Year : 1985 (Independent Records Edition)
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 57 mb
Bio:
Melodic rock band from Foster City in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA in the early 80s.They toured toured the Bay Area circuit and opened for the likes of The Tubes, Quiet Riot, The Outfield and others and released only one album "Get Hooked" (1985) through Independent Records.Geno Orphanopoulos, Lead Singer, Bassist, Songwriter says: Yes, the band broke up in 1985, but I'm still making and recording new music for any of our great Addiction fans to hear.I'm still an Indie Artist, and my Artist name is now Gene O. (with a period). There are a few "gene O' artists out there, but only one named Gene O. that can be found on all the music platforms.I've released my debut Solo Album GENEOLOGY and two singles "Crazy World" and most recently "COOL". A fun fact is that the second track on my album "Sweet Infatuation" was recently featured on Motor Trend's TV Show CAR FIX.And I'm still keeping busy here with another single planned for release in the first quarter of '23, as well as releasing a remastered album from the band that I joined after Addiction broke up. It's called THE MAKE UP SESSIONS, being released on 11.21.22.So come by and visit my Official Gene O.On our website you can listen & download all the songs I've recorded, including the entire Addiction - Get Hooked album that I've had professionally digitized from a pristine, still in shrink-wrap vinyl copy of the album onto hi-fidelity FLAC audio files! Man, does it sound great to hear these once more in hi-fidelity since the 2" Analog Master Tapes were lost after we disbanded.
Album:
Here comes a rarity...the only album by the San Francisco quartet ADDICTION entitled "Get Hooked", released by themselves in 1985.Seems ADDICTION toured the Bay Area circuit and opened for the likes of The Tubes, Quiet Riot, The Outfield and others, but never got a major record contract, so the band founded their own label Independent Records.This album is indeed an indie recording, produced by themselves but engineered by Gary Lyons (Aerosmith, Foreigner) so expect more than a decent sound.Soundwise, "Get Hooked" is a mixed bag. Opener "Shadow Dancer" it's a quite poppy, radio friendly commercial tune including electric drums, not far to the aforementioned The Outfield early works."Talk To You" is a good, cool keyboard-driven AOR track with a catchy chorus. The synth sound and style (as on the entire record) is very classy, with a parping approach."Desire" is a midtempo with some Gregg Giuffria's Angel on it, "Nostalgia" adds some atmospheres in the vein of Day One (a band already featured here on the blog), while "Insanity" is the hardest track with muscular guitar riffs akin Cinema Face."Beware of the Wizard" has some light progressive touches, a slow tune with a pretty early '80s sound, then on "Radio Beat" I was expecting and commercial tune, instead it's some kind of a poppy track with broken drums and riffs.As you see, there's mixed styles on "Get Hooked", with Addiction trying to resume their abilities into different arrangements. They are successful for the most part, but unfortunately the group disbanded soon and there was not opportunity to hear what would have been Addiction's next musical step.
Line-Up:
Geno Orphanopoulos – Vocals, Bass
Kip Rich – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Joe Cuneo – Drums, Backing Vocals
Dave Palladino – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Production:
Recorded At – The Automatt
Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
Recorded At – Tres Virgos Studios
Recorded At – The Music Annex
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Artwork [Cover] – Don Evenson
Design [Album] – Peachtree Media Arts, San Francisco
Design [Logo] – Mike Sawyer (2)
Engineer – Gary Lyons, Russ Bond* (tracks: 1, 4, 6)
Performer – Dave*, Geno*, Joe*, Kip*
Photography By [Album] – Pat Johnson Studios
Producer – Addiction
Remix – Gordon Lyons
Recorded at the Automatt, San Francisco; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley; Tres Virgos Studios, San Rafael; The Music Annex, Menlo Park
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
Tracklist:
01. Shadow Dancer
02. Talk to You
03. Desire
04. Nostalgia
05. Insanity
06. Beware of the Wizard
07. Radio Beat
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