After Baltimore's own, Here Today, were dropped by Columbia after one single, they changed their name to Vigil, signed with Chrysalis, and released the twelve inch single, "I Am Waiting". For those of us who loved Here Today, we waited to see them take off, figuring that if Kix could find a national audience, anything could happen. The idea of Jo Connor slithering across the MTV generation left me breathless but it was not to be. Their self-titled album sold enough copies to warrant the recording of a second album but, for some reason, the label decided not to release it and, other than one track being featured in the (on-screen) soundtrack to "A Nightmare On Elm Street 4", the tapes have been gathering dust in a vault and the fans who hold memories of the band dear are still waiting.
I can never hear either incarnation of the band without thinking of Bobby C. and today was his birthday so, "I Am Waiting" it is.
No comments:
Post a Comment