WARNER – After the Rage (LIM. 500
CD*US METAL*EX HEATHEN’S RAGE)
NoLIfeTilMetal Records 2023 – US
Metal / Import – EX – Heathen’s Rage !
CD ONLY - JEWEL CASE EDITION
FULL COLOR LYRIC BOOKLET
LIMITED EDITION PRESSING OF 500
COPIES
NoLifeTilMetal Records is
excited to bring you this 'brand new' but old recording from the remnants of
Heathens Rage. As we stated, technically this is a completely brand new
release, as these songs have never even been released before. You are in for a killer
treat of classic rock and metal taking you back to the late 80's and early
90's! Here is the story as told by Rob Warner himself...
In August of 1988, Heathens
Rage, the band I helped form in 1984, was running out of steam. This despite
1988 being the most successful year for the band where we played shows with new
singer Gene Geary opening up for The Ramones, Glen Danzig, and Megadeth. From
the outside looking in, it appeared we were going full steam ahead firing on
all cylinders, but internally things were starting to get challenging. Even
though frontman Gene had a great rock ‘n’ roll voice and swagger, some of the
original Heathens Rage fans didn’t welcome him with open arms. His voice was
nothing like original singer Bob Pisauro, and although there were some great
new songs written with Gene, it was very different from the original Heathens
Rage material. Fans didn’t know what to make of it. On top of that, Gene lived
in Brooklyn, New York, so the band had to start rehearsing in Brooklyn or even
in New York City sometimes, as well. That made things even more difficult, and
it began to put a lot of strain on everyone.
Finally, after playing a few
shows with the Ramones in the spring of 1988, I had pretty much made up my mind
that I needed a change. We had been trying hard to get a record deal, and
although we had some glimpses of hope, nothing panned out. Heavy rock and metal
music kind of hit a wall in 1988, and things were kind of going nowhere. The
labels only wanted hair metal and more commercial bands, and it was very
frustrating. I had written several songs that I knew we could never play with
Heathens Rage, and I knew I would have to record them on my own if I was going
to do anything with them.
In the summer of 1988, I decided
to leave Heathens Rage and went straight into the studio to record the very
first few songs I had written. “Tears in the Night” and “Only for You” were the
first two recordings, which were recorded in the early summer
of 1988 by John Bailey at
S&S Studios in Hamilton, New Jersey. This was the same studio Heathens Rage
did their very first recordings of “Power of the Sword” and covers of “Rod of
Iron” by Lizzy Borden and “Detroit Rock City” by Kiss. I produced, with John
Bailey, the Warner band recordings. John would also play keyboards, and Greg
Howell, a high school buddy of mine who I had been in a band with as a young
teenager, played the drums. I immediately did a pressing of these songs on
cassette only to get the ball rolling. Heathens Rage’s manager John Burlaga
stayed on board to help me push my Warner band and also to book shows and help
with getting label interest.
However, the toughest thing was
trying to find a really strong singer for my band, but no one I wanted was
available. I didn’t want to wait to get the songs recorded, so I just sang them
myself and had planned to secure a singer later. This never happened. But a
month or so later, I went back to the studio to record the ballad “Another
Night Alone” and a couple instrumental tracks. After this, I immediately put
together a live band that included Rob Silvers on bass, Kenny Eldridge, a
well-known guitarist from the area, drummer Paul Gurgarichm, and an incredibly
talented keyboard player named Ed Piotrowski. Ed had a sound studio at his
house in Hopewell, New Jersey, and that’s where we rehearsed the majority of
the time. At other times we rehearsed at a place in Wall, New Jersey, the same
place where Zakk Wylde was rehearsing with what would become Pride and Glory.
The Warner band went on to play
lots of shows in the area and also did some more recordings with the newly
formed band, but my untrained voice was struggling to keep pace with it all.
Eventually, this is why things fell apart for the Warner band, and they faded
away.
I put aside music for a couple
of years fully pursuing my hunting passion, but I never stopped playing and
writing music. Chris Tereszyn and Mike Lepond from Heathens Rage never stopped
playing either. They were both in other bands who played all over the Tri-state
area while I was on hiatus. I still talked to Bob Pisauro on occasion, and
although he had a new baby and was busy being a dad and working, he still was
writing lyrics. I had a bunch of song ideas that were just kind of hard rock
songs, so I made tapes of guitar riffs, which I would give to Bob to put lyrics
to. After a few weeks of this and repeated conversations with Chris and Bob on
the phone, we decided to go into the studio together to record them. These
songs were recorded in 1993 by John Swat at S&M Productions in Yardville,
New Jersey, where TT Quick had just done some demos. We recorded an album’s
worth of material, but nothing ever came of it. You are now hearing this music
for the first time ever!
- Rob Warner
(Heathens Rage, Warner, After
the Rage)
Track Listing
Warner (1988-1999)
1. Tears in the Night
2. Another Night Alone
3. Only For You
4. Falling
After The Rage (1993)
5. Open Your Heart
6. True Believer
7. Just a Lie
8. Heroes
9. Walk Away
10. Born to Rock 'n' Roll
11. Chains of Love
12. Guardian Angel
13. Gone South
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