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ARE WE EVER GOING TO LEARN
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HARD ROCK TRACK ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE ARE HEADED IN...AS A PLANET
melodic hard rock classic rock mainstream original rock political rock arena rock the road less traveled songs with a message avalanche hard rock band michael foster will there be tomorrow
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HARD ROCK BAND THAT BLENDS HEAVY BRITISH AND SOUTHERN ROCK styleS. TOUR DATES INCLUDE GIGS WITH AC/DC, DERRINGER, PAT TRAVERS BAND...AND WERE CONSIDERED AS
AVALANCHE is defined by Webster's as: "an unstoppable natural force"...and this all-original rock band certainly seems to fit that definition...overcoming the odds to produce some of the very best original hard rock anywhere! With an unorthodox strategy for success in 1978 (which included 18 months of intense rehearsals, their own record label, $75,000.00 worth of state-of-the-art stage gear, and a record on over a dozen New England radio stations for three months...all before ever playing a live gig) AVALANCHE's debut show was attended by over 3500 people..and the band was immediately playing to sold-out shows and standing room only crowds wherever they appeared. Within a month after their first gig, AVALANCHE was headlining in large club venues, and shortly after that, the band was opening tour dates and sharing concert stages on AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" tour, as well as with DERRINGER, and THE PAT TRAVERS BAND. They were also considered as a tour opener for TOTO's First U.S. Tour. A tight and well rehearsed rock-n-roll machine...this band did whatever was necessary to bring studio-quality hard rock to the live-concert stage...and they did it without the support of a major record label. Now recording again, with all the surviving members of the original lineup...here is the first new AVALANCHE music in over twenty years...as well as some of their old music too, (most of the recordings have never been available before). AVALANCHE continues to defy the odds with their staying power and persistence...and by remaining "unstoppable"...they are here NOW....for you to sample and enjoy! Click here for official Avalanche band website GOLDEN SUN RECORDS
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Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #366
Peak in subgenre #44
Author
Music, Lyrics, and Arrangement: MICHAEL FOSTER
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COPYRIGHT 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP)
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February 13, 2009
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SONG INFORMATION Produced and Mixed by: Michael Foster Engineered by: Mark Easton Recorded at: ROUGH CUT STUDIO...Eastford, Conn. in June, 2005. Music and Lyrics by: Michael Foster Copyright 1984, 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP) Michael Foster: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Vocals Mark Easton: Acoustic and Electric Guitars Barry Easton: Drums Michael Corsini: Bass "Are We Ever Going To Learn" is a song that I wrote in late 1984, nearly five years after the original incarnation of Avalanche had broken up in 1980. It was performed "live" only a few times in 1985...with a short-lived, three piece version of Avalanche. Since then, I have performed it privately in select circumstances as an acoustic solo piece...most recently on my March, 2005 "Live" SP Radio performance on Mike K's Saturday Night Rocks Show...which was "streamed" worldwide...as it happened. It really got me curious to hear the song recorded as it was always intended to be heard...as a hard rock tune...and with the original surviving Avalanche members recording again since 2004...it became a logical choice for the May-June, 2005 recording sessions in Connecticut at ROUGH CUT STUDIO. New bassist Michael Corsini did an unbelievable job of interpreting the essence of this song...and putting his own distinctive stamp on the bass parts...and Barry Easton...Avalanche's drummer...put in an outstanding performance, as well. Since the band had never "heard" this song before...it has all the freshness of a brand new tune...and the relevance of the lyrics...is even more true today than when the song was written. Mark and I always seem to play together as if we "finish each other's sentences" (musically) and this song clearly reflects that as well. The playing by the entire group on this song was flawless, really (if only I could sing!)....and ended up being one of the strongest of the new tracks from those 2005 sessions. When I wrote this song...the "rain" that I was referring to was (literally) about "Acid Rain"...and (figuratively) about..."the approaching storm". The "rivers churning" was about the mindless pollution of our environment...and "atomic thunder" and "the sky is burning" really require no explanations. We seem to be going through life with blinders on....and just because it seems easier to pretend these problems are not really that important...well, that is pure madness...plain and simple. Denial of the evidence that is all around us...doesn't make any of that evidence false. It simply means that we are lying to ourselves...and "racing to the finish". As Mark Easton so eloquently states on "Medicine Man" (one of his tunes from The Easton Brothers Band)..."the people who can really change things...are just too blind to see". Any rational person can recognize the necessity to leave the planet in at least as good condition as it was in when we "got here"...unfortunately selfishness, greed, and short-sightedness seem to rule the day...and the future is fading for the natural world. It is really up to US. If we don't learn from history...and the mistakes made by civilizations that came before...and are gone...then THIS time...with the capabilities we have to permanently destroy the natural world...something that, in the past, would always survive the folly of man...we are in truly dangerous and precarious territory. I sure hope we wake up...before "waking up"...is no longer an option. Mike (NAV)
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ARE WE EVER GOING TO LEARN? Music and Lyrics by: Michael Foster Copyright 1984, 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP) 1st Verse Do you remember? When the world was young and free... Life used to be so easy... Every day the sun would shine... The air was fine and clean... Now, when I look around... I see it falling down, around me... We've got to stop what were doing... Before it's only a ruin... 2nd Verse Will anybody listen? We push the truth aside... Till we just can't hide from the reasons... For all the lies they've told... While they bought and sold...our future... A future with no life at all... Put up that shopping mall...forget those trees... And as the future is fading... It's just not worth what we're trading... Chorus Can't you see that the rain is coming? Can't you see that the river's churning? Can't you hear atomic thunder? Can't you see that the sky is burning? Can't you feel the madness coming? Can't you see the tables turning? Do you think that the sun can shine again? Are we ever going to learn? (Repeat Chorus) Are we ever gonna...ever going to learn? END
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Mike Prather
Feb 21, 2009
Well done .. very much enjoyed the acoustic intro, led nicely into the full mix. Mike
Without Cheese
Sep 12, 2008
hey guys we were just listening to your top song and it and this one have got to be our favorites! totally awesome tunes guys! our song "im Not Liquid" is currently number 18 on the guitar rock charts, do you guys tihnk you could give it a listen and possibly offer up any tips? thanks!
Mayflowers Return
Sep 05, 2008
Another good one guys... reminds me a little bit of Truimph... Very cool stuff... Keep on rolling... Peace and brotherhood... Mark