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Tesla-Mechanical Resonance-1986

Tesla was a bit of an anomaly on the '80s scene. While making concessions to the Sunset Strip mentality of the era (song titles littered with slang, tracks laced with thinly veiled euphemisms), the music itself holds a great deal more in common ... Full Descriptionwith rough-and-tumble hard rock than with watered-down glam. The record's greatest assets are vocalist Jeff Keith, who combines an authentic blues delivery with competent melodic range, and guitarist Keith Hannon, who supplies ample electricity amid the four-measure riffing without devolving into showy, soulless solos. There are a handful of slowed-down offerings on RESONANCE, although, unlike pandering power ballads of the era, songs like "Changes" display a knack for tasteful instrumentation and clever arrangements. Listening to RESONANCE, it's not difficult to see how Tesla later came up with their classic stripped-down 1990 cover of Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs."

Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York.

Tesla: Jeff Keith (vocals); Frank Hannon (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, keyboards, background vocals); Tommy Skeoch (electric guitar, background vocals); Brian Wheat (electric bass, background vocals); Troy Luccketta (drums).

Additional personnel: Michael Barbiero (background vocals).

Label Geffen
Orig Year 1986
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Steve Thompson; Barbiero
Engineer Michael Barbiero
Recording Time 53 minutes
Personnel Troy Luccketta - drums
Brian Wheat - electric bass, background vocals
Frank Hannon - acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, keyboards, background vocals
Jeff Keith - vocals
Tommy Skeoch - electric guitar, background vocals

Also: Michael Barbiero

01 - Ez come ez go
02 - Cumin' atcha live
03 - Gettin' better
04 - 2 late 4 love
05 - Rock me to the top
06 - We're no good together
07 - Modern day cowboy
08 - Changes
09 - Little Suzi
10 - Love me
11 - Cover queen
12 - Before my eyes


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