Quality hard rock never goes out of fashion, as Vega can vouch. The British band have spent the last 14 years putting a modern spin on the kind of late 80s/early 90s hard rock that once ruled the airwaves (and will again, mark our words). Their upcoming eighth studio album, Battlelines, continues the hot streak that has recruited fans such as Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott to their cause.
Vega’s singer Nick Workman certainly knows his hard rock inside out – his record collection goes way deeper than your Def Leppards and Bon Jovis. In fact, he’s such a connoisseur of the late 80s and early 90s scene that when we wanted someone to talk to us about 10 brilliant bands who should have been way bigger than they are, he was the first person we called. From funk-o-metal carpet rides to long-lost albums by future pop production titans, these are 10 late 80s and early 90s hard rock bands that everyone should know about.
