The Firm - The Firm

In the early 80's, a British rock super-group called the Firm formed. It included singer Paul Rodgers (of Bad Company), guitarist Jimmy Page (of Led Zeppelin) drummer Chris Slade (from Uriah Heep) and bass player Tony Franklin. Today (February 11th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album The Firm, which peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Album chart and number 15 in the UK. It spent thirty-three weeks total on the US Billboard Album chart.

Bad Company - Rough Diamonds

In August of 1982, the British rock band Bad Company released Rough Diamonds, their sixth studio album. It followed over three years after the previous one from 1979, and the sales seemed to reflect a cooling with the listening audience. Still, it charted at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and in Canada, and at number 15 in the UK.

It was also the last one by the group's original line-up of Boz Burrell (bass), Simon Kirke (drums), Mick Ralphs (guitar) and Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar). As part of the thirtieth anniversary of the record, today we will take a look at the songs which it included.