ITV Chart Show - Rock Chart (16th December 1989)

Three weeks earlier before this Rock Chart, I remembered Whitesnake and Iron Maiden being played on the Rock Chart. Whitesnake were an OK band for me. They kinda were abit glam, but they did produce some very good pop-rock tunes with the help of Stevie Vai. The only thing I remembered about Whitesnake was the pretty girls in their videos. Although in this video, Fool For Your Loving, lacked some female flesh.

Iron Maiden's Infinite Dreams to be me was amongst their weakest tracks through out their career. It was not exciting as "wasted years" or "hallowed be thy name", but very boring, despite Brucie trying to waves his arms around !!!

Another band on this chart, which I liked was Skid Row. Skid Row's Youth Gone Wild didn't really hit the Top 40, but 3 years later, the song was re-released and nearly went in the Top 20. The first song I ever heard from Skid Row was the famous "18 and Life", which blew me away with the unique vocals and brillant guitar playing. That song was played on an American Chart Show programme on Capital FM, presented by the infamous David Jensen, who is basically Canadian.

Youth Gone Wild when first heard, disappointed me, but after hearing it 3 years later in 1992, I started to love it. Thanks to the re-released in 1992, Youth Gone Wild is still a classic song. Skid Row never made fantastic albums, but when they made ballads and some hard rock songs, they were well above average and not a standard bog down C grade !!!