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Medieval Steel
Описание: THERE WAS A TIME, LONG AGO.........
MEDIEVAL STEEL STARTING IN 1983-1984 WITH BOBBY FRANKLIN (VOCALS), CHUCK JONES (GUITAR), RICKY TRIOLA (GUITAR), R. TRIOLA WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING THE MEDIEVAL STEEL SOUND DURING THE E.P. ERA. RON BARONATTO (BASS), AND BILL JONES (DRUMS). RICKY WAS LEAVING THE BAND BEFORE THE E.P WAS READY TO BE FINISHED. AT THAT TIME THEY ASK SCOTT JONES TO JOIN BUT HE DECLINED. JOHN ROTH (GUITAR) JOINED TO REPLACED RICKY TRIOLA TO RECORD THE 4 SONG E.P. RON B.(BASS) LEFT THE BAND AND JEFF BOYDSTUN PLAYED SOME BASS ON THE E.P. ALONG WITH JACK HOLDER THE PRODUCER. SOME GIGS WERE PLAYED OUT LIVE AND THE BAND (BOBBY, CHUCK, JOHN, JEFF, BILL) WAS TRYING TO GET A DEAL WITH MEGAFORCE RECORDS AND JOHNNY ZEE ALONG WITH OTHER RECORD COMPANIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN M.S. THEY WENT THROUGH SOME CHANGES OF MEMBERS AND STYLE AT THAT TIME JOHNNY ZEE TRIED TO CHANGED THE NAME AND DIRECTION OF THE BAND TO FIRE CHOIR (JZ F^CKED UP. BAD DECISION) FOR A BRIEF TIME WHICH WAS GEARED TOWARD BEING ALL COMMERCIAL UNTIL BOBBY HAD ENOUGH AND LEFT NEW YORK. THAT'S WHEN BOBBY TOOK THE NAME MEDIEVAL STEEL (GIVEN TO BY CHUCK JONES) AND CONTACTED SCOTT JONES TO TEAM UP AND BE THE OTHER HALF OF MEDIEVAL STEEL TO KEEP THE BAND GOING. FIRE CHOIR STAYED IN NEW YORK AT THAT TIME. BOBBY AND SCOTT WROTE SOME SONGS INCLUDING 1- EYES OF FIRE, 2-TEARS IN THE RAIN, 3-TO KILL A KING .WRITTEN BY SCOTT JONES AND BOBBY FRANKLIN AND 4- ITS JUST TOO LATE WRITTEN BY ( C. JONES/ B. FRANKLIN/ S. JONES). BY THAT TIME FIRE CHOIR HAD BROKEN UP AND CHUCK JONES CAME AROUND TO PLAY BASS. BOBBY (VOCALS), SCOTT (GUITAR), CHUCK (BASS), BILL JONES (DRUMS), AND JOHN ROTH PLAYED KEYBOARDS ON ALL 4 SONGS RECORDED AT THAT TIME AT ARDENT STUDIOS IN MEMPHIS, TN. THAT IS THE 4 SONG DEMO THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE BOOTLEG. THAT TAPE WAS NEVER FINISHED AS FAR AS TRACKS OR MIX.
AFTER THE ARDENT BOOTLEG DEMO WAS MADE BILL JONES LEFT THE BAND AND ZOLTAN CHAINEY JOINED TO PLAY DRUMS. JOHN ROTH CAME BACK TO PLAY GUITAR. THAT LINE UP BOBBY (VOCALS)SCOTT (GUITAR) JOHN (GUITAR) CHUCK (BASS) AND ZOLTAN (DRUMS) THE BAND WAS STILL TALKING WITH MEGAFORCE AND JOHNNY ZEE ABOUT A RECORD DEAL. JOHNNY KEPT STRINGING THE BAND ALONG AND HAD BROKEN UP THE BAND ONCE BEFORE WITH CHANGING OVER TO FIRE CHIOR. THE BAND THEN WENT TO NASHVILLE TO WARM UP ANTHRAX (ONE OF JOHHNY’S BANDS) THE DEAL WENT SOUTH. JOHN ROTH SOON LEFT THE BAND AS WELL AS ZOLTAN CHAINEY. BOBBY, SCOTT, AND CHUCK STAYED TOGETHER AND SOON FOUND CHRIS COOK TO PLAY DRUMS. THAT LINE UP DID SOME SHOWS AND 4 TRACKING. CHUCK WAS VERY ILL AND NEEDED TO LEAVE THE BAND. CHUCK HAD A FULL RECOVERY BUT WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR AWHILE. CHRIS HAD LEFT TOWN FOR A SHORT WHILE. BOBBY AND SCOTT KEPT IT TOGETHER AND WAS WRITING SONGS. CHRIS COOK CAME BACK TO MEMPHIS AND HELPED FIND STEVE CROCKER TO PLAY BASS. THAT LINE UP WAS TOGETHER FOR THE LONGEST. THEY RECORDED LOST IN THE CITY AND TEARS IN THE RAIN (2 RECORDING OF THAT SONG 1ST AT ARDENT) MEDIEVAL STEEL WAS GETTING LOCAL AIR PLAY AND PLAYING AS MANY SHOWS AS THEY COULD AND TRYING TO GET SIGNED. A LOT OF PROMISE’S AND BROKEN RECORD DEALS HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME. “Tears in the Rain” and “Lost in the City” WERE BEING PLAYED ON THE RADIO IN MEMPHIS AT THAT TIME.
MEDIEVAL STEEL STARTING IN 1983-1984 WITH BOBBY FRANKLIN (VOCALS), CHUCK JONES (GUITAR), RICKY TRIOLA (GUITAR), R. TRIOLA WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING THE MEDIEVAL STEEL SOUND DURING THE E.P. ERA. RON BARONATTO (BASS), AND BILL JONES (DRUMS). RICKY WAS LEAVING THE BAND BEFORE THE E.P WAS READY TO BE FINISHED. AT THAT TIME THEY ASK SCOTT JONES TO JOIN BUT HE DECLINED. JOHN ROTH (GUITAR) JOINED TO REPLACED RICKY TRIOLA TO RECORD THE 4 SONG E.P. RON B.(BASS) LEFT THE BAND AND JEFF BOYDSTUN PLAYED SOME BASS ON THE E.P. ALONG WITH JACK HOLDER THE PRODUCER. SOME GIGS WERE PLAYED OUT LIVE AND THE BAND (BOBBY, CHUCK, JOHN, JEFF, BILL) WAS TRYING TO GET A DEAL WITH MEGAFORCE RECORDS AND JOHNNY ZEE ALONG WITH OTHER RECORD COMPANIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN M.S. THEY WENT THROUGH SOME CHANGES OF MEMBERS AND STYLE AT THAT TIME JOHNNY ZEE TRIED TO CHANGED THE NAME AND DIRECTION OF THE BAND TO FIRE CHOIR (JZ F^CKED UP. BAD DECISION) FOR A BRIEF TIME WHICH WAS GEARED TOWARD BEING ALL COMMERCIAL UNTIL BOBBY HAD ENOUGH AND LEFT NEW YORK. THAT'S WHEN BOBBY TOOK THE NAME MEDIEVAL STEEL (GIVEN TO BY CHUCK JONES) AND CONTACTED SCOTT JONES TO TEAM UP AND BE THE OTHER HALF OF MEDIEVAL STEEL TO KEEP THE BAND GOING. FIRE CHOIR STAYED IN NEW YORK AT THAT TIME. BOBBY AND SCOTT WROTE SOME SONGS INCLUDING 1- EYES OF FIRE, 2-TEARS IN THE RAIN, 3-TO KILL A KING .WRITTEN BY SCOTT JONES AND BOBBY FRANKLIN AND 4- ITS JUST TOO LATE WRITTEN BY ( C. JONES/ B. FRANKLIN/ S. JONES). BY THAT TIME FIRE CHOIR HAD BROKEN UP AND CHUCK JONES CAME AROUND TO PLAY BASS. BOBBY (VOCALS), SCOTT (GUITAR), CHUCK (BASS), BILL JONES (DRUMS), AND JOHN ROTH PLAYED KEYBOARDS ON ALL 4 SONGS RECORDED AT THAT TIME AT ARDENT STUDIOS IN MEMPHIS, TN. THAT IS THE 4 SONG DEMO THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE BOOTLEG. THAT TAPE WAS NEVER FINISHED AS FAR AS TRACKS OR MIX.
AFTER THE ARDENT BOOTLEG DEMO WAS MADE BILL JONES LEFT THE BAND AND ZOLTAN CHAINEY JOINED TO PLAY DRUMS. JOHN ROTH CAME BACK TO PLAY GUITAR. THAT LINE UP BOBBY (VOCALS)SCOTT (GUITAR) JOHN (GUITAR) CHUCK (BASS) AND ZOLTAN (DRUMS) THE BAND WAS STILL TALKING WITH MEGAFORCE AND JOHNNY ZEE ABOUT A RECORD DEAL. JOHNNY KEPT STRINGING THE BAND ALONG AND HAD BROKEN UP THE BAND ONCE BEFORE WITH CHANGING OVER TO FIRE CHIOR. THE BAND THEN WENT TO NASHVILLE TO WARM UP ANTHRAX (ONE OF JOHHNY’S BANDS) THE DEAL WENT SOUTH. JOHN ROTH SOON LEFT THE BAND AS WELL AS ZOLTAN CHAINEY. BOBBY, SCOTT, AND CHUCK STAYED TOGETHER AND SOON FOUND CHRIS COOK TO PLAY DRUMS. THAT LINE UP DID SOME SHOWS AND 4 TRACKING. CHUCK WAS VERY ILL AND NEEDED TO LEAVE THE BAND. CHUCK HAD A FULL RECOVERY BUT WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR AWHILE. CHRIS HAD LEFT TOWN FOR A SHORT WHILE. BOBBY AND SCOTT KEPT IT TOGETHER AND WAS WRITING SONGS. CHRIS COOK CAME BACK TO MEMPHIS AND HELPED FIND STEVE CROCKER TO PLAY BASS. THAT LINE UP WAS TOGETHER FOR THE LONGEST. THEY RECORDED LOST IN THE CITY AND TEARS IN THE RAIN (2 RECORDING OF THAT SONG 1ST AT ARDENT) MEDIEVAL STEEL WAS GETTING LOCAL AIR PLAY AND PLAYING AS MANY SHOWS AS THEY COULD AND TRYING TO GET SIGNED. A LOT OF PROMISE’S AND BROKEN RECORD DEALS HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME. “Tears in the Rain” and “Lost in the City” WERE BEING PLAYED ON THE RADIO IN MEMPHIS AT THAT TIME.
