Real To Reel Vol. 2
Tesla
Engineer: Michael Rosen,
Producer: Tesla, Tom Zutaut
Tesla Electric, 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: TECR002
EAN: 0896570001048
UPC: 896570001048
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Tesla: Dave Rude, Frank Hannon, Jeff Keith, Troy Luccketta, Brian Wheat.
Possibly taking a nod from the kind of marketing savvy pioneered by the likes of Prince, meat-and-potatoes hard rockers Tesla initially offered the second disc of tracks from their REAL TO REEL sessions free with the purchase of a concert ticket. Continuing with the first set's theme of beloved '60s and '70s covers, REAL TO REEL 2 also features Tesla's first foray into recording with new member Dave Rude (replacing original guitarist Tommy Skeoch).
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Tesla
Like their eccentric namesake, the band Tesla has always operated slightly outside the mainstream. In an era when glam-metal ruled the airwaves and MTV, the hard-rocking Sacramento-based band stuck to their own brand of melodic hard rock, rife with probing lyrics, evocative imagery, and thoughtful, classical-based guitar riffs. After garnering impressive reviews for their 1986 debut, and scoring a top ten hit in 1990 with the progressively wandering opus "Love Song," the band also set a precedent by releasing an all-acoustic, mostly-covers live album that featured another top ten in the '70s protest anthem "Signs." The group put in a solid decade of recording and quietly dissolved in the mid '90s, but have reformed several times, releasing live and covers albums, as well as an iTunes-only studio album.
