Harder than it should have been...

Sooooo,

Now we had some small label interest in 09'  and we remastered the original d.a.t. recordings to give to the company.....but things happened that got in the way of that and the label lost interest.  Im not really sure how deep into the roadblocks we are going to get on this blog( and there have been a few roadblocks since 09' believe me)....i will have to ask my partner in crime Jareth for that answer i guess....



Fast forward a little.

After i discovered that we had some fans in Russia, i started finding other sites that featured our old music....Greece....Brazil.....Poland......

http://80s.takemetal.com/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=7353

http://melodic-hardrock.com/bios/hit-n-run/

http://aornightdrive.blogspot.com/2011/05/hit-n-run-accidents-happen.html

AMAZING! we seemingly had more fans around the world then we ever did in SCRANTON PA!

What could the next step be here?  Nobody that was in the band seemed to have any interest in this information whatsoever....But how could we have fans and ignore them?

It should have been simple.....get the music to the fans in a quality digital format...thats just basic....

Well getting that done took SIX YEARS FOLKS!

Six years and another label or two got involved....more storytelling with uncle Eric is on its way kids!!!

ITS A WILD WORLD!

My brother in rock and lead guitarist Jareth and i both thought that its time to start a blog about this wacky experience....

Ok i will start from my beginning in the band called "HITNRUN":

I was a 21 year old kid in another band in New Jersey and the name doesnt matter lol....We played out extensively in the tri state area, and had a pretty good following and a house act gig at the Marquee in Manhattan.

The schedule was grueling and even tho it wasnt the most important thing at the time, there was little money involved. Plus there were severe personality issues with a couple members of the band so i was looking for another band...closer to home in Pennsylvania.

I had heard of the band HITNRUN in many of my circles and they were a seasoned, well respected crew out of Scranton. I had also heard they were looking for a singer, so i put the word out that i was interested.

A friend of mine introduced me to the drummer for HITNRUN, Beckett Grealish (Jares little brother)..i recorded a demo of their song "Forever" ....the band heard it and the rest is history.

We had alot of great shows together and alot of great times. But all good things must come to an end and i chose to depart the band in 1995 or 96' im not sure....I was married and had a child and i needed to focus on making a life for my new family. I left on not great terms with the guys but i had no hatred or ill will for anyone. The times changed...the climate of music changed and so did i. I still loved to sing but i also needed to pay bills.

Imagine my surprise as i was surfing the net one day in 2010 and i came upon a picture of one of our casettes on a russian website. Once i hit the translate button the caption read "I SCORED THIS RARE TAPE ON EBAY FOR JUST 35.00 AMERICAN"...and the description that the seller put up was:

 "HIT 'N RUN- "ACCIDENTS HAPPEN" CASSETTE. RELEASED BY THE BAND IN 1993.

HERE'S A SUPER RARE INDY RELEASE FROM SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. KICKASS
HARD ROCK SIMILAR TO LATE 80'S DOKKEN WITH SOME INFLUENCES FROM HURRICANE
AND BABYLON A.D. GREAT VOCALS FROM ERIC MONTOYA AND SOME GEORGE LYNCH
STYLE PLAYING FROM GUITARIST JARETH GREALISH"

Color me shocked....

I wasnt aware a soul had any idea who we were or what we did let alone someone in RUSSIA! 

To Be Continued!