#4 Tesla- Bust a Nut..
1994...Grunge has well embedded itself into the national psyche.. and along comes Tesla. Those of us who have been fans all along know that they never made a bad album. We weren't let down in this case either. The powers that be didn't want this album to see the light of day any more than they wanted to see another Poison album do well....especially unfair in relation to this band, who always separated themselves from the pack, and still sold over 16 million albums (to date). "Bust a Nut" was packed with potential hits such as "Need your Lovin'", the very cool "alot to lose", and my personal favorite "mama's fool". In my opinion, this was one of their best albums, but unfortunately it was the most over-looked, purposely, for the most part. The music industry of the early 90's tried its best to kill all things 80's..like a fascist version of David Geffen. What they failed to acknowledge, was the fact that, had we had a choice in the matter, we probably would have listened to Pearl Jam's "VS." as well as "Bust a Nut". Videos from this album are mostly locked, so here is the link to one of my favorite Tesla songs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxniKXoJtTw ...and the very cool, "rubberband"...Long Live the Kings of real rock and roll-
"No Machines!"..
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The back to back "Shine Away" and "Try So Hard" are my favorite tracks. "Need Your Lovin'" sounded like they were trying for a hit single - and I didn't like the video. Tesla fans bought this record, but they weren't going to win any new fans with radio airplay.
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