In The Rear View Mirror

ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2014

1. Billy Idol:Kings & Queens Of The Underground
2. Night Ranger:High Road
3. Ten:Albion
4. H.e.a.t.:Tearing Down The Walls
5. Magnum:Escape From The Shadow Garden
6. Judas Priest:Redeemer Of Souls
7. House Of Lords: Precious Metal
8. Work Of Art:Framework
9. Rated X:Rated X
10. Unisonic:Light Of Dawn

BEST SWEDISH ALBUM:

1. H.e.a.t.:Tearing Down The Walls
2. Work Of Art:Framework
3. Below:Across The Dark River

BEST LIVE ALBUM:

1. Alice Cooper:Raise The Dead-Live From Wacken
2. Tnt:Live In Concert With Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
3. Whitesnake:Live In '84-Back To The Bone
4. W.E.T.:One Live-In Stockholm
5. Heart:Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum

SONGS OF THE YEAR:

1. Pretty Maids:Nuclear Boomerang
2. Night Ranger:High Road
3. Pretty Maids:My Soul To Take
4. Billy Idol:Postcards From The Past
5. Magnum:Live 'Til You Die
6. House Of Lords:Battle
7. Billy Idol:Bitter Pill
8. Judas Priest:Halls Of Valhalla
9. Ten:Aone In The Dark Tonight
10. Rated X:This Is Who I Am

BEST SWEDISH SONGS:

1. H.e.a.t.:Point Of No Return
2. H.e.a.t.:Inferno
3. Denied:Three Degrees Of Evil

COVER VERSION OF THE YEAR:

1. Sammy Hagar:Dreams (Van Halen)
2. Def Leppard:Helen Wheels (Wings)
3. Skid Row:Rats In The Cellar (Aerosmith)

COMPILATION ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

1. King Diamond:Dreams Of Horror
2. Kiss:40
3: Foreigner: I Want To Know What Love Is-The Ballads

RE-MAKE OF THE YEAR:

1. Pretty Maids:Louder Than Ever (inc:4 new songs)
2. Sammy Hagar:Lite Roast (acoustic)

RE-RELEASE OF THE YEAR:

Bon Jovi:New Jersey (super deluxe)

SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL-CONCERT OF THE YEAR:

1. Tnt
2. Billy Idol
3. Alice Cooper
4. Pretty Maids
5. Y&T

CONCERT OF THE YEAR:

1. King Diamond-Stockholm
2. Pretty Maids-Varberg
3. D.A.D.-Gothenburg
4. Magnum-Gothenburg
5. Quireboys-Varberg

OPENING ACT OF THE YEAR:

1. H.e.a.t.-Varberg (Treat)
2. Coldspell-Varberg (Pretty Maids)
3. Wolf-Varberg(Sister Sin)
4. Thundermother-Varberg (Nordic Beast)
5. Neonfly-Gothenburg (Magnum)

LIVE EVENT OF THE YEAR:

Nordic Beast (Varberg,Sociéten Aug 15th)

DVD OF THE YEAR:

1. Snowy Shaw:The Liveshow
2. Ozzy Osbourne:Memoirs Of A Madman
3. Alice Cooper:Super Duper Alice Cooper

BEST SWEDISH BAND:

1. H.e.a.t.
2. Wolf
3. Below

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR:

Rock Plektrums gigs at Bruket & Sociéten in Varberg and Sweden Rock Festival.

LOWPOINTS OF THE YEAR:

Sixx A.M.:Modern Vintage & Ace Frehley:Space Invader. Two albums that didn't even come close to live up to their expectations.

R.I.P.:

Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper),Tommy Ramone (Ramones),Jimi Jamison (Survivor),Fergie Frederiksen (Toto),Ed Gagliardi (Foreigner)

Andy Flash
December 2014
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