Cinderella anyone????

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Been going throught my vinyl collection today and just listened to the entire Cinderella discography. Easily one of the best bands from the 80's, even though they didn't really fit into the 80's. Tom Keifer's guitar tones and blues rock chops just slay! Slide guitar....harmonica...damn I love their stuff. :rock: Too bad Tom's voice gave out and they didn't keep on recording.
 
Bloodrock":3nha8cak said:
Been going throught my vinyl collection today and just listened to the entire Cinderella discography. Easily one of the best bands from the 80's, even though they didn't really fit into the 80's. Tom Keifer's guitar tones and blues rock chops just slay! Slide guitar....harmonica...damn I love their stuff. :rock: Too bad Tom's voice gave out and they didn't keep on recording.
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So awesome. I remember quite a few years ago seeing the Donnas and they played this over the PA as their intro music. It sounded so good that when the Donnas cut into it to start their set I was super bummed. And I dig the hell out of The Donnas :lol: :LOL:
 
Tom is in the latest Guitar Player magazine, decent article on him, says he is just finished his solo album. It's not released yet I guess, I don't see it on YouTube or Amazon.
 
I think I know where he lost his voice. It's on the floor where he recorded that track!
 
I saw Cinderella on their tour last year. Tom still has 90% of the voice. They killed live. His tone was just spectacular.
 
Cinderella is a straight up rock band with hair band marketing. That is how I saw them. Great crunchy tone and leads that served the song. Nobody showing off for glory, just a great song. Their guitar crunch is about perfect.

Glad to hear they are back.
 
Music still holds it's own today. As mentioned, nobody showed off, just put the best arrangement out there. They were incredible. Plexis/bassmans and hotplates (and likely a litle green pedal somewhere) and bam! tone.
 
When I lived in Pa, my old band played with them as a opening act in clubs like the Galaxy, Empire Rock club and on time at a roller rink.This was when they were about realese their album. They sounded great! Tommy Keifer used a Les Paul Custom and Jeff Labar used a Kramer, they both used Marshall JCM 800 half stack and it sounded awesome. They played really loud on stage! Tommy Keifer's voice was strong and you could still hear him with the amps cranked! Jeff Labar was in another band that we used to play with in the club scene in Philly and NJ and they all use to wear silver spandex, he left the band after he got the gig with Cinderella..There was a rumor that the original guitar player was turn down by the record company because he had thinnig hair(that's the way it was in the days!) He later got a wig and wound up getting sign after he formed Britny Fox with the original drummer of Cinderella. They were really nice guys, they were really exited about the album.
 
eljodon":ruzap1mr said:
When I lived in Pa, my old band played with them as a opening act in clubs like the Galaxy, Empire Rock club and on time at a roller rink.This was when they were about realese their album. They sounded great! Tommy Keifer used a Les Paul Custom and Jeff Labar used a Kramer, they both used Marshall JCM 800 half stack and it sounded awesome. They played really loud on stage! Tommy Keifer's voice was strong and you could still hear him with the amps cranked! Jeff Labar was in another band that we used to play with in the club scene in Philly and NJ and they all use to wear silver spandex, he left the band after he got the gig with Cinderella..There was a rumor that the original guitar player was turn down by the record company because he had thinnig hair(that's the way it was in the days!) He later got a wig and wound up getting sign after he formed Britny Fox with the original drummer of Cinderella. They were really nice guys, they were really exited about the album.
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That is so believable!

I like lots of the music from the era. Some, is is a bit over the top with androgynous schlock. But the chicks in Poison were hot! ;)

The guys in the Scorps had thinning hair. I think the singer had pattern baldness going at 20?

Very cool story. Gypsy Road has a great crunch to it. Must have been a magic Marshall. That would be a Kemper profile to get. :lol: :LOL:
 
To this day, of all the concerts I've seen (including Metallica, KISS, Scorpions, etc., etc.) Cinderella opening for ACDC was the best. Tom Keifer did most of the solos live and had this perfect Gibson Les Paul/Marshall crunch.
 
I saw them 3 or 4 times in the 80's and 3 times in the past 3 years. The last 3 times they really killed,better than in the 80's. As others said Plexi's Strats,Les Pauls and hotplates.Tom plays the sax and a lap steel and piano on a few tunes. No BS rock and roll. Definitely a good show to see if you get the chance.
 
romanianreaper":3revfa6t said:
To this day, of all the concerts I've seen (including Metallica, KISS, Scorpions, etc., etc.) Cinderella opening for ACDC was the best. Tom Keifer did most of the solos live and had this perfect Gibson Les Paul/Marshall crunch.
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Cinderella opening for Judas Priest, (1990? / Atlanta) was best show I have ever seen. Both bands brought their "A" game, and so did the sound guy. :rock:
 
I never went to see them after they took off, I was a starving musician then, so I couldn't even afford to go! I'm glad I saw them in a small club before thy mayd it big! It was an exiting time playing in those days, tons of chicks, playing cool places and playing guitar 8 hours a day! I was invited to see Cinderella by some groupy girls at the Empire rock club and I met the singer of a band that moved to LA, the place to be in the 80's. He came back to Pa because his band were looking for a guitar player. He auditioned me and he liked my playing so they moved me to N. Hollywood to join his band. His brother was Tim Kelley( who later on when on to play with Slaughter). The band used to open for Racer X and other bands that ended up getting sign like Warrant and other one hit wonders in the 80's. Tim was an incredible player with a killer vibrato! He used to to take me to great parties when the Sunset Strip used to have ton of people coming to see Hair bands at Wisky, Gazzarys, the Roxy and the Country Club in Reseda. Tim died later on when a big rig hit his car and he dies instantly.Slaughter got pretty big towards the end the 80's band! And then Alternative music took over and over night the Sunset Strip turn into a ghost town at night!
 
I can tell you that their tone killed when I saw them last year.
 
eljodon":2qoeceb5 said:
When I lived in Pa, my old band played with them as a opening act in clubs like the Galaxy, Empire Rock club and on time at a roller rink.This was when they were about realese their album. They sounded great! Tommy Keifer used a Les Paul Custom and Jeff Labar used a Kramer, they both used Marshall JCM 800 half stack and it sounded awesome. They played really loud on stage! Tommy Keifer's voice was strong and you could still hear him with the amps cranked! Jeff Labar was in another band that we used to play with in the club scene in Philly and NJ and they all use to wear silver spandex, he left the band after he got the gig with Cinderella..There was a rumor that the original guitar player was turn down by the record company because he had thinnig hair(that's the way it was in the days!) He later got a wig and wound up getting sign after he formed Britny Fox with the original drummer of Cinderella. They were really nice guys, they were really exited about the album.
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Thats funny….sort of… I saw Britney Fox at Hammer Jacks in Baltimore Md when they were starting out. Always reminded me a lil of Cinderella

Saw Cinderella when the opened for Bon Jovi. They came out F'N jammed and Blew Bon Jovi away. Bon Jovi was good but kinda Lame after Cinderella.

Ive seen them about 6 times and now my 19 yr old wants to see them :lol: :LOL:
 
OUTLAW1969":22488fcn said:
Cinderella opening for Judas Priest, (1990? / Atlanta) was best show I have ever seen. Both bands brought their "A" game, and so did the sound guy. :rock:
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I saw that tour when they played at Hershey Park Pa, We piled in my buddies Catalina and made the 2 hr drive.Priest just put out Turbo. Great memories.
 
I remember they both had small pedal board with a bunch of Boss pedals and they used a Boss overdrive because I remember when they were doing a sound check you could hear the diference when they stepped on it. I think they also had an Eq pedal, probably for the rhythms..That was a long time ago.In the 80's almost every rock band in Pa had either Marshalls JCM 800 JMP's and occasionally a Plexi. I was one of the odd ball that used a Boogie Mk 2C with a voltage regulator and I ran in stereo with 2 1974 Marshall cab something that was rare then( I was a long hair geek!). Jeff liked my guitar sound and asked me what I was using, but my sounds was more Metal, very heavy. His was more Rock like a more overdriven AC DC sound which I liked better. I couldn't understand how could he play so well while moving around so much and spinning his guitar!
 
Tom Keifer is one of my all time favorites, the real deal, whole package artist. And the songs hold up, they're just classic riffage rock n roll. I can't wait for the solo album, it's supposed to come out in the spring sometime. Check out his website, I know he's got some solo shows coming up soon.

Also, I saw them when they headlined the Long Cold Winter tour. Jeff screwed up his ankle jumping around all over the stage and kept playing like nothing happened. Total pro. He missed the encore but they had the opening bands out with them for a jam of Sweet Home Alabama. It ruled.
 
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