Blue Öyster Cult – Cultösaurus Erectus (1980: Columbia)

yeah, dinosaur quips

inevitable, yet this

Godzilla still stomps

http://www.blueoystercult.com/Studio-main.html

Plasmatics – No Hope for the Wetched (1980: Cherry Red)

Raw punkified noise
high on brash acts, low on skill
muddled mess o' bland

http://www.plasmatics.com/

http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-hope-for-the-wretched-r46769

Vardis - 100 MPH (2009: Krescendo reissue of 1980: Neat)

Hopeful Brits live show
dinosaur rock done earnest;
lost to modern ears.

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Vardis/100_MPH/33338

http://vardis3.tripod.com/