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ONCE YOU GET STARTED
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A SONG ABOUT HEROIN ADDICTION
melodic hard rock classic rock mainstream original rock political rock arena rock the road less traveled songs with a message avalanche hard rock band michael foster will there be tomorrow
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HARD ROCK BAND THAT BLENDS HEAVY BRITISH AND SOUTHERN ROCK styleS. TOUR DATES INCLUDE GIGS WITH AC/DC, DERRINGER, PAT TRAVERS BAND...AND WERE CONSIDERED AS
AVALANCHE is defined by Webster's as: "an unstoppable natural force"...and this all-original rock band certainly seems to fit that definition...overcoming the odds to produce some of the very best original hard rock anywhere! With an unorthodox strategy for success in 1978 (which included 18 months of intense rehearsals, their own record label, $75,000.00 worth of state-of-the-art stage gear, and a record on over a dozen New England radio stations for three months...all before ever playing a live gig) AVALANCHE's debut show was attended by over 3500 people..and the band was immediately playing to sold-out shows and standing room only crowds wherever they appeared. Within a month after their first gig, AVALANCHE was headlining in large club venues, and shortly after that, the band was opening tour dates and sharing concert stages on AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" tour, as well as with DERRINGER, and THE PAT TRAVERS BAND. They were also considered as a tour opener for TOTO's First U.S. Tour. A tight and well rehearsed rock-n-roll machine...this band did whatever was necessary to bring studio-quality hard rock to the live-concert stage...and they did it without the support of a major record label. Now recording again, with all the surviving members of the original lineup...here is the first new AVALANCHE music in over twenty years...as well as some of their old music too, (most of the recordings have never been available before). AVALANCHE continues to defy the odds with their staying power and persistence...and by remaining "unstoppable"...they are here NOW....for you to sample and enjoy! Click here for official Avalanche band website GOLDEN SUN RECORDS
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Rock Rock General
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Peak #365
Peak in subgenre #44
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Music and Lyrics: MICHAEL FOSTER
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COPYRIGHT 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP)
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September 15, 2006
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MP3 5.0 MB 192 kbps 5:27
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ONCE YOU GET STARTED CREDITS Music by: Mark Easton and Michael Foster Lyrics by: Michael Foster Copyright 1979, 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP) Michael Foster: All Guitars and Vocals. Gene Melendreras: Drums. Warner "Doc" Schwepke: Bass Produced by: Michael Foster. Mixed by: Michael Foster and Peter Solak. Recorded at The Gallery Studio...East Hartford, Conn. in October, 1981 As with most AVALANCHE music, this song is autobiographical. It is about life in the throes of addiction. It personalizes the isolation and despair that goes hand in hand with the problem. At the time I wrote this song, I couldn't see a solution, or that there even was one. Today... through the miracle of Recovery...all the dreams I thought long dead have been "recovered." My dreams were, like me...not dead...they were just lost. This is another one of those songs that Mark and I collaborated on. I had the lyrics already written, and they were just waiting for music when Mark walked into rehearsal with an idea for a new song (the introduction and verse chords). I immediately heard the chorus in my head, and the chords for solo sections came nearly as fast...and in less than an hour, we had this song. We spent a little more time working out the twin guitar leads at the end...but this song just came together very quickly. Once again, the original guys were outstanding on this tune...especially Charles Calmese's awesome bass work. It is a real shame that we never got a chance to record this song with that lineup. During the Studio Sessions, I had to learn all the parts that Mark Easton had originally played, and unfortunately, Charles extraordinarily unique bass lines...we could only guess at. But I still think the song, for the most part...comes close to what we did with the original lineup.
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ONCE YOU GET STARTED Music by: Mark Easton and Michael Foster Lyrics by: Michael Foster Written: March, 1979 Copyright 1979, 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP) 1st Verse It's nine o'clock in the morning...no money to my name. I can't sleep...I just toss and turn...the feeling's always the same. Jump out of bed... throw on some clothes... The streets are calling my name... To hustle some bucks...so I can buy a few dreams... To keep from going insane...'cause... Chorus Once you get started...it's so hard to see Yeah, once you get started...it's so hard to get free What's come over me? 2nd Verse I'm standing here on the outside...can't find my way back in... I want to get straight...but it'll just have to wait... I've started shaking again... I don't know where I'm going...things ain't exactly clear... I just want to know...where did everyone go? And how did I get here? ...'cause 2nd Chorus Once you get started...it's so hard to see... Yeah, once you get started...it's so hard to get free... It's got a hold on me. Instrumental Bridge Repeat 2nd Chorus Guitar Solo Out END
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