ALCATRAZZ VAI NOT?
Any group that calls themselves the “thinking man’s heavy metal band" deserves to be descended upon by a horde of nosy journalists asking stupid questions. After all, thinking is an alien concept to a lot of hard rock groups. On top of that, the band in question, Alcatrazz, has the nerve to cop its moniker from the most notorious prison in America, the one that had no escapes.
ALCATRAZZ VAI NOT?
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Sharon Liveten
Any group that calls themselves the “thinking man’s heavy metal band" deserves to be descended upon by a horde of nosy journalists asking stupid questions. After all, thinking is an alien concept to a lot of hard rock groups. On top of that, the band in question, Alcatrazz, has the nerve to cop its moniker from the most notorious prison in America, the one that had no escapes. A curious image forms, one that bears checking out.
When we got together, most of the thinking man’s band was involved in a subtle form of torture unique to the record industry. They were locked up in a small, airless room in their publicist’s ritzy L.A. offices, surrounded by stacks of cartons containing their latest vinyl venture, Disturbing The Peace.