AUTOGRAPH: The Writing’s On The Wall
Like fellow metal popsters Ratt and Night Ranger, L.A.'s Autograph is an overnight sensation which took 10 years. Without much fanfare or critical huzzahs. the quintet all of a sudden found itself lodged in the Top 40 with a hit single ("Turn Up The Radio"), and a debut album, (Sigh In Please) that just went gold.
AUTOGRAPH: The Writing's On The Wall
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Roy Trakin
Like fellow metal Popsters Ratt and Night Ranger, L.A.'s Autograph is an overnight sensation which took 10 years. Without much fanfare or critical huzzahs. the quintet all of a sudden found itself lodged in the Top 40 with a hit single ("Turn Up The Radio"), and a debut album, (Sigh In Please) that just went gold. Who are these faceless wonders? I was dispatched to the RCA conference ^ oom colCdR0EEr on Sunset Boulevard e.di,°r’ wh0 to find P® out bv IvfJw *d„d0 a feature on Husker Du if dN°" y ?a,k f° Autograph, please...
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