(the drummer) had played with
John Waite, Bryan Adams, and
Scandal. He was an A&R guy for
Atlantic Records at the time. It
seemed like we were moving
up to another level and it didn’t
take the band long; we had a
whole set of material within six
months of writing together. We
played around for about a year
and then there was the bidding
war that used to happen in the
80s. We did a showcase and a
bunch of labels came out. I think
there were five labels there and
we were offered three different
deals. We went with Mercury
because the guy who was man-
aging us at the time was also
working with Kiss and Cinderella
and they were both on Mercury
already, so it was a no-brainer.
Do you ever wonder what
would have happened if you
took one of the other deals?
Umm… it could have been
worse! The one we took seemed
Kyf Brewer
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