Europe

When the boys of Europe decided to rush headlong to conquer the continent, they didn't give up. It sounds good, it sounds loud: here, singles are the standard of FM. Better yet, they have become anthems of hard-rock !

The Final Countdown is an anthem for a whole generation. But behind this single lies a prolific forest of hard-rock ballads, sometimes melancholy but always sublime. For these Swedes, from Upplands Väsby, a small suburb of Stockholm whose name seems unpronounceable, have left their mark on millions of hard-rock aficionados around the world. It's not surprising, so much the band, in the lineage of Deep Purple, Kiss and Led Zeppelin, set the i's on the i's from the start.

 
Moreover, it didn't take him long to impose this good big sound. But this glorious past, out of question to be satisfied with it. Yes, Europe is still looking ahead. With their rocker jackets and scarves, these overexcited guys send us into the air with exceptional guitar solos that make Jimmy Page blush. They give us the edge with a beating rhythm, and they coax us with an Olympic voice of power and precision.

 
In its own way, Europe, led by the wild seducer Joey Tempest, has crossed entire decades without a hitch. Today, the ardour and rage of these unleashed Swedes remain intact. Some would even say that they are more exhilarated than ever, as if, aware that life passes by at a crazy speed, it was their duty to give it their all at every moment. It hits hard, it shatters clean: these guys, with their golden technicality, have not finished making our ears tremble.