VOICES OF CLASSIC ROCK
PERFORMS AT HOUSE OF BLUES

April 19, 2000 -- The Voices of Classic Rock performed the evening of April 19th live at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC and the next evening at the House of Blues in Orlando. The ad hoc group of lead singers, just back from an Asian Tour and about to embark for a showcase in Paris, is on tour in support of the launch new digital Internet label and website, Rockforever.com and  r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m . The tour is produced by Pulver.com Productions in association with the House of Blues.

"What better showcase than the House of Blues to debut this great line-up," said Starship's Mickey Thomas. "It's a who's who of the 1980's rock scene. We're ready to rock the house!"

The Voices of Classic Rock are the original singers who sang the original songs that dominated the Billboard charts in the 1980's: Starship's Mickey Thomas, Ben Orr of The Cars, John Cafferty, Jimi Jamison of Survivor and Toto's Bobby Kimball. Live and in concert, these six legendary voices join together on one stage for more than two hours of nothing but hits, followed by a good old-fashion "jam."

They are the lead singers whose voices have defined two decades of music -- from classic rock, to power ballads, movie soundtracks to MTV, the frontmen that led their bands to stardom.

Individually and collectively the Voices of Classic Rock are among the popular and commercially successful artists of a generation: 25 Top Twenty Singles... 17 Top Ten... and 4 Number One Hits!

There is more.

Twentysix gold, platinum or multi-platinum albums... four movie soundtrack themes... seven Grammys... and even an Oscar Nomination... .

Their voices embody the rock and roll history of the 1980's.

It was 1979 and the Jefferson Starship was searching for a replacement to Marty Ballin and Grace Slick, founders of the Jefferson Airplane/Starship who decided to take a respite from the world of music. The call went to Mickey Thomas, lead singer of the Elvin Bishop Group and the voice of "Fooled Around and Fell in Love." At first he hesitated. At first he hesitated. "It took me about six months to make up my mind," said Thomas, "afterall Marty and Grace were rock and roll icons. After accepting the challenge and enduring the industry's doubts, Mickey's first Jefferson Starship album struck gold sending the single "Jane" into the top 20.

Over the next five years, Mickey led the Starship to four more Top Forty hits. But it was in 1985 that Mickey's voice launched the Starship into Super Group Orbit, producing three Number One Hits in three consecutive years: The rock anthem "We Built This City" in 1985, the ballad "Sara" in 1986,and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" in 1987 -- a song that not only topped the charts, but also earned an Oscar Nomination.

When you think of films and music, you must also think of Eddie and the Cruisers.

The year was 1982 and John Cafferty -- "JC"? was commissioned to write and perform the soundtrack for a pilot film. The rest is history: Eddie and the Cruisers became a rock cult classic with a triple-platinum soundtrack. JC's unique, raspy voice propelled the movie's theme "On the Darkside" to Number One on the Billboard Rock charts, wile the movie's second hit "Tender Years" -- featuring sax player Michael "Tunes" -- rose into the Top Ten of the Billboard AC charts.

Working with his Beaver Brown Band -- veterans of the Northeast shore touring cirucit -- JC's follow-up album "Tough All Over" would again score success. The Title Track "Tough All Over" gave this rocker his second Number One on the Rock Charts, while the single C-I-T-Y ran into the Billboard Top Twenty.

John Cafferty is the man who made Eddie Cruise

There's another Voice of Film in the Voices of Classic Rock, Survivor's Jimi Jamison, whose distinctive voice electrified the Rocky IV theme "Burning Heart," propelling it to Number Two on the Billboard Charts.

In 1984, with Survivor stalled in the wake their first hit "Eye of the Tiger," Jimi Jamison joined the band, giving it the powerful vocal sound for which it is still so well known. His first album effort, "Vital Signs," soared to Platinum, yielding three Top 20 hits -- "Can't Hold Back" at Number 13, "High On You" at Number 8, and "The Search Is Over" which rose all the way to Number 4.

Jimi's next Survivor album produced the Top 10 single "Is This Love," after which this Voice began pursuing solo projects, including writing and singing "I'm Always Here," theme of the hit series television series Baywatch. In March of 2000 Jimi reunited with the original members of Survivor to tour with Styx and REO Speedwagon.

Jimi Jamison is personification of the Power Ballad.

Though his name is Bobby Kimball, his fame is "Rosanna." In 1979, he joined with a group of studio musicians to form the band Toto. Their first album -- aptly named Toto I -- went Double Platinum as the Bobby Kimball sung single "Hold The Line" rose to Number 5.

But the best was yet to come for these sidemen turned frontmen. In 1982, the blockbuster triple-platinum "Toto IV" album was released to critical praise. It's first single, "Roseanna" spent five weeks at Number Two; while the album's third single "Africa" realized the elusive Number One Chart position in February 1983.

Bobby and the Band were honored with seven Grammys for the Toto IV album, including a Grammy for Rosanna as the Record of the Year.

In 1984, Bobby Kimball departed Toto for a successful solo career that included fame in Europe. In 1999, he rejoined Toto for its 20th Anniversary Toto X album and tour.

Bobby Kimball is the embodiment of Grammy history.

Many refer to Ben Orr as the biggest secret of The Cars. Fans of this supergroup of the early 1980's remember that The Cars featured two lead singers. And, it was Ben Orr's lead vocal that drove seven of their biggest hits into the charts, including their biggest selling single "Drive." A shy native of Cleveland, Ben learned to play keyboard, drums, bass and guitar at an early age. In 1976 he joined with Rick Ocasek to for the Cars in Boston. The rest is history.

With one gold, two-double platinum and three triple platinum albums, The Cars became one of the most successful groups in rock history. Ben's distinctive lead vocal produced hits such as "Just What I Needed," "Candy-O," "Bye Bye Love," "Let's Go," "Movin' in Stereo," and "Stay The Night."

Ben Orr is the man whose voice drove The Cars.

Together they comprise the Voices of Classic Rock.

While the Voices are classic, they are also on the cutting edge of New Media. Collectively they have joined to form the Artist-owned Digital Record Label and Classic Rock Music Channel Rockforever.com and Classicrocknet.com. Rockforever.com is a singlular source for Singer Biographies, Tour Schedules, Live Concert Cybercasts, Sweepstakes Promotions, Tour product, and Digitally Downloadable music (including new product) from the Voices and their affiliate artists. "This is the future," noted Toto's Bobby Kimball. "Together we are now our own label, developing our own product, controlling our future. We can now interact directly with our fans. That's cool!"

The Voices of Classic Rock -- the Original Singers performing the Original Songs -- are touring in the summer of 2000 in support of their new Internet venture. Other members of the  r o c k f o r e v e r . c o m  label include Leslie West of Mountain, Joe Lynn Turner of Deep Purple and Rainbow, Larry Hoppen of Orleans, Dave Jenkins of Pablo Cruise, Mike Reno of Loverboy, and Peter Rivera formerly of Rare Earth. Spencer Davis, of the Spencer Davis Group, will also join the group for a variety of dates in mid-May.