New Metal
When John Norum left the poised-for-stardom band Europe about a year ago, most people thought he was out of his mind (a well-known Swedish magazine named him “Artistic Soul Of The Year”). At the time, the Swedish rock band topped most of the European charts with “The Final Countdown,” Japan was already defeated and the album of the same name had started to move upwards on the American Billboard chart.
January 5, 1988