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Electric Angels
was an American
Hard Rock/Glam Metal
band
from Los Angeles
that formed from the
defunct pop group
Candy
featuring
new singer
Shane
(Tommy Riggins/Shane Mansfield),
guitarist
(Ryan Rosowicz),
and original
Candy members
bassist/songwriter
' Jonathan Daniel,
and drummer
John Schubert.
The name
Electric Angels
was taken from an
early Candy demo.
After one year,
the band relocated to
New York City
and were
signed to
Atlantic Records
within five months.
One of their first
New York shows
was opening up
for the British band
Dogs D'Amour
and
Mother Love Bone.
The band was
originally managed by
guitarist
Bruce Kulick
of Kiss fame,
who also produced
a demo
for the band.
One of the band's
original unreleased songs,
"Put the 'EX' in Sex"
had conveniently become
the title of a later
Kiss song.
Jon Bon Jovi
was a fan of the band.
Bon Jovi's song,
"Bed of Roses,
Bed of Nails"
was a tribute to
the Angel's
"True Love and Other Fairy Tales"
which included the lyrics, "
...our bed of roses
has become a bed of nails".
A blond backstage
at an Angels show
at Club Bene
in Sayerville, New Jersey
said to Bon Jovi,
"Oh my god, you
look just like
Jon Bon Jovi."
Bon Jovi contributed
an endorsement statement
to the promotional tape
for Atlantic Record's,
"Electric Angels."
Their self-titled debut
was recorded in
London in the autumn
of 1989
by record producer
Tony Visconti,
and released in
February 1990.
They were reviewed
favorably as a
cross between
The Replacements
and
Hanoi Rocks.
"The Drinking Song"
from the debut album
had a long run
as New Jersey's
WSOU's
(Seton Hall college)
third most played song.
The first single from their album,
"Rattlesnake Kisses",
featured actress
Christina Applegate
in the video
The band cited
their musical influences
including Kiss,
The Ramones,
The Replacements,
Rick Springfield
and
George Jones
and toured with
New Jersey rockers
Danger Danger,
former Kiss
guitarist
Ace Frehley
and Phoenix
rockers
Icon.
Amongst the Angel's
biggest fans
are the Tattooed Angels,
known for their
lovely dispositions
as well as
sporting
Electric Angels
purple,
red
and black
Coat of Arms
tattoos.
Girl
were an
English
Glam Metal band
formed in
London in 1979.
They split up in 1982
with
band members
going on to join
Def Leppard
and
L.A. Guns,
among others.
Girl
were formed in 1979
by vocalist
Phil Lewis,
guitarists
Gerry Laffy
and
Phil Collen,
drummer
Jonathon Trevisick
replaced shortly
thereafter by
Dave Gaynor
and bassist
Mark Megary
replaced shortly thereafter
by
Simon Laffy
Collen had
previously been in
the bands
Lucy,
Tush,
and
Dumb Blondes.
Girl
were first discovered
and managed
by Jon Lindsay
who was looking
for bands for
former manager
of The Who,
Kit Lambert,
for a proposed
new record label.
Lindsay and Girl
separated over
managerial decisions
when the band
wanted to sign a
recording deal
with
Don Arden
instead of a
recording contract
negotiated by
Lindsay with music
figure
Simon Napier-Bell's Nomis
Publishing.
The band
were signed by
Jet Records,
releasing two singles
prior to their
debut album
Sheer Greed
(1980),
which reached
number 33
in the
UK Albums Chart.
The band's profile
was raised by tours
with the
Pat Travers Band
and
UFO,
in the midst of the
new wave of
British
Heavy Metal explosion.
Girl
recorded a
pre-L.A. Guns version
of the song
"Hollywood Tease",
Barnacle himself
was replaced by
Bryson Graham
during the recording
of the next album.
Both Barnacle and Graham
appear on
Girl's second album
Wasted Youth
which was
released in 1982
and reached number 92
in the UK.
Pete Bonas
replaced
Phil Collen,
who left to join
Def Leppard,
though the
band broke
up soon after.
WASTING YOUR LIFE
NO FUTURE BRIGHT
DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE
LIVING LIKE A SLAVE
SOMEONE SHOULD'VE SAID
N.F.L.
(EFILNIKUFESIN)
N.F.L.
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