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In the Name of Rock and Roll In the Name of Rock and Roll
Available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, emusic, and Amazon. First appeared on WKLS-FM and Coca-Cola's Home Cookin' II (1982), a local Atlanta album. It was chosen on the first night's judging from 1,100 songs submitted for inclusion on the album.
Queen for a Day Queen for a Day
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Never Say You Don't Care (Just Say You Don't Mind) Never Say You Don't Care (Just Say You Don't Mind)
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The Imagination The Imagination
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Children of the Eighties Children of the Eighties
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We were formed in January 1980 in the basement of the drummer's house in DeKalb County, Georgia. We debuted on December 6, 1980 at the Christmas dance at Shamrock High School. In the summer of 1981, we recorded two songs (In the Name of Rock and Roll and Queen for a Day) at Monarch Studios in Alpharetta, Georgia and submitted them for consideration by a local radio station (96rock) for inclusion in its Home Cookin' II LP. Out of over 1100 submissions, In the Name of Rock and Roll was one of the 12 songs selected for the album (released in the summer of 1982). In fall 1982, we recorded another eight songs at Monarch for inclusion on a demo. We disbanded the following year, but the 10 recordings were kept by our producer, Steve Starnes, and Monarch's engineer, Larry Turner. Steve and Larry were able to successfully digitally transfer the surviving copies of these songs to CD in 2007, and after obtaining the necessary U.S. copyrights, we were able (finally) to distribute them under the Catapult Distribution label to digital download sites like iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, emusic, and Amazon on June 1, 2009, where they are currently available for sale to the public.Have you performed in front of an audience?George died tragically in April 1996 of an accidental overdose. Mike still plays with a jazz combo and Clay with a church rock band. Brett still has his bass and practices every now and then. Special moments? When we learned that one of our songs ("In the Name of Rock and Roll") had been chosen by a local Atlanta radio station (WKLS-FM, aka "96rock") and Coca-Cola to be included in their LP, Home Cookin' II (released in March 1982).
Your musical influences
AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Foghat, Judas Priest, Kiss, Krokus, Led Zeppelin, Montrose, Nazareth, Pat Travers Band, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rush, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Van Halen, and The Who, to name a few.What equipment do you use?
We last performed with the following setup:
P.A. - Klipsch
Lights - Herschel Harrington
Microphones - Shure SP 58s on vocals, SP57s on drums and amps
Clay's guitars - Gibson Les Paul Custom, Double-Neck, and Flying V, Ibanez Iceman
Brett's basses - Fender Precision, Rickenbacker 4001, Aria Custom II, Alembic Distillate 1981
Brett's keyboards - Hohner String Ensemble, Korg Poly-Six synthesizer, Moog Taurus II synthesizer pedals, Arp Odyssey synthesizer
Mike's drumset - Ludwig 12-piece drumset, Ludwig 2-piece tympani set, Zildjan cymbals, 6' Oriental gong
Atlanta, GA
USA
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971006
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