In recent months I have heard quite a few different releases by bassist and songwriter Bob Madsen but must confess this one totally threw me as I never expected to hear something quite like this. The cd were originally written by Bob with 41POINT9 guitarist, Chad Quist, for a joint venture between Bob and Tony Carey, called Operation: Paperclip.
But when Tony heard this, he told them it needed to be a brand-new band, so they grabbed singer Hans Eberbach, brought in drummer Gregg Bissonette and did just that. They describe the album as a mix of Prince, Level 42, Ultravox, Marvin Gaye, Toad The Wet Sprocket and a few others – among that last they need to include Living Color (especially on “She Lay Sleeping” which would have fitted nicely on ‘Time