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unusual facts about demo tape



Greg Howe

After leaving high school and playing the club circuit around the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania areas with his brother Albert (a singer) for most of the 1980s, Greg Howe officially began his solo career after sending a demo tape to Shrapnel Records in 1987, upon which he was immediately signed by founder Mike Varney.

René Angélil

At the end of 1980 (not long after being replaced as Ginette's manager) René heard Celine Dion's demo tape.

Silentium

Silentium's first demos and EPs have been released in tape format, and their albums have only been released in Europe and some Asian countries, although Silentium's last single Dead Silent has been uploaded to some Finnish music legal sites to download worldwide.

The Subway Organization

The Soup Dragons: The band formed in Bellshill, Glasgow in 1985 and recorded their first demo tape, You Have Some Too, after playing a few local gigs, and this was followed by a flexi disc single "If You Were the Only Girl in the World".


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A Prince Among Thieves

The concept follows the story of an aspiring young emcee named Tariq, played by emcee Breezly Brewin, who needs to collect money to record a demo tape before a meeting with Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA.

Anna Nalick

Nalick agreed to pass along a low-fidelity six-song demo tape, and soon enough, was introduced to Christopher Thorn and Brad Smith, the founding members of Blind Melon now turned production team, as well as Eric Rosse, best known for his production work for Tori Amos.

Augusta La Paix

Initially a freelance news reporter for CBC Radio, she was given the show after submitting a demo tape for a show on avant garde culture, featuring music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno and Nina Hagen.

Born in Captivity

Essentially, Born In Captivity is the demo tape for his previous 1982 release, Work of Heart.

Casa del Vento

MCR's first demo-tape was Combat Folk: a musical manifesto: a fusion of Combat Rock by The Clash and folk: traditional Irish excerpt, political songs (Contessa) and partisans' songs (Fischia il vento and Bella Ciao rearranged with Irish sound.

Charles Hedger

When he was 13, his brother gave him a copy of a tape from a local band that some of his friends were in, the demo tape was called The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, from an at the time fledgling British heavy metal band, Cradle of Filth.

CPM 22

With influences from the Ramones, the Misfits, Buzzcocks, Pennywise, Green Day, and other old school punk and hardcore legends, CPM 22 recorded their first demo tape in 1998.

Dan Jewett

The album She Likes the Weather was produced by Jewett from a December 1991 studio recording and their original demo tape, produced by Counting Crows guitarist David Bryson.

Daron Malakian

In 2003, Daron Malakian (lead guitar and vocals), Greg Kelso (rhythm guitar), Casey Chaos (vocals), and Zach Hill (drums) recorded a demo tape entitled "Ghetto Blaster Rehearsals" credited to the name Scars on Broadway.

G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.

It was covered by Billie Piper for her demo tape, then used as her B-side on her debut single, the 1998 #1 hit "Because We Want To".

Handbags and Gladrags

The original demo tape of the original version of the song was discovered in 2004 in a closet belonging to Mo Foster.

Kontrol

Later that year, they released a demo tape called Stariyat dub.

Lippy's Garden

Their debut album was The Etiquette and Economics of Escape, which was first played on local Los Angeles radio stations, including KLOS and KROQ-FM -- the band got an early break by knocking on the studio door at KROQ-FM and handing a demo tape to independent DJ Rodney Bingenheimer.

Patricia Matthews

Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape.

Punk Rock Holocaust

The backstory to this film is that Warped Tour head Kevin Lyman once allowed a hideously bad band called Brutal Enigma on the tour since they submitted a phony demo tape.

Qubic

It was later ported to the HP 2647 demo tape with a graphical interface, using a simple mathematical transform to solve for 3D input position.

Raça Negra

The ensemble formed in 1983, but did not release their first album until 1991, after a demo tape got them signed to RGE.

Se Alli Diastasi

Jean Michel Jarre gave his permission for the first time for a rendition of one of his songs, as he was impressed by Mando's vocal abilities when he listened to her demo tape.

She Likes the Weather

She Likes the Weather is a 17 song album by the San Francisco band The Himalayans produced by Dan Jewett from a December 1991 studio recording and their original demo tape, re-released on compact disc in 2002 (see 2002 in music).

Steve Pavlovic

In 1998, upon receiving a demo tape from then unsigned Melbourne band Quentin's Brittle Bones (now known as The Avalanches), Pavolic founded the independent record label Modular Recordings.

The Himalayans

1991 Demo tape ("Round Here", "Diamonds and Babies and Cars", "She Likes the Weather")

The Holiday EP

"Logan To Government Center (Demo)" first surfaced on a leaked demo tape and later released on their debut album Your Favorite Weapon.

The Sisterhood

Hussey and Adams, who like Eldritch remained under contract with WEA Records, booked some studio time at Slaughterhouse Recording Studios in Driffield at the end of October 1985, recorded a four-song demo tape, and set up a new band.

The Wishing Tree

During the Brave tour of 1994, Rothery was approached by Hannah Stobart, a student of French and Italian, who gave him her demo tape containing "She Moved Through the Fair" and Tori Amos's "Me and a Gun".

Two Minds Crack

They recorded a demo tape reviewed by Steve Sutherland of Melody Maker and it was released in October 1981, as the first recorded version of "The Sense That Never Sleeps".