Category: THICK RICHARD

As requested, we have here the debut album from American melodic hard rockers THICK RICHARD titled “Fire It Up“, for the first time on CD reissued by Retrospect Records. This 5-piece was formed in 1985 in Sacramento, California, from the ashes of a local band called Front Runner, and inspired by the Arena rock US acts from the era.
While this facetiously named band started playing pretty straight hard rock, the trend of the moment was mainstream Melodic Rock / AOR and you can hear these genres throughout their debut “Fire It Up”, which it was recorded between 1986-87 but released in 1988 by themselves., feel-good stuff with an American flavor circa 1985-86…

As requested, we have here “Back On Track”, the second and final album from American melodic hard rockers THICK RICHARD, for the first time on CD reissued by Retrospect Records. This 5-piece formed in the mid-Eighties in Sacramento, California, from the ashes of a local band called Front Runner, and inspired by the Arena rock US acts from the era.
Their first album was influenced by the US Melodic Rock / AOR sound of the era, but this second effort is much more traditional hard rock oriented, with a certain bluesy flavor to it bringing to mind Y&T.
That classic hard rock sound is delivered on songs like…