The Moon - Music

Cherry St. Was Formed In California By Michigan Natives Tom ‘Monroe’ Mathers & Don ‘Spinner’ Korbecki In 1989 After Recruiting Chris Van Dahl On Vocals And Todd “Taz” Anthony On Guitar Also From Michigan. Within A Year Cherry St. Released A Three-Song Demo Distributed By Important / Relativity That Sold Over 8 000 Units Worldwide. MTV Also Featured Cherry St. On The “Pay To Play” Segment With Members Of Guns N’ Roses Bang Tango And Warrant. Jaimie Scott On Bass Guitar And Marc Razzle On Drums Were Brought In Right After Releasing The Three-Song Demo To Start Headlining Gazzari’s Whisky Troubadour And The Roxy On The Hollywood Strip. Legendary Bill Gazzari Presented Cherry St. The First Colored Star For Gazzari’s. Many Bands Like Bang Tango Razzle Now Lit Also Received Stars. In 1990 Cherry St. Was Offered To Tour Texas And Soon After The Great Response From Packed Shows And Hundreds Of Fans Showing Up To The Instore Meet And Greets. More Tours Were Booked In 29 States From Boston Florida And All The Way To Hawaii And Sharing The Bill With Such Bands As Dangerous Toys Foreigner Warrant April Wine Vince Neil Slaughter Pretty Boy Floyd And Sweet F.A.. Cherry St. Achieved Many Goals Such As Being The Only Unsigned Band To Have Music Plus Chain Stores Feature 24″ X 36″ Full Color Poster’s And Flats In All The Stores In Southern California To Promote Their Three-Song Tape Distributed By Important / Relativivity. Many Tower Records Also Featured The Full Color Posters And Flats In Stores Around Southern California. Also In 1990 Cherry St. Recorded A Home Video With Many Fans And Celebrities And Featuring The First Video “The Walk’ With Cameos Like Bon Jovi Sam Kinison RIP Tracii Guns Jani Lane RIP Bret Michaels CC Deville And Lemmy RIP . In 1991 Kelly James Replaced Razzle On Drums And The Band Headed Out On A US Tour. In 1992 Jaime Scott Joined Tyketto And He Was Replaced By Redd Rosell. Soon After The “self-Titled” Album Was Released And Cherry St. Signed With JRS/BMG To Release “Squeeze It Dry”. JRS Records Had The Stray Cats And Asia On Their Roster. Rikki Rockett Offered To Record Cherry St. At His Studio But Because Sass Jordan And Motörhead Were Still In His Studio Cherry Street Would Have Not Made The Release Date For A Summer Tour. At A Past Roxy Club Show In Hollywood Erik Turner And Joey Allen From Warrant Introduced Cherry St. The Band Kept In Touch With Erik Turner And He Had A Production Company With Tommy Thayer KISS Black ‘N Blue So They Were Brought In To Produce “Squeeze It Dry”. Erik And Tommy Had Worked With Pat Regan KISS Deep Purple Shotgun Messiah So It Made Perfect Sense To Finish “Squeeze It Dry” With Pat Regan Recording And Mixing The CD In His Studio. read less