “Snakecharmer” but he will always be known for the much loved “Heartland”. He is nicknamed “The man with the golden tonsils” and that is a fine accolade indeed for he has earned it. His effortless vocal range has gained him a top spot in the world of classic UK hard rock.
And Steve Mann, of course, is the founder of awesome melodic hard rock / AOR giants Lionheart.
This is a very exciting collaboration between two well-seasoned musicians and the 13 tracks on offer here are all excellent classic melodic hard rock which fans will just love from start to finish.
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CHRIS OUSEY / HEARTLAND

HEARTLAND – Into The Future (2021)

It’s finally here; “Into The Future” is British AORsters HEARTLAND first album in 14 years. always fronted by talented vocalist Chris Ousey, partner Steve Morris (guitar) is no longer part of the band but he has been replaced by none other than American guitarist Mike Slamer (Seventh Key / Streets), who also co-writes and co-produced & mixed.
In fact, Seventh Key / Street is the musical director of this new HEARTLAND era, and his influence both in sound & style is clearly recognizable all over the record.
“Into The Future” is bright, crisp melodic hard rock / AOR, plenty of timeless melodies and smooth choruses…

CHRIS OUSEY / HEARTLAND

HEARTLAND – Wide Open [Escape Music reissue +2] (2021) HQ

British AOR / Melodic Rockers HEARTLAND are releasing a new album, and alongside their label Escape Music is reissuing the band’s second effort ”Wide Open”, out of print since many years.
Fronted by ex- Virginia Wolf Chris Ousey, HEARTLAND debuted with their self-titled CD on major label A&M Records in 1991 to critical acclaim, however by this time the popularity of the genre was on the wane. Despite A&M dropped the band, HEARTLAND recorded this second album by themselves, appeared in the mid-Nineties via German label Long Island, and later, with the band signed by Escape, it was reissued in 1999 including the original Japanese release bonus tracks.
”Wide Open” includes some of the best HEARTLAND songs from their career, elegant AOR with refined arrangements, smooth vocals and class melodies…

CHRIS OUSEY / M3 / SNAKECHARMER / WHITESNAKE

SNAKECHARMER – Snakecharmer [Japan +1] + Euro Bonus

Some people (and primarily musicians) hate the term ‘Super-Group’, but there’s no other word coined to define SNAKECHARMER. Centered around classic-era Whitesnake members Micky Moody and Neil Murray, Snakecharmer also features Harry James (Thunder, Magnum), Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash) and Adam Wakeman (Ozzy, Black Sabbath), with vocals being handled by former Heartland and Virginia Wolf vocalist Chris Ousey. The combo...

BAD COMPANY / BUCKET and Co / CHRIS OUSEY

BUCKET & Co. – Guitars, Beers & Tears (retail)

Following years of providing stellar fretwork for iconic groups such as Humble Pie, Bad Company (beginning in 1990 with their blockbuster, AOR comeback, ‘Holy Water’), as well in ASAP (Adrian Smith And Project), Dave “Bucket” Colwell has stepped out to showcase his talents as a world class writer / guitarist with a rock solid, debut solo disc titled “Guitars, Beers...

CHRIS OUSEY – Dream Machine (2016)

CHRIS OUSEY

CHRIS OUSEY – Dream Machine (2016)

Escape Music is releasing tomorrow “Dream Machine“, the new long play from Bristish Melodic Rock institution CHRIS OUSEY.Nicknamed by the press as ‘The Man with the Golden Tonsils’, Ousey returns with the follow up to his 2011 debut solo release with another spectacular album, again with talented Swede Tommy Denander as conductor… and more. Former Monroe, Virginia Wolf, Heartland, Snakecharmer,...

CHRIS OUSEY

CHRIS OUSEY – Rhyme And Reason (2011)

* Famous for his early work with Virginia Wolf and more recently with Heartland, ‘the man with the golden tonsils’ Chris Ousey delivers “Rhyme & Reason”, his first solo album in a 30-year career. One of the best vocalists in the British Melodic Rock / AOR scene – then and now – , has recorded a serious contender for the...