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| From | "fjeder" <fjeder@shiner22.net> |
| Subject | Re: AOR New England Touch Honeymoon Suite etc. |
| Date | Sat, 7 May 2005 00:23:06 +0200 |
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There's some canadian AOR bands that comes to mind as well. Urgent - Sheriff
and there was a couple more in the style I can't recall the names.
I really dig the stuff from '76 to '84 then it got too polished for me.
shineOn...:-)
Fjeder
www.shiner22.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: AOR New England Touch Honeymoon Suite etc.
> AT Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 15:52:48 Christopher wrote:
>
>>So I go out of town for a few days and while I'm gone audities turns into
>>the AOR list. Just my luck. I want to add kudos to a recently
>>discovered
>>Canadian group called Haywire, who's "Don't Just Stand There" LP is all
>>killer.
>
> The album that followed ("Nuthouse") was less AOR synth-pap and more
> rock-minded (think Bon Jovi with Richie Sambora leading the band)...and
> they're final release, "Get Off", actually had some Adult Contemporary and
> FUNK leanings!! Their inability to find a sound that was truly theirs
> pretty much killed them.
>
>>Tim Feehan and Teaze.
>
> Wow....you're digging out some pretty obscure references there!
>
> Tim and I hung out together in LA back in November. He runs a recording
> studio there -- he's a transplanted Calgarian who moved to warmer climes
> about 12 years ago [plays hockey against Keifer Sutherland on a regular
> basis apparently!]. We've been discussing re-issuing his four solo albums
> (some of it has already been released in Japan and Germany but not
> domestically in North America) including his mucho AOR band from the early
> '80s called FOOTLOOSE. Tim's currently handling former teen sensation
> Tiffany. We were briefly entertaining re-releasing her 2000 pop record
> "Colour Of Silence" again as it's a phenomenal Avril/Alanis styled angst
> ridden coming-of-age album that Eureka/Modern Records dropped the ball
> on...but Tiff's decided to follow Kylie Minogue down the dance diva path
> and we wouldn't be able to cross promote it effectively
>
> As for TEAZE, EMI-Canada/Aquarius has re-issued all their stuff on disc if
> you can find them. Try http://www.newworldcds.com
>
>
>
> Jaimie Vernon,
> President, Bullseye Records
> "Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
> http://www.bullseyecanada.com
> Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
> http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
>
>
>
>
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