Tesla is an American hard rock band originating from Sacramento, California. The band formed in 1984 as City Kidd and was renamed to Tesla during the recording of their first album on the advice of their manager. Originally, the group included Jeff Keith (vocals), Frank Hannon (guitar), Tommy Skeoch (guitar), Brian Wheat (bass) and Troy Luccketta (drums). In 2006 Skeoch was replaced by Dave Rude, who is now an official member of the band.Tesla's music fit well with the blasting sound of the 80s glam bands, but was more bluesy and lyrics dealt with other themes than just the usual, girls, alcohol and violence. But what set them even more apart from their contemporaries was their T-shirt and jeans image which was in strong contrast for that time, characteristic of leather pants and flashy-make up.The group released 6 albums with original music, latest of them entitled "Forever More" (2008) as well as a double-disc covers album "Real To Reel" and a number of compilations and live albums.Tesla's popular 1990 remake of Signs, originally recorded by the Five Man Electrical Band (who also inspired the album which the remake came from, Five Man Acoustical Jam), is probably the most mainstream of Tesla's hits. However, many fans remember fondly Tesla's other hits such as Gettin' Better, Modern Day Cowboy, Little Suzi, Edison's Medicine and Love Song. The band derived their name, certain album and song names (e.g. The Great Radio Controversy, Mechanical Resonance, etc), and some song content from events relating to Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer born in the 19th century in Smiljan, Austria-Hungary, modern day Croatia.
Tesla Mechanical Resonance (1986)
01 Ez Come Ez Go
02 Cumin Atcha Life
03 Gettin Better
04 2 Late 4 Love
05 Rock Me To The Top
06 Where No Good Together
07 Modern Day Cowboy
08 Changes
09 Little Suzi
10 Love Me
11 Cover Queen
12 Before My Eyes
Tesla The Great Radio Controversi (1989)
Track List
01 Hang Tough
02 Lady Luck
03 Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out)
04 Be a Man
05 Lazy Day Grazy Night
06 Dit it For The Money
07 Yesterdaze Gone
08 Makin Magic
09 The Way It Is
10 Flight To Nowhere
11 Love Song
12 Paradise
Psychotic Supper (1991)
Track List
01 Change In The Water
02 Edison’s Medicine
03 Don’t De Rock Me
04 Call It What You Want
05 Song and Emotion
06 Time
07 Goverment Personel
08 Fredoom Slaves
09 Had Enough
10 What You Give
11 Stir It Up
12 Cant Stop
Five Man Acoustical Jam (1990)
Track LIst
01 Comin Atcha Live / Truckin
02 Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out)
03 The Way It Is
04 We Can Work It Out
05 Sighs
06 Gettin Better
07 Before My Eyes
08 Paradise
09 Love SOng
10 Lodi
11 Modern Day Cowboy
12 Mother’s Little Helper
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