Heaven's Edge is a former glam metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania active in the early 1990s. Formed in April of 1987 in Philadelphia, PA, the quintet specialized in the same style of music that such bands as Mötley Crüe, Ratt, and Poison had taken to the top of the charts and a demo led to a recording contract with Columbia Records.
The band started out playing clubs like Empire, Galaxy, and Trocadero on the east coast. Their first attempt to reach beyond the local music scene was a demotape of five songs that all later ended up on the debut album. It caught the attention of many fans and the metal press, including the European magazine Metal Forces. The popularity of the demo and their energetic live shows made Columbia Records sign the band, and in 1990 Heavens Edge recorded and released their self-titled debut album (which was overseen by renowned heavy metal producer Neil Kernon [Dokken, Queensrÿche]), but when it went nowhere shortly after release, the group split from Columbia.. Produced by Neil Kernon of Dokken and Queensryche fame it was an impressive record with diverse material ranging from their specialty power rockers like "Play Dirty", to poppier songs like "Find Another Way", the slow, heavy blues of "Is that All you Want?" and the thrashy "Can't Catch Me".
A video was also shot, surprisingly for the fast rock'n'roll tune "Skin to Skin", one of the album's best tracks, but maybe not the most MTV and radio friendly.The band had already shot half the footage for the next video/single Find Another Way. When the president of Columbia records, decided to pull the plug on the video. Without the label support, the band thought it was best to split with Columbia, and look for another record deal.
The band shortly signed a development deal with Capitol Records. A year later, the band had written enough material for a second album, and with former LeCompt guitarist Jimmy Marchiano replacing Steven Parry, Heavens Edge prepared themselves to return with a vengeance. They premiered most of the new songs live in 91-92 before going into the studio. Songs like potential radio hit "Jacky", acoustic ballad "Just another Fire" and their trademark power rockers "Jump on it" and "Burnin' the Candle" show that the band had retained their ability to write diverse material of high quality.
With the musical tides abruptly changing in the early '90s from pretty boy glam metal to stripped-down alternative rock, Heaven's Edge split up in 1992 after a development deal with Capitol Records led to a dead end. Some of the group's former members formed another outfit, American Pie, which eventually broke up, as well.
Well this could have been the end for Heavens Edge, but in some amazing news the guys signed a new record deal for MTM music in 1998. They are a company specialising in AOR and melodic hardrock. The album was originally scheduled for released in 1992. But some six years later they finally completed the album. Mark, Reggie, Dave and G.G. also entered the studio to record the songs "Rollercoaster" and " Cuts Both Ways".
The second album "Some Other Place - Some Other Time" was released by MTM music in Europe and Pony Canyon in Japan in 1998. A year later Perris Records released the album in the U.S. This version has a different artcover and six added bonustracks. SOPSOT continued where the first album left off, and is full of great melodic hardrock. It has everything from power rockers like "Backseat Driver" to the catchy "Rock Steady" to ballads like "Just Another Fire". Any old fan of Heavens Edge will most certainly love this new album. And they will surely gain a lot of new fans as well.
In 1999 The band were asked to record a song for the Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart tribute abum. The guys went into the studio and recorded "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) of the Dr. Feelgood album. Proceedes of the Cd sales are donated to the Skylar Neil Memorial Foundation. This was set up to help children in hospitals, after Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil lost his 4 year old daughter to cancer.On to 2002. The band is put on hold indefinitely. The guys are all exploring different things at the moment.
Band Members
Reggie Wu (guitars, keyboards)
Mark Evans (vocals)
David Rath (drums)
Steven Parry (guitars)
George "G.G." Guidotti (bass)
Discography
Heaven's Edge (1990)
Some Other Place Some Other Time (1999)
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