TORA TORA's 'Revolution Day' Officially Released

"Revolution Day", a previously unreleased collection of recordings from late '80s/early '90s Memphis, Tennessee-based rockers TORA TORA, has been made available via FnA Records.

According to a press release, "Revolution Day" features material that TORA TORA was working on for the follow-up to "Wild America" when the bandmembers found themselves in the midst of a new genre called "grunge." Fans of the classic hard rock sound were disappointed as they saw their favorite acts dropped from their labels.

What was a successful artist like TORA TORA to do?

Inferior copies of the "Revolution Day" recordings have been floating around the Internet for years, much to the dismay of the band. Guitarist Keith Douglas comments: "The files found and shared on the Net are a poor copy from cassette to CD that are actually too fast. This release will be the closest thing ever to the original recording."

TORA TORA vocalist Anthony Corder had the following to say about the "Revolution Day" recording sessions: "The 'Revolution Day' project was an interesting time for TORA TORA. It was the '93-'94 era, we were overlapping the last embers of our 'Wild America' dates, rehearsing ideas for the new project, growing from our touring experiences, and experimenting with recording techniques. We relocated our rehearsal space to a warehouse over by the Memphis airport, and tried to stay focused on pre-production. We were pulling together ideas from handheld cassette recorders, scribbled napkins and 8-track recordings we made on the bus or hotel rooms. I think we were more comfortable with our creative spirits, more confident in our ideas and our approach to songwriting. All of us contributed on the former projects, but everyone was struggling for the third project to keep the TORA identity, and go somewhere new at the same time. We definitely had moments of anxiety and frustration but it was all well worth it once we locked down the tunes. We were joined by The Memphis Horns as well as Susan Marshall and Stacy Plunk, adding back-up vocals on two tracks.

"The 'Revolution' sessions were some of our most memorable escapades, and had us back at home in Ardent, hanging with Molly's LaCasita crew, and me personally closing down most Midtown establishments."

So what can the fans expect on "Revolution Day"? Well, those fans of TORA TORA who fell in love with the bluesy feel of "Walkin' Shoes" and "Phantom Rider" can expect more of the same (just with an updated feel) on tracks like "Mississippi Voodoo Child", "Candle And The Stone", "Shelter From The Rain", "Me And You", and "Rescue Me". There are also your hard rockers on this album like "Living A World Away", "Out Of The Storm" and "Little Texas".

FnA Records, LLC was formed in 2009 to bring rockers and metalheads some of the best unreleased and hard-to-find music from the '80s and early '90s.

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