Venice (Krypteria) demo

Way back when...you know when that was, a lot of today's "modern" rockers were cheezy, hair banders -- most were WAY cooler back then! Venice was a very, very good commercial hard rock/aor band from Germany back in the heyday of hair. This four song demo is in a word, superkickbutt! :) Anyway, three of these four dudes stayed together and today make up 75% of the German metal band Krypteria. If you don't know Krypteria, you should. They actually are, especially by modern rock standards, pretty friggin' good. They have a Korean, female singer who is amazing, and the band sounds a bit like Nightwish, just with less instrumentation. I'd suggest you enjoy this demo, then go support Krypteria. Their official website is below.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SGEBIBZC

http://www.krypteria.de/index_intro.php (Krypteria's website)

Tears (France) 1989 Demo

Although most don't know it, France had a thriving glam/hair band scene in the late 80's. There were a few bands that were pretty popular on the local level, but none of them ever broke through with any degree of worldwide success. Tears was probably the most infamous of these bands. This group of sleaze glamsters sported Sunset Strip style names like "Punky Diamonds" and "Kenny Lace" and could teaze their hair up as well as any Hollywood band of the era! Not much has surfaced in the trading world from these guys, but I recently got a hold of their debut three song demo tape from a collector friend of mine, and I thought you would all enjoy it! Please post a comment and let me know what you think!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ECVZC3CX