John Sykes was extremely badass, and his lineup of Whitesnake (Sykes, Neil Murray, and Cozy Powell) for the album "Slide It In" was the best version Coverdale ever had behind him, as a band.
The lousy promotion and weak sales of Blue Murder's records were largely due to one thing: by the time each one came out, it was well behind the trend of popular "hard rock" in charge at the time. 1989 was still G n' R "sleaze rock" territory; with more refined bands like Bulletboys and Extreme left to struggle in the wake; 1993 was the year of Seattle and Smashing Pumpkins, and Blue Murder was never gonna fit in there. There's also more than a hint of bad blood and dirty politics between Sykes and Coverdale, as well as some subterranean industry feuds involving Appice, that played into Geffen's lack of enthusiasm for investing heavily in Blue Murder's success.
I met Carmine and his wife here in NYC a few years ago. Nice folks. Also, big fans of both Blue Murder albums and the live album you missed “Screaming Blue Murder”.
Whoa! I've NEVER heard of these guys and that's quite a trio. Thanks!
John Sykes was extremely badass, and his lineup of Whitesnake (Sykes, Neil Murray, and Cozy Powell) for the album "Slide It In" was the best version Coverdale ever had behind him, as a band.
The lousy promotion and weak sales of Blue Murder's records were largely due to one thing: by the time each one came out, it was well behind the trend of popular "hard rock" in charge at the time. 1989 was still G n' R "sleaze rock" territory; with more refined bands like Bulletboys and Extreme left to struggle in the wake; 1993 was the year of Seattle and Smashing Pumpkins, and Blue Murder was never gonna fit in there. There's also more than a hint of bad blood and dirty politics between Sykes and Coverdale, as well as some subterranean industry feuds involving Appice, that played into Geffen's lack of enthusiasm for investing heavily in Blue Murder's success.
I met Carmine and his wife here in NYC a few years ago. Nice folks. Also, big fans of both Blue Murder albums and the live album you missed “Screaming Blue Murder”.