Billy Sheehan Struggling At Talas, Which Is Always Rejected By The Label, Different From Mr. Big!!

Publicado 2023-12-09

Sheehan's first full time band was Talas, a power trio with Dave Constantino on guitar and Paul Varga on drums, The band played a mixture of cover songs and original material and all three instrumentalists alternated on lead vocals. Talas was a popular local band in Buffalo for over a decade, attaining a cult status which spread into the northeast US and into Canada. In 1979 Talas released their eponymous debut album which generated the regional hit single tutled See Saw, It was during this time that Sheehan wrote Shy Boy and Addicted to that Rush. In the late 1970s Sheehan also played in a band called Light Years with drummer Ron Rocco who had earlier played in a band called Black Sheep with Foreigner singer Lou Gramm in Rochester, After Sheehan returned to Talas they opened a show for UFO in Buffalo. This led Sheehan to an association with guitarist Michael Schenker and also helped land him the job touring with UFO in 1983. Talas' first national exposure happened in 1980 when they opened thirty shows for Van Halen. However success was elusive and even as their brand of what came to be known as glam metal gained popularity over the next few years, Talas remained an unsigned act partly due to poor management. They independently released their debut Talas LP on Evenfall Records and then Sink Your Teeth into That on Relativity Records.

After bassist Billy Sheehan left David Lee Roth's backing band in 1988 he began piecing together a new band with the help of Mike Varney from Shrapnel Records, a label specialized in the shredding genre. Sheehan started by recruiting vocalist Eric Martin a Capitol Records solo artist who Sheehan had become aware of after hearing the track I Can't Stop the Fire, which Martin had recorded with Neal Schon for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Teachers. Sheehan had originally intended to complete the band with guitarist Steve Stevens and drummer Gregg Bissonette, but this fell apart when Stevens opted to pursue his Atomic Playboys project and Bissonette decided to stay with Roth. Soon after guitarist Paul Gilbert of the Los Angeles based heavy metal band Racer X joined the band on Sheehan's invitation. Several drummers were auditioned before Pat Torpey formally completed the line up. Torpey a journeyman session drummer, had previously recorded and toured with a number of high profile artists. In June 1990 the group toured America as an opening act on Rush's Presto Tour, In August 1990 two songs Strike Like Lightning and Shadows, performed by Mister Big, were exclusively released on the soundtrack album of the action film Navy SeaLs.
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@bigdla hace 7 meses

I saw TALAS at the Country Club in Reseda!

@diontillman3132 hace 8 meses

Hello you there Dion Tillman here i wish I was younger I'm too old now,i play for fun I have had my chance but I do love to play the feeling of playing is so great I am hooked on it it's just one of my hobbies now