06/27/2023
The time has arrived!!!! Pre Order now!!!! Love you all and thank you as always for your support!!!!
HOOLIGAN STEW PRE-SALES starting Sunday, July 2nd @ eonianrecords.com đ„đ„đ„
Forming in Los Angeles, CA, in 1990, Bobby âBrooklynâ Michaels, Perry âPerrisâ Martin, Matt âAmericaâ James & Vinnie âVegasâ St. Paul came together at the magical time when something big was happening on the Strip with colorful bands such as W.A.S.P., Motley Crue, Snow (featuring a young Carlos Cavazo), Ratt, Quiet Riot, Poison and Warrant, all with equally colorful personalities and saying things with their music that reflected the larger than lifetimes that were happening there.
If there was one thing that came from that Hollywood scene (and there were many!), it was that writing a good song wasnât enough, and bands needed to be multi-faceted, so HOOLIGAN STEW learned quickly that they needed an equally good image and stage show. They worked on those aspects as much as their songs, and they became a part of the very theatrical environment on the Sunset Strip quickly by playing monthly shows at The Roxy, the Whisky a Go Go, The Troubadour, and FM Station as they honed their craft.
In fact, HOOLIGAN STEW regularly took part in the legendary âjam nightsâ at clubs like The Whisky and The Troubadour every month, with as many as 20 bands a night would play three songs each, and much mayhem⊠and lots of girls ensued! Welcome to The Sunset Strip of the 1980s and early 90s.
HOOLIGAN STEW did what every other Strip band did at the time and passed out flyers, and ranfull-page show ads in local rag Rock City News, even making the cover of the magazine once! In their time together, the band made three separate demo recordings, and like most local bands, money was tight, so they would book 8-hour sessions in the middle of the night at any studio they could. With such limited time, they had to know their parts, as one or two takes were all the time they had. Producing the music themselves, the resulting demos were mostly given to their fans, handing out hundreds and hundreds over the years, but alas, they never got so far as that elusive major label deal. They once worked with Bernie Becker in one of their sessions, and Becker was one of the countryâs preeminent recording engineers working with everyone from Neil Diamond to Tenacious D in his time.
Straight from the masters, Eonian Records brings you 12 studio recordings and a booklet full of photos & band history from Hollywood rockers HOOLIGAN STEW!
1. Take The Money and Run
2. School Girls
3. Coast To Coast
4. Old Red, White, and Blue
5. Holdinâ On
6. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
7. I Can Do Anything You Can Do Better
8. Someday Sadie
9. Thatâs Rock âNâ Roll
10. Pretty Poison
11. Angel With a Dirty Face
12. What You See is What You Get
HOOLIGAN STEW is:
Bobby Brooklyn on Guitar
Matt America on Vocals
Perris on Drums
Vinnie Vegas on Bass
Be sure and follow the band at the Hooligan Stew Page. đ€
America's Finest, Red, White & Blue Crew
