Kidd Chris this morning did 15 minutes of radio on Tesla, and why they were an awesome band. It's hard to disagree and in fact, I think you have to consider them the most underrated American band of the past 25 years.
Look at it this way: Tesla had four strong albums (most hair-metal bands had one, if that.) They had a good singer and very good guitarist, they could nail rockers and ballads with equal aplomb, and they kicked off the Unplugged craze with "Five Man Acoustical Jam," an album so awesome even my dad used to borrow it. They even had awesome album titles- "Mechanical Resonance," "The Great Radio Controversy" and- best of all- "Psychotic Supper."
And that's making no mention of their obsession with Nikola Tesla, who they named their band after and frequently referred to in their songs. I never understood- why didn't Tesla have as big a career as Guns 'n' Roses or Poison? They were at least as talented, right?
Speaking of Kidd, here's their new commercial, a cheese classic:
Besides their remake of that Hair song, I don't know any other song by them and neither does most other people. So I don't think they are underrated BLOGGER!
Posted by: A at April 28, 2008 05:41 PM