I MET A CHEAP SLEAZY
IN A HOLLYWOOD BUNGALOW
SHE COULDN'T DECIDE
WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOW
SHE HAD A FASTBACK,
SUPERTRACK
MOVING MACHINE
OH, THE BEST DAMN MOTHER
THAT YOU EVER SEEN
Arcade
was an American
glam metal supergroup
formed in 1992
by ex-Ratt
vocalist
Cinderella drummer
Fred Coury,
among others.
The band featured
ex-Sea Hags
guitarist
Frankie Wilsey,
ex-Gypsy Rose
guitarist
Donny Syracuse,
and ex-9.0
bassist
Michael Andrews.
Its original proposed name
was to be
Taboo.
Arcade
released
two studio albums.
Their first
self-titled album
was released in
June 1993
and contained
12 songs.
Notably,
the cover art for
Arcade
featured the face of
pornographic actor
Mimi Miyagi.
"Nothin' to Lose,"
"Cry No More,"
and
"Messed Up World"
were singles.
The album sold over
100,000 copies
in the US.
Arcade
went on tour with
Bon Jovi in 1993
and also played at
the Milwaukee Metal Fest
that year.
Arcade's
second album
was recorded and released
in 1994
and was produced by
Attie Bauw.
A/2
featured a much
heavier sound,
and contained
a song called
"Kidnapped,"
a song written for
Polly Klaas,
a girl who had been
kidnapped and killed
in 1993.
The singles were
"Angry"
and
"So What."
The album sold over
20,000 copies
in the US.
Frankie Wilsey
was replaced by
Tony Marcus
(ex-My Hero).
Epic Records
then dropped the band.
Ray Luzier
replaced
Fred Coury
in 1994.
Arcade's
third release,
A/3: Live and Unreleased
(2000),
contained many of the songs
from their first album,
either in demo form
or live form.
The band ended in 1994,
and Pearcy went
on to VD
which included
Michael Andrews
and
Tony Marcus
then
Vertex
.Stephen Pearcy
had announced that the band
was to reunite,
release a CD
and DVD
and tour
in late 2006.
This never came to be,
as he rejoined Ratt.
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