Cracked Actor - Cracked Actor (EP) (1989)
Posted: 31 Oct 2024, 09:27
Cracked Actor - Cracked Actor (EP) (1989)
Year : 1989
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR , Female vocals
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 65 mb
Bio:
U.S. female fronted melodic Hard Rock/AOR band.Sounds like Witness, Saraya or Toronto.Guitarist Billy Alexander says: "My demo had made it into the hands of a band and this was before cell phones and they were trying to get in touch with me.The only number that they had was my number back in Maryland. When I (talked to) my mom on the phone she said this band in L.A. is trying to get hold of you. She gave me the information and they (the band) let me live in their rehearsal studio. I was trying to get up on my feet and to earn my own way. I quickly realized that you can’t make six hundred bucks last for very long. I just thought I was going to land, someone was going to hear me and boom there would be a record deal and there you go. I had no idea. I was nineteen, had a chip on the shoulder and I was as cocky as could be. It didn’t quite pan out and I had to go back to Maryland. I got with one of the bands back there that was touring the east coast and making money. I was living in Hagerstown, Maryland, which is halfway between Baltimore and Washington D.C. The band was called Cracked Actor. I think they were named after the David Bowie song “Cracked Actor.” It was a cover band, but they were really popular. I was playing guitar, vocals and keyboards, mostly lead guitar. They played from Fort Lauderdale to North Carolina and all the way up to Watertown New York. I was with them long enough to save up more money and to get a better car. While I was doing that I was writing songs and recording.Then I made the permanent move back to L.A. again. I was a little smarter, I had a little more money in my pocket and I was a better musician. That was about 1988-89. I started joining bands in Hollywood. I was in and out of a few bands and I realized they only really wanted certain things from me. I started putting a little bit more of myself into these bands and sometimes I think they almost started resenting it or regretting it or something. That was about the point that I decided I was going to start my own band and I did. I wrote all of the songs and I had complete creative control and not because I wanted to, but I felt that it was easier. Nobody else was a strong writer, so I ended up being the guy. That band was called King’s Ransom. It was more of a Progressive Rock band, lyrically and melodically. Musically I had the ability to come up with some challenging riffs and time signatures. I recruited a drummer and another singer from back in Maryland to come out and join me in this venture and they had exceptional musical abilities and chops to pull this off. I was the producer. I was laying down tracks and boom it sounded like a band.”.In 1988 they released their first EP "Make You Sweat" and next in 1989 "Cracked Actor".In 2006, both albums were released by Retrospect Records like "Cracked Actor / Make You Sweat" compilation.
Album:
Originally released in 1989.Nice mini CD by Cracked Actor.Amazing female fronted US AOR/melodic hard rock with simple and infectious melodies and solid lead guitars.The lead vocals of Petra are not bad and recall a bit that of Saraya.Best of track is "Passion Rules the Heart".Very nice mini album!!
Line-Up:
Petra - vocals
Billy Alexander - guitars
Drew Adrian - guitars
Mike Spinoe - bass, vocals
Jeff Key - keyboards, guitars
Billy Jones - drums, vocals
Production:
Produced by John Palumbo
Tracklist:
01. Girls With Guns 2:49
02. One More Time 4:14
03. Passion Rules the Heart 3:55
04. Red, Hot & Blue 3:54
04. Make You Sweat 3:28
05. Mad as Hell 3:01
+ Video "One More Time" (Official Video)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 1989
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR , Female vocals
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 65 mb
Bio:
U.S. female fronted melodic Hard Rock/AOR band.Sounds like Witness, Saraya or Toronto.Guitarist Billy Alexander says: "My demo had made it into the hands of a band and this was before cell phones and they were trying to get in touch with me.The only number that they had was my number back in Maryland. When I (talked to) my mom on the phone she said this band in L.A. is trying to get hold of you. She gave me the information and they (the band) let me live in their rehearsal studio. I was trying to get up on my feet and to earn my own way. I quickly realized that you can’t make six hundred bucks last for very long. I just thought I was going to land, someone was going to hear me and boom there would be a record deal and there you go. I had no idea. I was nineteen, had a chip on the shoulder and I was as cocky as could be. It didn’t quite pan out and I had to go back to Maryland. I got with one of the bands back there that was touring the east coast and making money. I was living in Hagerstown, Maryland, which is halfway between Baltimore and Washington D.C. The band was called Cracked Actor. I think they were named after the David Bowie song “Cracked Actor.” It was a cover band, but they were really popular. I was playing guitar, vocals and keyboards, mostly lead guitar. They played from Fort Lauderdale to North Carolina and all the way up to Watertown New York. I was with them long enough to save up more money and to get a better car. While I was doing that I was writing songs and recording.Then I made the permanent move back to L.A. again. I was a little smarter, I had a little more money in my pocket and I was a better musician. That was about 1988-89. I started joining bands in Hollywood. I was in and out of a few bands and I realized they only really wanted certain things from me. I started putting a little bit more of myself into these bands and sometimes I think they almost started resenting it or regretting it or something. That was about the point that I decided I was going to start my own band and I did. I wrote all of the songs and I had complete creative control and not because I wanted to, but I felt that it was easier. Nobody else was a strong writer, so I ended up being the guy. That band was called King’s Ransom. It was more of a Progressive Rock band, lyrically and melodically. Musically I had the ability to come up with some challenging riffs and time signatures. I recruited a drummer and another singer from back in Maryland to come out and join me in this venture and they had exceptional musical abilities and chops to pull this off. I was the producer. I was laying down tracks and boom it sounded like a band.”.In 1988 they released their first EP "Make You Sweat" and next in 1989 "Cracked Actor".In 2006, both albums were released by Retrospect Records like "Cracked Actor / Make You Sweat" compilation.
Album:
Originally released in 1989.Nice mini CD by Cracked Actor.Amazing female fronted US AOR/melodic hard rock with simple and infectious melodies and solid lead guitars.The lead vocals of Petra are not bad and recall a bit that of Saraya.Best of track is "Passion Rules the Heart".Very nice mini album!!
Line-Up:
Petra - vocals
Billy Alexander - guitars
Drew Adrian - guitars
Mike Spinoe - bass, vocals
Jeff Key - keyboards, guitars
Billy Jones - drums, vocals
Production:
Produced by John Palumbo
Tracklist:
01. Girls With Guns 2:49
02. One More Time 4:14
03. Passion Rules the Heart 3:55
04. Red, Hot & Blue 3:54
04. Make You Sweat 3:28
05. Mad as Hell 3:01
+ Video "One More Time" (Official Video)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/