From: 000998s@ace.acadiau.ca (KARL OVE SONNICHSEN)
Subject: Re: More Payola$ (Was: The Heights: alternative at heart?)
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:11:10 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.163129.1425@news.columbia.edu> gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:
>From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
>Subject: More Payola$ (Was: The Heights: alternative at heart?)
>Date: 13 Oct 92 16:31:29 GMT
>gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:
>>gajarsky@pilot.njin.net (Bob Gajarsky) writes:
>>>
>>>anyhow, one of the guys who wrote a couple songs was talking
>>>on wdre this morning, and saying that they had played in vancouver,
>>>b.c., a couple weeks ago, and played an acoustic set - they played
>>>a few of the songs from their album, and then started playing
>>>coevers, including (his words) "5 songs from husker du".
>>>
>>>wow.  it's cool to hear that. pop and alternative mixing wonderfully.
>>
>>	seriously, people like Bryan Adams could easily
>>have tipped in the other direction to be "alternative" had history
>>turned out differently ... one example would be a guy named Bob Rock,
>>who is famous in the U.S. as a producer for big commercial acts like
>>Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and The Cult (recent edition) but he first made
>>his name with a partner named Paul Hyde in a band called The Payola$
>>who definitely had one hand in alternative while the other hand was in
>>the mainstream (a very listenable group).  Hyde has continued with a
>>domestic solo career in Canada that is definitely in the alternative
>>sphere.  Back in the Payola$, their backing band's members kept
>>changing as players moved back and forth, often between their own
>>alternative bands (hey, you've gotta eat!) and The Payola$.
>
>I got more than a couple of questions via e-mail regarding a group
>called Rock & Hyde from a few years back and any kind of relationship
>they might have had with The Payola$ ...
>
>Actually, Rock & Hyde was the final incarnation of The Payola$, 'cos
>they felt that their group name hit a raw nerve with radio down here
>in the U.S.  It sounds exactly like The Payola$, albeit a little bit
>toned down.
>
>As an opening act for Difford & Tillbrook, I assume that they didn't
>do any of their Payola$ material. )-;  As an opening act, it was hard 
>to do their 2+ hour Canadian headliner show with all the great Payola$
>songs like "China Boys", "Eyes of a Stranger", etc. especially when
>you can't get their backcatlogue in the U.S. (except for "Hammer on 
>a Drum" in Tower's vinyl bargain bin).
>
>gld
>--
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Gary L. Dare				
>> gld@cunixB.cc.columbia.EDU		Oct 26/92: Just say "OUI!"
>> gld@cunixc.BITNET			(Let's worry about the economy!)

	Actually the group (*note*) Payola$ went through a name before they 
became Rock & Hide.  The group changed from 'Payola$' to 'Paul Hide and the 
Payola$' and then finally to Rock & Hide.
	'Payola$' consisted of Bob Rock (yes the big famous producer, 
singer, song writer, guitarest) and Paul Hide (singer, song writer), as well 
as three no names.  These 5 (FIVE) members stayed throughout all the name 
changes.  Then Bob and Paul had different musical ideas and went their 
seperate ways.
	Now we have a fabulous producer named Bob Rock (who has a new band), 
and Paul Hide who does fantastic solo work!
						Karl

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