Year : 1994 (Eonian Records Remastered Edition 2023)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 115 mb
Bio:
The story of MISERY began deep in the heart of Texas …Pasadena, to be exact.They say, “Don't mess with Texas.” One listens to the band’s first studio recording, ‘Misery Loves Company,’ and they will immediately know why! It’s explosive, melodic heavy metal, chock full of balls-out attitude and infectious commercial hooks.‘Misery Loves Company’ will be the first of four albums to be released by Eonian Records; it features eleven tracks, including an incredible cover of “Great Balls of Fire,” made famous by Jerry Lee Lewis, a cousin of the late great Mickey Gilley. Mickey played piano on the track as well. The late Jerry Lee Lewis's 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song by Rolling Stone and might be the best cover of this song ever recorded. Each song was remastered by Kevin and Joe, which sounds as good as they have ever had.“From about 1988/89 through the ’90s, we wrote, performed, and recorded a lot of music. We’re extremely excited to be able to give it a fresh digital upgrade and finally make it available for everyone! We worked hard on this all those years ago and are very proud of how it turned out. Greg was looking forward to finishing this, and we’re sad that he didn’t get to see it through. Just know that all he wanted was for this to be available to the world. We hope you enjoy listening to the music as much as we enjoyed making it!” - Joe Villarreal, guitarist of MISERY.In a tribute to Greg Gilley and MISERY, we are proud to present their first video,“Hit-N-Run Lover,” filmed at the famed Backstage Club in Houston, Texas, directed by longtime friend of the band, Jamey Tidwell.
Album:
Specialized reissue label Eonian Records is releasing a fresh remastered version of “Out Of My Hands“, the 1994’s third album from American melodic hard rockers MISERY, right in time for its 30th anniversary, including a previously unreleased track.At the time MISERY played shows with major acts such as Lillian Axe, Dirty Blonde, Kix, etc, while the band’s management made numerous contacts within the industry and was offered a deal with Texas label Flashpoint Records. Ultimately, they turned it down, but label owner and A&R man James Lopez did encourage the band to head in a harder & heavier direction.As a result, their third recording by the name of “Out Of My Hands,” has a much more edgy sound in the vein of Dokken, Lynch Mob, Lillian Axe. As a proof of their heavier delivering in this album, they included a cover of Black Sabbath’s first album song ‘Fairies Wear Boots’.There’s sharp riffs, roaring vocals full of energy by singer / guitarist Greg Gilley (who also play bass on the record) and a punchy rhythm section – those are only some of the arguments in favor of this output of the American band.The catchy “War/Hate/Love” could have been a hit some years earlier, while “Souls On Fire” and “Destiny” are strong hard rocking songs with a down to earth powerful and authentic sound full of groove.The band not only continued their local success in their home state Texas playing shows from Dallas to San Antonio as well as their home base of Houston and Pasadena but alas, the times were changing in the mid-90s.MISERY was finding it hard to keep things going. They recorded a new album but the industry was looking for grungy rock. Ultimately, it wasn’t meant to be for MISERY. In 1996, their story came to an end.The band was remained separated for over two decades until they were approached in the summer of 2021 by the owner and booker from a club they frequently played to perform an After Dark Club reunion show.“Out Of My Hands” is a well produced rocking album with lots of heavy hard rock riffs and groove, strong lead vocals and gang choruses, now remastered by Misery’s drummer Kevin Coffey.
Line Up:
Greg Gilley - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – See also: ex- Rok Bergade
Joe Villarreal - Lead Guitar, Vocals - See also: ex-Numb to the Blow
John Jay - bass
Kevin Coffey - Vocals, Drums, Keyboards
Production:
Art Direction, Design – Eddi Calzada, Suicide Graphix
Concept By [Original Cover Art Concept By] – Kevin Coffey
Engineer [Engineered By] – Greg Gilley, Kevin Coffey
Executive-Producer – Ryan Northrop, Stephen Craig
Illustration [Original Cover Illustration By] – Johnny Douglas
Liner Notes [Behind The Music] – Joe Villarreal, Kevin Coffey
Management [Project Management] – Stephen Craig
Mixed By – Greg Gilley, Kevin Coffey
Photography By – Robert Kemp
Photography By [Live Photos] – Wendy Jasper
Producer [Produced By] – Greg Gilley, Kevin Coffey
Remastered By [Remastering By] – Kevin Coffey
Written-By – Greg Gilley (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10), Joe Villarreal (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Kevin Coffey (2) (tracks: 1 to 4, 10)
Tracklist:
01. Out of My Hands
02. Souls on Fire
03. War/Hate/Love
04. Destiny
06. Say Goodbye
07. Heaven Sent
08. Carnival of Souls
09. The Other Side
10. Fairies Wear Boots (Black Sabbath Cover)
11. Falling Again
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