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| From | William Rabeneck <largro13@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Johnny Monaco & Best Albums You Never Heard (Roxanne) |
| Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:44:57 -0700 (PDT) |
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Hi Chuck,
You're right that Roxanne self-titled album was great! I remember liking most, if not all, of the songs. I think they were troubled by a few things: 1.) Wasn't there a pop band at the same time called something like the Real-Roxanne, or Roxette (both bands may even have existed at roughly the same time, making it three similarly named bands)? 2.) To me, Roxanne sounded enough like "Don't Say No" and "Emotions In Motion"-era Billy Squier that if they did get much radio play, if the DJ didn't make a point of saying who the artist was, people probably went to the record store looking for something new by Billy Squier. And heck, then again, neither one of these factors may have effected it, some stuff just falls through the cracks, and doesn't get popular sometimes, even though it's good.
I'll tell you another good thing that fell through the cracks in the 1980s too: the band Hanio Rocks. I've got several of their albums. And it's a shame that the thing that they are most famous for is their drummer getting killed while riding in a drunk driving car wreck with Motley Crue's Vince Neil. I like their "Two Steps From The Move" album especially well. On this they sound like the Rolling Stones should have sounded in the 1980s, if they weren't fighting and falling out. I think that may have been why they didn't particularly fit in well in the Hair Metal movement, rather than sounding L.A., they sounded like vintage "Beggar's Banquet" through "Exile On Mainstreet" Rolling Stones, and they dressed even more transvestite-ish than Poison. They probably weren't heavy enough, and too girly looking for 80s metal dudes.
Peace,
W.D.
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chuck Oney
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Johnny Monaco & Best Albums You Never Heard
Message-ID: <189300.49954.qm@web32707.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Best Albums, I'd go with a band called Roxanne with CD, a self titled from LA in 1988. Their cover of
"Play That Funky Music" was spot on. Only released the one CD though. I also like a band called Stage Dolls with another self titled CD from that time period.
I've been a fan of Johnny Monaco ever since the night The Vague opened for Enuff and all during soundcheck he played & sang nothing but Beatles songs
(Donnie was no where to be found). Later that night he gave me a cassette demo of his stuff called "Pinch" and it was really cool. Why Enuff Z'Nuff never let him get involved in the songwriting process is beyond me.
Chuck Oney
The Vague
www.myspace.com/thevagueonline
N/P Johnny Thunders-"Pirate Love"
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