They weren't the young cool guys and their older material was all wizards and fantasy, on a similar vain to Rainbow, but not as good. They did have a crack at the American market but they were too late for that in the early 90's. They were always destined to be a mid level UK band with a few hardcore followers. Their Wings of Heaven album was their best shot at mainstream rock and it was pretty good.

Ah, true. My thought process was taking me elsewhere!

I'm not old enough to remember when most of my favorite songs came out, but they do take me back a few years. I had never been a big music fan when I was younger, but I started getting into it when I got my first job. The place where I worked had a rotation where they played a different decade of music each day of the week. I always looked forward to the three days where they did the 60's to the 80's! Most of the later music I didn't care about much, what they played got less interesting and repetitive.