Year : 1987-1988 (Heaven & Hell Records Edition 2022)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
After the demise of New York's Sinful, guitarist Jimmy Ambrose and bassist Nars Lopez began to put together a project with a new line-up and a slight change in musical direction. The pair began taking some tracks Ambrose had written and went straight into the studio to record some demos. Friends from other bands joined in to help out, including former Sinful keyboardist Bill Myer.Still without a solid future ahead of them, Ambrose and Lopez began looking for permanent members for the band, which would eventually take the name Mirrors Image. The story goes that one night - while checking out a potential drummer at a gig - Jimmy's attention was caught by the band's guitarist and his vocal talents. The drummer was not recruited, but the singer seemed to be a dead end as well. Until a twist of fate occurred in the form of a response to an advertisement in a local newspaper. The ad was answered by the same guitarist Ambrose had seen that night: Andy Meyer.While still searching for a drummer, Ambrose, Lopez and Meyer returned to the studio to re-record demos, this time with Andy's vocals. Eventually, through a recommendation, they met the ultimate drummer, Harry Finnegan, whose style and backing vocal skills immediately gave Mirrors Image what they were missing. Finally, there was the addition of second guitarist, Mike Miranda.The completed line-up played a number of gigs on the local circuit and, once more experienced, returned to the studio, where - under the direction of Eddie Solan (live sound engineer for KISS) - they began recording a few more tracks. A second four-piece demo came out of those sessions.The band continued to perform, write more material and circulate demos to major record labels. But - as is often the case - musical differences began to arise between the members. Half of the band wanted to return to their roots and a more pure rock'n'roll approach, which was becoming fashionable with the growing popularity of Guns N'Roses, while the other half wanted a more complex and articulated direction. This inevitably led to the split.
Album:
Unearthed after 30 plus years and available for the very first time under the title ”Run Through The Night“, Heaven & Hell Records is releasing all the recordings from US ’80s melodic hard rockers MIRRORS IMAGE.Remastered from the best surviving sources – read cassettes – we can hear 9 very good songs from the genre, influenced by DOKKEN, LION, early KING KOBRA, ICON, HURRICANE, etc.And MIRRORS IMAGE chops and songwriting skills are on par with the aforementioned acts, believe me.After New York’s SINFUL had come to an end, guitarist Jimmy Ambrose and bassist Nars Lopez began to put together a new project with new line-up and a slight change in musical direction. The pair would begin with taking some songs Ambrose had written and go right into the studio to record some demos. Friends from other bands would fill in on these recordings. Also joining them would be ex-SINFUL keyboardist Bill Myer.Still without a solid lime-up Ambrose and Lopez began searching for permanent members for what would be dubbed MIRRORS IMAGE.One night while checking out a potential drummer at a gig, Ambrose’s attention would be drawn to the band’s guitarist and his vocal chops. The drummer would not workout and the guitarist/singer also appeared to be a dead-end until a twist of fate occurred in the form of the answering of a placed ad in a local paper.The ad would be answered by Andy Meyer, that same guitarist Ambrose had seen.While still searching for a drummer, Ambrose, Lopez and new lead vocalist Andy Meyers would go back into the studio and re-record those earlier demos, this time with Andy’s vocals. Through a recommendation, the band would come across drummer Harry Finnegan. Finnegan’s hard-hitting style and ability to sing harmonies would make a fine addition to MIRRORS IMAGE.Still, MIRRORS IMAGE were missing one more element to fill out the sound and this would be solved by the addition of second guitarist Mike Miranda.Miranda had a reputation as one of the best guitarists in the area. The partnering of the guitarists would prove to be an asset, not only was Miranda an incredible guitarist, but he was also a very strong songwriter. Now there were three writers in the band.MIRRORS IMAGE quickly set out onto the local circuit picking up gigs where they would work on becoming tight as a unit before going into the studio. Once the band was ready they headed to Eddie Solan’s recording studio to begin laying down tracks. Solan was KISS’s longtime live sound engineer and had also worked with other New York bands.He had expressed interest in producing tracks for MIRRORS IMAGE after hearing the band. Out of those recording sessions came a second four-song demo.The band continued to gig write more material and circulate the demo to the major record labels. Another surprise hit the band when Lehland would decide to depart. Tey would fill the vacancy with former LUV SHY bassist Rob Shay.Losing no momentum, Shay learned all the material quickly as the band continued forward as several labels began coming to check the band out.MIRRORS IMAGE would then record two additional songs for a new demo that would now start garnering some serious record label interest, yet a deal did not materialize.At this time musical differences began to arise among the members; half of the band wanted to go back to basics and a more pure rock n roll approach was becoming fashionable with the growing popularity of Guns n’ Roses, while the other half of the band wanted a more progressively complex direction.This division would cause the end of the band .MIRRORS IMAGE never managed to secure a deal and in the great scheme of things had a pretty short life span. However, despite the several members changes the band were able to record a handful of tracks of what could have been a great offering to the melodic hard rock world.As said, fans of DOKKEN, LION, ICON classic era will find a lot to enjoy here.
Line Up:
Andy Meyer – Lead Vocals
Jimmy Ambrose – Guitar, Vocals
Rob Sheh – Bass
Mike Miranda – Guitar, Vocals
Rick Lehland – Bass
Harry Finnegan - Drums, Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Where is the Show 04:52
02. Chains 04:49
03. Run in the Night 04:22
04. Straight Thru the Heart 04:12
05. Hold On 05:03
06. Dreams Come True 03:47
07. Change of Heart 05:03
08. Dangerous Love 05:25
09. Burning Up 04:19
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