Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    I know this guy from Maynard...Brian Sarvella, who has a pretty 
    decent power pop/metal band together called...what else...Sarvella!
    (Brian touts "I was sick an tired of thinking up band names that
    were already taken!)
    
    Anyways, they have a great bio package and demo, but...they look
    and sound like a band right out of the pages of a 1985 issue of 
    METAL EDGE magazine!!  Every record company he has talked with over
    the last 2 years has said the same thing -- "you've got it all
    together, but this is not what we're looking to market.  Our 
    interests lie in the areas of alternative rock and hip hop.  But,
    as with everything, what goes around comes around.  Come back and
    see us again in 7-10 years".

    Hey Buck....i remember seeing Sarvella last year at Ronnies
    80 band bash at Great Woods and thought the singer had a great voice,
    the music was a little dated, but great range and ok songs. If this is
    the same band.
    Peter

    Peter--
    
    >Hey Buck....i remember seeing Sarvella last year at Ronnies
    >80 band bash at Great Woods and thought the singer had a great voice,
    >the music was a little dated, but great range and ok songs. If this is
    >the same band.
    
    Yeah, that's them.  The singer has a good voice, ala TNT...but I'll
    agree with you, definitely 80s/dated sounding stuff.  They do a cover
    of Heart's "Barracuda" which i find pretty impressive.

    
    sarvella?!?!?  yuk!!  i've seen them several times and found them very
    BLAH!!!  the singer was okay, the guitar was boring...  bleck.
    

    
    
    
    Sarvela! Ya.. I've played shows with bands that he's been in during 
    high school days.. When he got Sarvela together, he asked me to play
    bass but I knew he was still stuck in the 80's.. I just bumped into 
    him a month or so ago at the Livingroom and I thought he said something
    about a record company flying them out to L.A. to cut a demo or
    something..
    
    Haven't heard the newest band so I can't comment.. 
    
    Whit-

    >Sarvela! Ya.. I've played shows with bands that he's been in during 
    >high school days.. When he got Sarvela together, he asked me to play
    >bass but I knew he was still stuck in the 80's.. I just bumped into 
    >him a month or so ago at the Livingroom and I thought he said something
    >about a record company flying them out to L.A. to cut a demo or
    >something..
    
    Clarification -- The drummer has industry contacts.  Brian and this
    dude recently did fly out to LA to meet with several execs at
    companies.  The response paraphrased in -a few back pretty much sums
    up the outcome of that venture.

    
    
    
    It's a shame to have such good contacts and waste it on outdated
    music.. Why doesn't the drummer smarten up and get with the times?
    
    
    Whit-

    This note will pretty much serve two purposes ...
    
    
    First off, to discuss the current situation with "HM" bands and their
    longevity and success in the 90s...  Also, what's going on specifcally
    with the band, Sarvella (who play Bon Jovi-ish 80s Poseur-pout metal).

    >It's a shame to have such good contacts and waste it on outdated
    >music.. Why doesn't the drummer smarten up and get with the times?
    
    
    I donno...possibly an adversion to flannel and/or an affinity for 
    spandex?  8^)

    I think it's probably more like an addiction to hairspray.  I've heard
    the propellants can mess up your mind with prolonged exposure!
    
    Greg

    
    
    Bwhaha!

    
    
    	Must *everyone* you guys don't like be compared to
    	Bon Jovi??!
    
    

    Just ignore them JJ....

    
    
    
    Yeah, so.. Whats your point?

    JJ
    
    First off, I never said I didn't like them.  
    
    Secondly, when you think of the 1980s...the bands with big hair, flashy
    clothes, big stage shows, lights, and records full of hook-laiden HM
    crunch chord tunes with male castratta vocals over the top, who do YOU
    think of??
    
    Personally, only Bon Jovi comes to mind...

Dont forget the Poodles with cucumber-stuck-down-the-leg spandex
tights...

    I've still got BOATLOADS of spandex.  What the hell do I do with it
    all??  ...Including one incredibly hip (for its time) "BonJovi Coat"  
    (sorry JJ).  :-)
    
    
    

    
    
    	Poison, Warrant, Enuff Z Nuff....
    
    	They come to my mind first.....
    
    	I will agree that they did do the flashy thing in the beginning,
    	but they haven't been, and IMO neither has their musice been, that
    	way for quite a while now....  Hell, when they started out they
    	were only 20 years old!   Give 'em a break!
    
    

    Would you beleive I was listening to Slippery When Wet on the way
    to work this morning??  I picked it up along with 7800 Farenheit
    for $5.
    
    

    
    Funny how Bon Jovi took too much time off and now I wouldn't
    be surprised if he was dropped from his label. His last lp
    bombed from what I've heard. Then again this belongs in the
    Bon Jovi note, eh?

    
    
    	Well it depends on what you consider a bomb Pete.
    	It didn't sell as much as Slippery but it did sell
    	over a million....
    
    	Personally, it doesn't matter to me.  I like their music
    	even if everyone else doesn't.  =)
    

    
    >  Personally, it dosen't matter to me.  I like their music
       even if everyone else dosen't.  =)
    
    Well put, that's what it's all about!!!!
    
    
    Kev --
    

    
    
    	"KEEP THE FAITH" is an awesome album!!!! One of my faves!
    
    	SueJ

       As to respond to all the "Hair" band bashing going on I would like
    say one name, Pantera. Thats right, some of the bad boys of HM
    were once "Glam" boys. Also take a long look into tommorrows "BON JOVI"
    aka. Pearl Jam, hell bent on flannel I guess.
    
    KEVS EVIL TWIN.

    re: .25
    
    Lose the hairspray, man.  Your poseur ways are showing.
    
    gh

    
    Logging out can be very important around here...
    
    

    Denial is a very ugly thing...

    
    	Yeah, Marc and Cleopatra probably boinked one too many times
    	in there.
    

    -1
    
    FACKIN ROLLIN!!!

    Sarvella...20AUG94 at BUMSTOCK rt38 in Lowell Mass..15 other bands
    
    Including...........LYRA STELLAR.
    
                                                       Doug.

    
    wtf is with these 16 band shows.... how lame.
    

    
    	So musicians like you can get their proverbial 15 minutes of
    	fame?
    
    							GTI

    
    5 bands in one night is bad enough. Reminds me of those jams from hell
    at Derringers.
    
    

    
    re: .34
    
    guess they're not too much like me cause i wouldn't play at one of
    those ridiculous things.... screw that.
    
    hey dave, pack up all your gear and cart it on over to play 1 tune, eh
    (we have to limit it to 10 minutes though!)
    
    :')