STRYDER / ESSEXX songs (aorheart) 1984 + 1985 USA

here you can listen 2 songs from the STRYDER – "Nothing At All" Vinyl Album 1984 and 3 songs from ESSEXX - "We Make It Rock" 8-track Cassette Tape 1985. STRYDER songs ... 01. Casualty 02. Your Kind Of Game ESSEXX songs ... 03. Hungry 04. No Answer 05. We Make It Rock Stunning female fronted Melodic Hard Rock / AOR from this Utah-based band ! STRYDER was privately released on vinyl in very limited quantities in 1984. The stellar punchy production and impressive songwriting should have earned this band a big record deal way back when ! Infectious hooks, Laurie Welker's strong distinctive vocals, killer harmonies, top notch dual guitar work with blazing solos from Gilbert Rodriguez (who later formed BAD BOYS) and Chris Clary plus the monster drumming that permeates this disc just make this absolutely essential to all 80's hard rock fans!! STRYDER later changed names and became the band SX or ESSEXX: This is the name STRYDER took when Steve Clausmen managed it, after Ronnie Montrose produced it. The ESSEXX cassette tape is really great !!! STRYDER -"Nothing At All" was re-released by Retrospect Records in 2012 under the title STRYDER - It's Rock 'n Roll, Digitally mastered and silver pressed including 2 mega rare bonus tracks from a Utah radio station compilation ! I hope that ESSEXX will also get a CD release because this great cassette certainly deserves it !!! STYDER / ESSEXX is ... Laurie Welker - Lead Vocals Gilbert Rodriguez - Guitar, Keyboars Chris Clary - Guitar, Vocals Ron Jensen - Bass Guitar Kevin Freebairn - Drums Steve Leatham - Drums, Vocals (ESSEXX) enjoy it ! AORHEART GREAT NEWS from Metallic Blue Records !!! they releasing a 2 CD set that features both the "Essexx - We Make It Rock" album and the "Stryder - Nothing At All" album. This collection comes with 10 additional bonus track, 8 of which have NEVER been released. If you like female fronted melodic hard rock, check this one out! https://www.metallicbluerecords.com/essexx---stryder.html

Added 24 Aug 2026