Description
Still sealed. Limited 500 copies
There’s little doubt that the San Francisco Bay Area is synonymous with some of the most exciting and innovative music acts that the world has ever seen, and it says much about them that Mad Anthony fit into those upper echelons of rock history with ease. Emerging in 1984 the band were initially inspired by the sound of Aerosmith, Van Halen, and their ilk, but as their guitarist, Ralph Longo explains; Mad Anthony was blazing their own trail about 500 miles north of the LA scene which exploded with Ratt, Great White, Dokken, and Poison, but I remember Metal Rendezvous magazine mentioning us in one of their issues stating we were the first band on the scene. The foundations of Mad Anthory were put in place when Ralph and singer Rik Bernal first joined forces in Tyrant, a young group the latter describes as “a denim and leather band.” Opening for the likes of Mötley Crüe during their time together, Tyrant would begin to make a strong name for themselves before going their separate ways and it was at this point that Rik would form Mad Anthony with bassist Karl Reiche and drummer James Bohn. The trio wasted little time in writing original material, with Mad Anthony staples, Just My Type, Falling Out Of Love and Face To Lace becoming early favorites. By 1987, Mad Anthony was beginning to become a real draw on the live circuit with regular shows at the Keystone Palo Alto, The Stone in San Francisco, the Omni in Oakland, Niles Station in Fremont, and practically became the ‘house band’ at Pumas in San Jose. The band also played those LA shows and hung out with guys from Mötley Crüe, Warrant, and Quiet Riot. Rik says that It really was sex and drugs and rock and roll back then. Mad Anthony was the only unsigned act to sell out the 900 head capacity Omni and still the band missed out on that record deal. MCA, Capitol, and Geffen was mentioned but the reason that Geffen gave for passing was that they already had Aerosmith on their books and therefore didn’t have space for a band with our sound, whereas the others told us we fell too close in style with Guns N’ Roses, and shit like that. A cassette EP was recorded at Prairie Sun in Cotati with Steve Fontana containing Just My Type, When We Touch, Falling Out Of Love and Rock Me, all of which are included in this release, whereas all of the other tracks were put together at Bayview Studios in Richmond with Rob Beaton. Fans of US glam and hard rock that werent around the area in the late 80s need to check this album out.
Track list:
1. Just My Type
2. Party Town
3. Im The One
4. Mothers Helper
5. Falling Out Of Love
6. Backstage Boogie
7. Face To Lace
8. Stay With Me
9. Tonight We Ride
10. When We Touch
11. Big Ole Long Red Hot Rod
12. Rock Me
13. Nadine