With this third and final volume in the set, we now move into modern-day MTV territory, with a few stragglers thrown in to add ballast to the collection. Everything compiled here was recorded in the 1980s, and although several of the tracks were recorded early in the decade (Donnie Iris' "Ah! Leah!," Aldo Nova's "Fantasy," the Rossington-Collins Band's "Don't Misunderstand Me," Foreigner's "Juke Box Hero" and Blackfoot's "Fly Away" all emanate from 1980-81), the dominant tone of the collection spotlights the hair-band explosion that went hand in hand with the rise of the cable video network MTV. Artists and groups familiar to early Headbanger's Ball viewers (Whitesnake, Tesla, Sammy Hagar, and Dio) all weigh in with signature selections loaded with thundering drums, tons of signal processing on the guitars and vocals, and guitar riffing that literally screams of mid-'80s metal excess, spandex, hair mousse and all. There's a fair amount of hits aboard and this makes an admirable entry into the series. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide
Power Chords, Vol. 3
04/08/1997
Videos from Power Chords, Vol. 3
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Power Chords, Vol. 3 Track Listing
Credits of Power Chords, Vol. 3
- Al Nalli
- Producer
- Gary Rossington
- Producer
- Doug Schwartz
- Remastering
- Mike "Clay" Stone
- Producer, Engineer
- Steve Thompson
- Producer
- Henry Weck
- Producer
- Pat Glasser
- Producer
- Geary Chansley
- Photo Research
- Bruce Resnikoff
- Executive Producer
- Mitch Steele
- Production Coordination
- John A. Austin
- Compilation Producer
- Bang Tango
- Performer
- Allen Collins
- Producer
- Mark Avsec
- Producer
- Michael Barbiero
- Producer
- Howard Benson
- Producer
- Martin Birch
- Producer
- Rossington Collins Band
- Performer
- Ronnie James Dio
- Producer
- Barry Lee Harwood
- Producer
- Dennis Keeley
- Photography
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Producer
- Asia
- Performer
- Blackfoot
- Performer
- Dio
- Performer
- Foreigner
- Performer
- Sammy Hagar
- Performer
- Donnie Iris
- Performer
- Mick Jones
- Producer
- Night Ranger
- Performer
- Aldo Nova
- Arranger, Producer, Performer
- Quiet Riot
- Performer
- Billy Squier
- Performer
- Tesla
- Performer
- Whitesnake
- Performer












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