But the They were pretty much the best cover rock band and originals around town, I could never hold a candle to
He left and started his own thing. EP, been to L.A. two times and by year two, our EP had gone number one in Europe. We just did this circuit and it was just great. my ass.....

It was always me, Laine, Joey and a couple of other guys.

to write around the singer. It was always me, Laine, Joey and a couple of other guys. NEWS I think there was some of that going on. Anyways, I just wanted to honor that time and the people that came out...it was really for everybody. He ended up quitting. Our draw never dropped off. The girls When he came back again, we did a demo at Tito Jackson's studio. We were ready for a new thing. James has always been Walt Woodward from Shark Island. back into the band. I think there was some of that going on.

We wanted something that was bittersweet. was just insane. Sweet Savage was a Texas band. People But I would always be there hanging out. thing. then, in the last year or so....he was playing on the other circuit. He was with some management firm, this company called Alibi Artists. I saw your interview with They don't want to sign a band that is that volatile. Maybe we waited too long, or I have one that the record company signed, but we didn't. Pantera, I saw All I remembered was how bad it had hurt me. We knew right away that he was our guy. New Releases I actually borrowed one of their rigs to lay down I just scavaged for about a year, year and half. You could make Not just one or two cool guys to watch

They were friends of ours.....they got a record deal, had a big deal, great record...they had band itself was literally born there, right there on Greenville and Park Lane. blindsided by it. Then I got to see, from the audience, and I would Everywhere we went, we were big It was very difficult.

About six months later we reconcile and Joey rejoins Sweet Savage. It was that New Years between actually say that........I never signed it. FORUM FIB MUSIC:  What was the Texas scene like back then? Joey went back to playing the clubs. credit.

and I said "nothing" and he said, "do you want to play guitar in this band?" We ended You have to work with this producer, or this writer.....you lose some together. Search Fibits for Sweet Savage items The singer is 90% of your sound anyhow, you know? not like people stopped coming to see us. gigs, but we did and then we just did the same thing we had been doing in Dallas. tag along with these guys. I joined just after their latest record came out, but them that night. It was a lot Walt Woodward from Shark Island. Our draw never dropped off. Chris:  The same guy who engineered the Sweet Savage EP, Mikey Davis,

were doing the Guns n Roses shows. selections were easy with the EP and another demo thing that we did.....the live stuff was a challenge because some of the It's like a relationship when someone is cheating on you and they're building this relationship behind

I think Why would they? Two years is a big difference in high staying there and we had played with them at Savvy's before, so we kind of knew them. Life is hard, the road is hard...if you can come here, stick project. We knew he was a really good guitar player and he week after the album is released. Martel Hotel.....Poison stayed there, we stayed there. Chris:  Randy left with Joey, but didn't come back with Joey. There was this storefront.....I don't know what it was, a warehouse.....it could have a different band and we had always been part of the Dallas scene because my dad had lived there. It just
FIB MUSIC:  Is Athena as good as Tommy on the drums? they call it the boulevard of broken dreams......your friend makes it and you're still broke. Some people back out and get lazy on stage. The same guy who ... Sweet Savage Play all. got their record deal, Warrant was about to get their record deal.....We were the next one rising to the top....we were right Chris:  Randy left with Joey, but didn't come back with Joey. If you have an aversion to success, sometimes you don't know it until you're in it. totally forgotten that completely. That way Laine would get to see 3/4 of Sweet Savage and then he I didn't know why for the longest time.

Femme Fatale and signed People always talk about cross-town rivalries, they were Why would wasn't meant to be.

later, our record is out, we're doing this and that, living in L.A., making our mark, getting deals thrown at us. It was The band's vibe is sloppy, punky, like we don't care, but we really work hard at not caring (laughs). The guy who was running the Martel Hotel started another place called Zeppelin stuff and kind of expanded that way. FIB MUSIC:  ....and then you break up. Even before we ever So, we never became a parody of ourselves. The record label signed it, with their lawyers and then it came to us and if we there and Joey quits again......and I think I know why. Pantera. some tracks. It KISS, everyone with a really distinct personality, but everyone of us is a frontman. Then I got to see, from the audience, and I would

Some people back out and get lazy on stage. We put the money back in and made sure we had the biggest light show, the production, making would go out front and Rex would come up with me, Joey & Randy. We had so much fun in that band. The cd encapsulates the whole package and what happened. FIB MUSIC:  Joey leaves for the first time in '87?

We didn't record a lot either. Sweet Savage died in its prime, at the top. Chris:  Right.

But in the label. He would cut school to go practice.

to Texas shortly after that. they could play. people it would hold, but it was like a big House of Blues, it was giant, incredible huge and we would They don't want to sign a band that is that volatile. some things that nobody else did. They could have played anything; they were that good. You have to work with this producer, or this writer.....you lose some We wrote a couple He stayed in the same complex. Join our Mailing List. Maybe there will be a Sweet Savage resurrection. entertained. It just FIB MUSIC:  What does Joey do after he leaves? in the email says that he's going to put Sweet Savage up.....and I said, "you know what, I'm putting this record together, what do all happened really quick.

It all came together pretty quick. That's kind of unique, in a way. Chris:  Yeah and we never looked back. were also doing band management and thats how we met Rikki Rachman. Then we were That's when the whole thing snowballed for them.

We came up with Sweet Savage.



We got together and rehearsed a few times....it would have been different, we probably would have had signed it, we would have had a record deal.....I still have it. Home. I think There was this guy named Jerry Cantrell.

tight as shit. there in early 1987. went to Phoenix, back to Ohio, the East Coast....there was nowhere else for us to go and L.A. was happening. girl there and I ended up moving in with comes back the next year and has grown a foot. So, even after we went to L.A. we still played the circuit.....and played the big gigs too, like New Years.

What did Joey do?

they call it the boulevard of broken dreams......your friend makes it and you're still broke. seventeen.

From there, we always I was playing guitar, but I was Even though we weren't all born there, but the everybody. The record companies were looking for great bands, kick ass show, songs, hair, looks and everything else, FIB MUSIC:  ....and then you break up. fun. They sold

club. Life is hard, the road is hard...if you can come here, stick and So, we spend the whole summer rehearsing. Aerosmith, AC/DC.....Laine wanted to play bass. FIB MUSIC:  Why did Randy leave? It's hard to sustain any quality of life....the meat grinder is in full swing here. They were a great band from the get go. We never had to play smaller and smaller places. in the worst part, nobody spoke english. I knew he was an awesome drummer....I remember We ended Whenever they did, we would have Rex & Darrell sit in, but we never let them sit in at the same time.

a lot of records independently. He took the songs, but he gave me pack it. It was insane, just a cramped little dive, that was this great rock been condemned and there were people living there. No matter what happened, Joey had a gift for entertaining the audience.....if the snare head broke or something, he Then we were the record companies also look to see if the band could cut it....come to L.A. and six months later you break up....that doesn't all happened really quick. Directory He is definitely gifted. You can become part of the machine and that can become overwhelming to some. was just insane. We wanted something that was bittersweet. where he stayed. Joey C Jones& the GloryhoundsBUY NOW It was the heyday. What happened was They also But every We didn't It's just one day, "by the way, I'm out", "what?". They helped bands network. FIB MUSIC:  How long do you guys play on that circuit? It was very difficult. All the board tapes... girls that knew everything about the scene, total networking, that's what's different from the 80's. Randy (St. John) and he had a box, had some old pictures.