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One band that certainly deserved the epithet of ôsuper-groupö was Blackthorne. Originally forming in 1991 when former Rainbow, MSG and Alcatrazz singer Graham Bonnet joined forces with former Meat Loaf, Balance and KISS collaborator Bob Kulick, in a line-up featuring ex-Impellitteri, Alice Cooper and Giuffria bassist Chuck Wright, Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali and New England and Alcatrazz keyboard player Jimmy Waldo.Blackthorne released their sole studio album ôAfterlifeö in 1993 [available as HNECD072]. Although well received by the press; (Kerrang! magazine asserted that, ôAfterlife invites you to bang your head, raise yer fist and hollerö, while Metal CD magazine said, ôA collection of big, chest-beating anthemsö), Blackthorne never really fulfilled their true potential before the band members went their separate ways after that one album. Perhaps their brand of classic heavy rock was going against the tide of grunge, then the prevailing flavour of the early 1990s. HNE released the shelved second Blackthorne album, ôDonÆt Kill The Thrillö in 2016 (available as HNECD73D), but now present the 3CD collection, ôWe WonÆt Be Forgotten: The Blackthorne Anthologyö.This set comprises of 44 tracks, 30 of which are newly unearthed, unreleased recordings. ôAfterlifeö had featured the bandÆs cover of RainbowÆs classic æAll Night LongÆ, and one particular treat presented here is an unreleased recording of the Russ Ballard penned, Rainbow fave æSince You Been GoneÆ, the 1992 instrumental backing track which Graham Bonnet recently added vocals.Also featured are 4-track demos, 8-track demos, 16-track demos and even 24-track demos, the earliest of which date from 1992 when the bandÆs rhythm section featured White LionÆs James Lomenzo and Greg DÆAngelo. Also featured is a 1993 rehearsal from ôMatesö studio in Los Angeles, giving a unique insight into how this band worked off-stage.æSkeletons In The ClosetÆ and æMan In The Black HatÆ would later appear on the sole self-titled 1996 album by MurdererÆs Row, the band that Waldo and Kulick would form with singer David Glen Eisley following BlackthorneÆs dissolution in 1994, and the previously unheard æAngel Of PleasureÆ which would be re-written as æDreaming In The HideawayÆ.Hit Parader magazine concluded that this was a band with, ôA Triple-A rated rock and roll pedigree, Blackthorne is a band that certainly knows everything there is to know about making great rock music,ö which this set ably attests to. This 3 disc collection also features liner notes by Malcolm Dome, based on recent interviews with Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Bob Kulick