Mr. Mister's Real World
It seems as if Mr. Mister jumped onto the music charts out of nowhere with their hit single, "Broken Wings.” “Kyrie,” their second single, is now fast on its way up the charts to bypass "Broken Wings,” from Mr. Mister’s second LP, Welcome To The Real World. Members Richard Page and Steve George have been involved in the music business for over 10 years.
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Mr. Mister's Real World
It seems as if Mr. Mister jumped onto the music charts out of nowhere with their hit single,
"Broken Wings.” “Kyrie,” their second single, is now fast on its way up the charts to bypass "Broken Wings,” from Mr. Mister’s second LP, Welcome To The Real World.
Members Richard Page and Steve George have been involved in the music business for over 10 years. They grew up together in foenix, Arizona, and moved to Los glgeles in 1975, becoming (gwriters and back-up singers for sts such as Rick Springfield, |inna Summer, Quincy Jones and I Jarreau. The two met Steve arris and Pat Mastelotto at a ihearsal studio three years ago, and Mr. Mister—and their patented mite R&B sound—emerged. In 1982, the band showcased in Los tageles, and RCA Records signed shortly after.
B)f course, the road to fame was Icing and hard one. Farris had (loved to L.A. from Nebraska and Struggled for many years before 'anfing a spot with Eddie Money. Belayed, wrote and toured with floiiey for three years prior to his ■less with Mr. Mister. Mastelotto, Northern California native, moved L.A. and had various stints with acal bands before meeting Page ^■George.) Mr. Mister’s first albijim on RCA, / Wear The Face, ^■mild chart success in 1984 with ■gsingle, “Hunters Of The Night,” teaching #55 on the Billboard Hot ■ But the album got Mr. Mister’s Tie out to its potential audience.
Their new album, Welcome To The Real World, has received much more attention on pop and soft rock radio stations, as well as getting “power rotation” on MTV.
“Just wait,” Page says. “We’ve played it safe, we’ve done it everybody else’s way. Now we’re gonna do it our way.” Mr. Mister did it their way by producing Welcome To The Real World themselves. They also brought in Paul De Viiliers, who has done some incredible sound mixing for the rock group Yes.
“We have done it ourselves this time,” Page says. “We are responsible for this record and we have given the very best we’ve got.”
