Description

The Boston band Extreme’s third album III Sides to Every Story stands as the perfect example of something that, because of timing, just flew over the radar of the public’s consciousness. III Sides is an ambitious concept album and Rest in Peace was the video MTV were playing but it didn’t take off like More than Words or Hole Hearted and just because it din’t come out at the right time. III Sides was the next logical step in the evolution of Extreme and are seen by many as their most consistent, most original album that also includes some of the best songs they ever did. III Sides saw Extreme reinvent themselves, adding a touch of the theatrical, a touch of Queen into the equation. The album is both progressive and retro, and is equal parts 70s, 80s and 90s. It has the theatrical flair of 70s-era Queen with Rush-esque prog rock compositions, the 80s style guitar heroics of vintage Van Halen and the decades signature sing-along lush background harmonies, with a crisp 90s production. The problem was while the band went underway to make their third album there was a major shift in rock with the release of Nirvana’s groundbreaking Nevermind. Nirvana’s seminal album changed the entire landscape of popular music, moving youth culture away from AOR melodic-hard rock, to fully embrace alternative rock. Overnight, bands that were extremely popular were instantly killed off and rendered obsolete. Extreme was unfortunately one of those bands that got left out in the cold during the grunge/alt. rock heyday of the early 90s.

Track listing:
1. Warheads
2. Rest In Peace
3. Politicalamity
4. Color Me Blind
5. Cupid’s Dead
6. Peacemaker Die
7. Seven Sundays
8. Tragic Comic
9. Our Father
10. Stop The World
11. God Isn’t Dead
12. Everything Under The Sun (I)
13. Rise n’ Shine
14. (II) Am I Ever Gonna Change
15. (III) Who Cares