When the Ronnie James Dio-curated charity album Hear n' Aid was released in 1986, it was the best part of a year late. The original sessions had taken place 12 months previously, but, appallingly, bickering over contracts delayed its journey into the stores. Those famine victims would just have to wait.
Across the North Sea, Europe's Joey Tempest had better luck. He put together the Swedish Metal Aid project, a collective of local musicians including members of his own band (a year before their breakthrough smash, The Final Countdown), alongside such names as Easy Action, 220 Volt, Neon Leon & Bondage Babies, Trash, Treat, Orion’s Swords, Glorious Bankrobbers, Candy Roxx and Aphrodite.
