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Multi Story are a band from the South East
corner of Wales, formed in the 1980's.
In 1984, the band were invited up to the BBC Maida Vale studio in
London to record a session for Tommy Vance's Radio One Rock Show. Three
tracks were recorded, "Ahead Of Your Time", "I Marcus"
and "The Willow And The Sun". The session was then broadcast on
the show a few weeks later and has subsequently been repeated.
The band were then signed with Heavy Metal Records, featuring on
their new FM label.
Liam Sternberg, who had worked on the
successful debut albums for rock act Ratt and pop starlet Rachel Sweet, was
chosen as producer of their debut LP.
Liam's other claim to fame is, during the production of the album,
one of his songs had been chosen, to be recorded by The Bangles. So, Multi
Story were privileged to hear first hand, an unplugged version of what was
to become one of The Bangles biggest hits, "Walk Like An
Egyptian".
The debut album was recorded during February and March 1985, in
Monmouth's famous Rockfield Studios. Ted Sharp, who has work with so many
famous artists, engineered the recordings. The tracks that were eventually
chosen to be put on the album were, "East West", "Breaking
Ground" (Breaking New Ground), "Traveller" (Star Traveller),
"Ahead Of Your Time", "Carrie", "Come Alive",
"The Wire" (Willow & The Sun) and "Heroes" (I
Marcus), with "East West" being chosen as the title for the
album.
After several warm up dates, the band were then put on Magnum's
"On A Storyteller's Night" tour as support, which comprised of 20
dates throughout the UK. Venues on the tour included Cornwall Coliseum,
Birmingham Odeon, Manchester Apollo, Edinburgh Playhouse and London's
Dominion Theatre.
The tour was a big success, resulting in the band securing a
headlining slot at the Marquee Club.
An appearance on ITV's music programme "Rock Steady" saw
the band play a storming 20 minute set in front of a very enthusiastic
audience.
Towards the end of 1986 the band went into Loco Studio's, with
producer Kit Wolven, who had worked on Magnum's successful album "On A
Storyteller's Night", to record their second album for FM records.
The second album was recorded with Gary Davies, drums and Grantley
Nicholas, vocals, following the departure of Steve and Paul from the band.
Released in 1987, the tracks on the second album "Through Your
Eyes" are "Hold Back The Night", "All Out Of
Love", "Through Your Eyes", "Rub It Off",
"Heart Of Mine", "Hot Seat", "Further Than
Now", "Spirit Of Love", "Turn Me Onto".
However, the album did not quite capture the reaction the debut
received.
The band subsequently parted company with the FM label by mutual
consent and were attracting a lot of interest from other labels. Several
showcases in Britain followed and a memorable festival appearance with
Scottish progressive rock band Pallas, in Holland.
For the last 15 years, the various members of Multi Story have
continued to perform live with seperate careers, including production and
film projects.
With the possibility of the band reforming, fans of the band
will be pleased to discover that Multi Story will be playing a varied
selection of material from both albums "East West" &
"Through Your Eyes", along with new material.
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