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AC Entertainment
11/13/2009 8:00 PM at Tesla Forever More Tour w/Sledd
Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, South Carolina 29403
Cost: $32.50, Plus applicable service fees
Although Tesla emerged during the glory days of hair metal, they never completely fit the spirit of the times. Their music was well-produced pop-metal, to be sure, but they never indulged in the glammed-up excess that made cartoons out of many of their peers. Instead, Tesla’s music was bluesy, no-frills, ’70s-style hard rock; it concentrated more on solid musicianship than enormous, arena-ready choruses (or hairdos), and it had a noticeable grit -- not so much the urban sleaze of Guns N’ Roses, but a grounded attitude and a genuine affection for old-school hard rock. Despite their refreshing lack of posturing, Tesla was just as hard-hit as the rest of the pop-metal world when grunge wiped out classic-style hard rock, but they did produce one of the more respectable bodies of work of the era. In their career, they have sold over 16 million albums as of 2008. Tesla reunited with producer Terry Thomas, who was behind the boards for the band’s 1994 Gold-certified Bust A Nut album, and engineered by Michael Rosen who worked on Into The Now. Forever More was written and recorded during a period of high energy and bizarre life circumstances for each of Tesla’s band members, with those experiences coming full circle throughout the CD. Forever More was recently released in October 2008.
Tickets on sale September 18th!
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