ITV Chart Show Rock Chart (24th November 1990)

This chart was the last episode to use the spotted fonts, which was replaced by non-spotted fonts. Anyway apart from talking about fonts, this chart had prog metal, hard rock, glam, adult oriented rock and finally funk metal.

Electric Boys were one of those funk metal acts that originated in Sweden and to be honest I wasn't really a fan of this type of music. Ironically the lead singer later on appeared in a whiskey advertisement, although I have not seen it. The Electric Boys had a couple of singles that didn't lit the charts, but another funk metal act, which did have some minor success was Dan Reed Network.

Dan Reed Network produced the classic "Rainbow Child", which I still listen to even now. I first saw this group on the ITV Chart Show's Rock Chart in 1990. It probably was the only funk metal song in that year which I really liked. A year later in 1991, another funk metal act called Extreme made a big hit with "Get the Funk Out". Surprisingly that song gets rarely played on cable TV, let alone radio. The only music I ever hear from Extreme on radio or TV is "More Than Words", which to be honest I get so bored listening to.

Funk Metal didn't really last that long in the 1990's. It probably died out before the mid-90's, but another group in this chart which I really liked was Queensryche. Even listening to 30 seconds of "Empire" on the rock chart, I still remembered as a 15 year old, that I had to hear the full version of this song. I remembered waiting for Radio 1's Alan Freeman's Rock Show during Friday night and hoping he would play the track. Thankfully he did and I just fell in love with the song. It was pure prog, which was heavier and more intense.

Their follow up 1991 single was even more brillant, the classic "Silent Lucidity". It was so good, that the record companies in the UK re-released it a year later. I think it was probably due to Alan Freeman's Rock Show, which encouraged fans to demand a re-release. Fortunately the re-released went into the UK Top 20, whereas the 1991 release only crept into the Top 40.

And finally as many fans would say, a rock chart without AC/DC is like spaghetti without a sauce. AC/DC's moneytalks is probably their best track of the 1990's. I still prefer many of their 80's tracks such as "Back in Black", "Who Made Who" and "You Shook Me All Night Long", but moneytalks gets me playing air guitar everytime I listen to it. "Come on come on listen to the moneytalks" !!!!!!!