hair story
Cinderella the band was formed in 1983 by singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and guitarist Tom Keifer and bassist Eric Brittingham. The initial lineup also included members Michael Smerick on guitar and drummer Tony Destra. In 1985, Smerick and Destra left to form Britny Fox, another Philadelphia-based glam metal band. In a 2014 interview, Tom Keifer stated that Kiss bass guitarist Gene Simmons first took interest in the band, and tried to get them a deal with Polygram, but they were not interested. Jon Bon Jovi saw them perform at the Empire Rock Club in Philadelphia and talked to his A&R man, Derek Shulman about seeing the group. Shulman was not convinced at first either, and wanted to sign the band to a six-month development deal. But after extensive negotiations, he finally signed the band. In 1985, with a recording contract with Mercury/Polygram Records in the works, guitarist Jeff LaBar and drummer Jim Drnec joined the band… (from Wikipedia)
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hair band members
Tom Keifer, lead vocals and guitar
Jeff LaBar, guitar (RIP March 18, 1963 – July 14, 2021)
Eric Brittingham, bass
Fred Coury, drums
hair albums & top 40 hit songs
- Night Songs
- Shake Me
- Nobody’s Fool (#13)
- Nothin’ for Nothin’
- Once Around the Ride
- Hell on Wheels
- Somebody Save Me
- In from the Outside
- Push, Push
- Back Home Again
- Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin’ Apart at the Seams
- Gypsy Road
- Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) (#12)
- The Last Mile (#36)
- Second Wind
- Long Cold Winter
- If You Don’t Like It
- Coming Home (#20)
- Fire and Ice
- Take Me Back
- The More Things Change
- Love’s Got Me Doin’ Time
- Shelter Me (#36)
- Heartbreak Station
- Sick for the Cure
- One for Rock and Roll
- Dead Man’s Road
- Make Your Own Way
- Electric Love
- Love Gone Bad
- Winds of Change
post-hair albums
Once Upon A… (Greatest Hits) (1997)
Live at the Key Club (1999)
Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits (2005)
Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Tokyo Dome – Tokyo, Japan Dec. 31 1990 (2009)
The Mercury Years (2018)
live shows
Live at Moscow Music Peace Festival 1989
Live in Detroit 1991