| I 've been
an extreme "Vicious Rumors" fan since 1987. I
discovered the band in 1987 after I moved to California.
At that time, my boss was a band promoter and local L.A.
sound man. One night working at the studio, I began to
sift through his cassette submissions from bands he
promoted. Luckily, I found a cassette tape that was equal
to hitting a slot machine for a million dollars. It was
marked "Vicious Rumors" in hand-written blue
ink. It contained three songs: "Condemned", "Digital Dictator" and "Lady took a Chance". Needless to say, I was blown away when I pressed play! I had never heard anything like this band before. The songs were great, the guitars were melodic, the drums were pounding and the singer kicked my ass HARD!!! I played the shit out of that 3 song tape everyday wondering who the hell this killer band was??? The attraction to the bands sound was that I couldn't get enough. One month
later in 87', I was about to see my first "Vicious
Rumors" show. The concert was at the "Country
Club" in L.A. during the infamous "Digital
Dictator Tour". I was very excited to see the band
live for the first time. |
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That night
before the show, my friend guitarist "Mick
Zane" from "Malice" and I were walking to
the club through the back parking lot excited to see the
show. We noticed a nice looking blonde in jeans as she
was unloading guitar cases out of the trunk of a car. I
remember seeing a little guy with curly black hair
helping her. As he was putting on his leather jacket, I
noticed that it read "Vicious Rumors" on the
back. As we passed by, I jokingly asked if they needed a
hand with their stuff. I remember the little dude looked
up and said something really funny that made me laugh. At first, I thought he was part of the road crew. ( Duh ) As we exchanged a one second laugh, I said "My names Fish, whats yours?" He replied "I'm "Carl", I sing for Vicious Rumors"!!! I began to rave to "Carl" about how much I loved the band. He was very surprised that I knew of few of the songs by title. From
that moment on, my perception of "Vicious
Rumors" was everything I thought it would be. Two
hours later "Vicious Rumors" delivered the
goods!
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