Come In And Burn is straight edge, ex Black flag vocalist, raconteur, philosopher, spoken-word poet and general all-round legend Henry Rollins’ last album with the ‘classic’ lineup of Rollins Band.

Released in the year following their debut The Runaways album, Queens of Noise displays a development in the sound of the band with Lita Ford and Joan Jett’s songwriting and differing styles being more in evidence.

Pornograffitti was the second album from Extreme and delivered powerful, commercial rock tracks with strong musicianship from Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt in particular and featured the worldwide hit More Than Words.

Fastway was the debut album from former Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke’s hard blues-rock band Fastway featuring future Flogging Molly frontman Dave King.

Metal Queen is the second album from Canadian rocker Lee Arron released in 1984 and was her breakthrough album raising her to headline status in both her native Canada and throughout Europe.

Lita is the third studio album from British-born ex-Runaways guitarist Lita Ford and was her most successful reaching platinum status in the US and spawning a clutch of singles

An unlikely coming together of glam, hair and trad metal, Contraband comprised of Michael Shenker, Bobby Blotzer (Ratt), Tracii Guns (LA Guns), Richard Black (Shark Island) and Share Pedersen (Vixen) and this 1991 album was to be both their debut and swansong!

Power and Passion is a 1985 album from Irish rock band Mama’s Boys – hear MP3 samples and video

If you’re thinking ‘Phantom who?’, you’re probably not alone – especially on the UK-side of the Atlantic! I have to confess to missing Phantom Blue the first time around completely!

In Hearing Of is a 1971 album from prog rock band Atomic Rooster featuring Vincent cran and Paul Hammond – hear MP3 samples and video