March 5, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
BILLY SQUIER...The Tale Of The Tape (1980)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

Have you ever heard this album? Have you even heard of this album? It reached number 169 on the U.S. Billboard charts so I would bet you most likely have not. I had not ever heard of it, either, but with continuing with the debut release approach I thought I would check out Billy's, and this is it. It's actually his solo debut, as he had been in a band called Piper who had the same manager as Kiss. Speaking of Kiss, a future member, Bruce Kulick, plays guitar on the record and co-wrote the track "Rich Kid." As for the album...it's cool, it was interesting as I had never heard it before, but Squier's best was still to come. The same formula is here as it is in the future releases: hard rock, guitar hooks, loud vocals and catchy chorus's. The songs just aren't as good as they soon would be. However, I do recommend you give it a listen as it is history, it's probably new to you and you can see where Billy started on his own. It gets a thumbs up from me



ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 5
Alan Clark from Dire Straits is 59; John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1960 Elvis Presley is discharged from the Army
1963 The Beatles record "From Me To You"
1977 The Rolling Stones perform in a nightclub in Toronto, and some of those tracks ended up on Love You Live
2002 "The Osbournes" premieres on MTV
2004 Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down is arrested in Moss Point, Mississippi after allegedly assaulting a newspaper carrier who accused him of stealing papers from a coin-operated vending machine
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver pleads not guilty of driving under the influence of drugs when he was arrested on a Los Angeles freeway on-ramp the previous November
2009 Experience Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix file a trademark-infringement lawsuit in a federal court in Seattle charging the Las Vegas-based HendrixLicensing.com with selling unauthorized Hendrix-branded merchandise

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
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