ALIAS is a Canadian melodic rock band which was founded in 1988 by vocalist
Freddy Curci and guitarist
Steve DeMarchi, both from the arena rock band Sheriff. Along with
Roger Fisher,
Steve Fossen and
Mike DeRosier they released their amazing self titled debut album in 1990.
Their debut album went gold in the U.S. and platinum in Canada. From this album the power ballad "
More Than Words Can Say" climbed on #2 in the billboard charts! According to
BMI's web site, only 1,500 songs have achieved Million-air status (one million air plays) among the 4.5 million songs by 300,000
BMI represented artists. One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay.
Alias also recorded the song "
Perfect World" for Christina Applegate's film, "
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter s Dead" .
Alias also featured in AOR Top 20 Records of all time (#17) beside
Def Leppard,
Toto,
Journey and others.
In January 2009
Alias announced the release of their second album, "
Never Say Never". An album that should have been released in 1992 but cause of the 'grunge' revolution didn't made it.
A few of the songs from this album were re-recorded and appeared on lead vocalist
Freddy Curci’s solo album "
Dreamer's Road".
In an interview with
Strutter Magazine, Curci indicated that
Alias was never formally disbanded:
"Alias never split. Music changed. We couldn't get our music out there. No one wanted to hear it anymore. Grunge was in and, you know what, that's OK, 'cause music needs to do that. It needs to change all the time. That's how it stays fresh. Alias is still Steve and I. Alias will always be Steve and I. Steve and I will do a record tomorrow if the fans need one!"
ALIAS DISCOGRAPHY :
ALIAS / ALIAS (1990)
ALIAS / NEVER SAY NEVER (2009)
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