Category: SHOTGUN ALLEY

SHOTGUN ALLEY formed mid 2009 in New Zealand – an atypical land for Melodic Hard Rock – but trust me, these guys know how to rock in the best ’80s tradition. Some of Shotgun Alley’s members have Maori forefathers, but they music is awesomely based on pure ’80s Arena Rock plenty of killer choruses and soaring melodies.
At the time of this release, they already completed various New Zealand & Australian tours and opened for Alice Cooper, Steel Panther and Def Leppard among others.
The bulk of the music for their debut album “Shotgun Alley” was recorded in Los Angeles, then finished in Auckland, produced, mixed & mastered by keyboardist Jimmy Wong.
This is an extremely polished, luxurious collection of terrific catchy tunes with huge guitars, bombastic drums, punchy keyboards…

* This is not fair. SHOTGUN ALLEY, one of the best, new promising Melodic Rock AOR bands has parted ways. In fact, they were more than a promise, as their two previous albums (presented here at 0dayrockz) were rated – specially the self-titled debut – amongst the Top-10 of the year. The band from New Zealand have been working in...

* On the previous post we have presented SHOTGUN ALLEY’s debut. Now they are are ready for a second shot of Melodic Hard Rock with a new CD to be released in October. As appetizer, Shotgun Alley are distributing promotional material from the upcoming album, entitled “Damnation EP”, but in fact is almost a full length as it includes 8...