Year : 1986 (YesterRock Remastered 2012)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : USA
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 155 mb
Bio:
Adrenalin is an American rock band from East Detroit Michigan, that is perhaps best known for their song "Road of the Gypsy," featured in the 1986 film Iron Eagle.Adrenalin is made up of six friends from elementary school (St. Veronica) to high school (Grosse Pointe North). Brian and Mark Pastoria, Jimmy and Mike Romeo, Bruce Schafer and Mike "Flash" Haggerty started the band in the mid-seventies with the help of lead singer David Larson.Adrenalin created a huge buzz among fans and the music industry alike, as well as quickly earning the respect of musicians such as Bob Seger and Aerosmith.[citation needed] They continually won awards throughout the late '70s and well into the '80s when Marc Gilbert joined the band and were getting radio airplay across the country.Their albums boasted heartland rockers like "Don't Be Lookin Back," "Faraway Eyes," and "Road Of The Gypsy," a song featured in the film, Iron Eagle. Adrenalin was even in rotation when MTV was still a fledgling station that actually played music videos. They produced an EP, Don't Be Looking Back in 1983, and two albums, American Heart (1984) and Road of the Gypsy (1986) both produced by Vini Poncia.By the end of Adrenalin's run as a band, the members had coped with the suicide of their original lead singer, David Larson.They were dropped by Polygram during the mid-'80s collapse of MCA records. "Through all of this," remembers Brian Pastoria, "we never considered packing it in. We believed in what we were doing...Giving up was not an option."The Pastoria brothers and the Romeo brothers formed a new band, DC Drive. With the addition of Doug Kahan on bass and Joey Bowen on vocals, DC Drive picked up where Adrenalin left off. They debuted by warming up for Cheap Trick in front of 50,000 fans.During all of these changes, the band realized that they wanted to record and produce themselves. "With a $125,000 recording budget, you can pay per diems (to studios on the East or West Coast) or buy the equipment (yourself)," reasoned Brian Pastoria. The band was soon rewarded for their efforts with a recording deal from Capitol Records/EMI of Canada and began working with famed hard-rock producer, Vini Poncia. The result was a self-titled disk full of rock and soul. As bassist Doug Kahan so gracefully put it, "Imagine the MC5 in bed with the Supremes."The album and the single, "You Need Love," were a success across Detroit and in Canada. In 1993, DC Drive and PR Music garnered many awards and much recognition, including seven nominations and four awards including Best Rock Group and Best Single ("You Need Love") at the Motor City Music Awards. DC Drive disbanded in 1993, when Joey quit to "do his own thing" and Doug went to Nashville.Adrenalin re-united for a show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on May 25, 2002 with singer Graham Strachan fronting the band.
Album:
"Road Of The Gypsy" by American melodic rockers ADRENALIN, criminally remained unreleased on CD until the very end of 2012 when Yesterrock reissued this cult album for the first time, in a remastered form.The title song "Road Of The Gypsy" is one of those all-time AOR classics. Originally to be found on the soundtrack of the movie 'Iron Eagle', became Adrenalin's biggest hit.Story tells the band put out an EP in 1983 which widespread popularity ultimately led to a deal with the MCA affiliated Rocshire label (Alcatrazz, Citizen Kane, Tony Carey). Thus, Adrenalin’s major label debut, entitled ‘American Heart’, emerged in 1984 and was produced by Vini Poncia (Kiss).MCA had seen enough potential in the group to sign them up to a new deal after the success of the 'Iron Eagle' soundtrack. Bizarrely, the label decided to make Adrenalin's major debut with them including songs from ‘American Heart’ in remixed form and dropping three of the original songs in favour of adding the aforementioned "Road Of The Gypsy" alongside the brand new tracks "Summer Nights" and "Broken Hearted Bound".Apart from the title song (which is really great), the album offers a bunch of lovable radio-friendly Melodic Rock / AOR tunes with the typical mid-eighties FM sound such as the pumping "Broken Hearted Bound", the feel-good "Summer Nights" and "The Kid's Got A Will To Live", the AOR-rock of "The Pressure's On" and the keyboard filled "Photograph (Time Passes On)".Sadly, "Road Of The Gypsy" received very little promotion from MCA for a number of reasons and the band eventually found themselves without a deal and looking for a new vocalist following Marc Gilbert’s departure. After hooking up with ex- Grand Funk Railroad’s Mark Farner for a while,Adrenalin morph into DC Drive, another good act from the era."Road Of The Gypsy" was extremely hard to find (only vinyl & cassette) for years, and although many unofficial bootleg CD's appeared, all sounded terribly bad.Now, this stupendous Yesterrock remaster - taken from the original master tapes - makes justice to this long lost gem. Seriously, the sound obtained is incredibly pristine and crisp, handled by talented Robert Papst (Dominoe mastermind) behind the desk.All who polished '80s American MR / AOR, this reissue is a must have.
Line Up:
Marc Gilbert (R.I.P. 2012) – vocals
Michael Romeo - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Flash - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Mark Pastoria - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Jimmy Romeo - Sax, Backing Vocals
Bruce Schafer - Bass, Backing Vocals
Brian Pastoria (R.I.P. 2026) – drums
Tracklist:
01. Road Of The Gypsy
02. Northern Shores
03. Broken Hearted Bound
04. Summer Nights
05. Faraway Eyes
06. The Kid's Got A Will To Live
07. The Pressure's On
08. Michael
09. Photograph (Time Passes On)
+ Video "Road of the Gypsy" (Iron Eagle) (Official Video)
+ Video "Northern Shores" (Audio Video)
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