MIDNIGHT HERO Formed in 1985 by
Billy Salmon and Anthony Carite, In 1988 the band
signed its first recording contract with Wolfe Records, and spent the next 9
months in the recording studio laying down the tracks for the bands first
full length record entitled: “The First Offense”. While the recording of
their own project was underway, the band was approached to contribute one of
their songs to a compilation project sponsored by radio station WGLS in New
Jersey. “Easy Come, Easy Go” was chosen
for the recording which would become known as the Street Heroes CD. Early on, area club
goers on any given weekend could regularly find the band at local nightspots
as well as other colleges, theaters and venues too numerous to name here. In the Fall of 1993,
Midnight Hero LIVE was released. MH
Live marks the group’s first attempt at a live album. The songs were recorded over a 7 day span
of shows in Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Although calling
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home, Midnight Hero spent the better part of a
decade as a touring machine routinely making stops in just about every major
city in the United States. In 2004 the band was
asked to appear at a reunion show
featuring local and national acts.
The resulting festival was
attended by thousands over two days. The response to the band was a heart
warming one. Later that summer the guys signed on to play the Garrison Lake
Summer Festival with 11 other acts from the era. Shortly after the summer
festival show, the band took advantage of the opportunity to record their current
project with Kevin Lupe at New Vintage Studios. The full length CD entitled
MHII is a combination of some older favorites and some brand new material
from Midnight Hero. Upon its completion
in late 07, a friend of the band from Canada, Joe Sokoloski,
made contact with Sam McCaslin of Retrospect
Records out of Las Vegas. After listening to the new project, the band was
immediately signed to their current record contract. Midnight Hero II will be
marketed throughout the United States and 25 or so other countries around the
world. Retrospect Records is the
world’s largest AOR record label and is solely dedicated to preserving 80’s
style hard rock. Formed in 2003, Retrospect Records has released over 200
albums as of July of 2007. Billy, Anthony, Scott and Michael thank everyone for their patronage and friendships over the years. Without all of our friends, fans and acquaintances, Midnight Hero would be nothing more than an idea. Because of you, it became much more than that. It was a labor of love that started during a very special time in our lives and remains so to this day. Thanks to you, we have been able to put our personal stamp, as modest as it may be, on that wonderful American art form known as rock and roll. For that, we thank you. Here’s to another couple of decades! Cheers!
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