Reflections of Darkness - Music Magazine - Preview TESLA

Details: Written by: Katrin Renner; Published: 22 June 2009

Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany,
7th July 2009
Tesla, Heaven’s Basement

One of the 1980s Hard Rock dinosaurs is on the road again. Founded in 1985, the Californian formation TESLA released its debut album `Mechanical Resonance´ two years later and was shot to fame due to the single `Modern Day Cowboy´. Though TESLA was assigned to the Hair Metal scene, the band members regarded themselves as Blues representatives who had been influenced by artists such as LED ZEPPELIN and AEROSMITH. After the sudden breakthrough, TESLA went on tour with ALICE COOPER, DEF LEPPARD or MÖTLEY CRÜE and recorded the second long-player `Great Radio Controversy´ (1989) that also became a million sellers. Within some years, the band was able to increase its popularity, not least due to some acoustic concerts that finally led to the milestone album `Five Men Acoustical Jam´ (1990).

After a crisis followed up by the breakup in the 1990s, TESLA was reborn in 2001 and ready to tour again. Up to now, the Sacramento based guys have released 13 long-players. The recent one is called `Forever More´ and has been available in stores since autumn 2008. Within the scope of the tour of the same name, Jeff Keith (vocals), Frank Hannon (guitar), Dave Rude (guitar), Brian Wheat (bass) and Troy Luccketta (drums) are going to appear on the Colos-Saal stage on 7th July.

Concert details
Doors open: 7 pm
Show: 8 pm
Support: Heaven’s Basement
Ticket fee: 24€
Tickets are available at http://www.colos-saal.de/.
More information at http://www.teslatheband.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/teslatheband.