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Tesla formed in 1984 in Sacramento as City Kidd, and was renamed Tesla during the recording of their first album, 1986's Mechanical Resonance, on the advice of their manager that City Kidd was not a great name (in addition, there was already another band going by that name). The band derived their name, certain album and song titles, and some song content from events relating to Nikola Tesla, an inventor and electrical engineer born in the 19th century in Croatia.

They enjoyed moderate success through the eighties and early nineties, scoring hits with the radio-friendly power ballad Love Song, and their cover of of "Signs", a 1971 hit by the Five Man Electrical Band off their live acoustic album Five Man Acoustical Jam. In 1994, the band announced an indefinite hiatus to allow guitarist Tommy Skeoch to deal with substance abuse problems. The hiatus lasted until 2000, and the band began a slow reformation period, releasing a covers collection, playing smaller venues and nostalgia tours, and doing a lot of club dates.

In 2008, the band released their eighth studio album, Forever More on their own label, Tesla Electric Company Recordings. It is from that album that we proudly present Sacramento's own Tesla, Breakin' Free

Comments

[john-appel.livejournal.com]

This may be the first HMS band that I actually have owned a record of (well, cassette anyway). And good grief, you couldn't get away from their cover of Signs on the radio around here.

[guruwench.livejournal.com]

Very cool!! I never listened to Tesla back then, so I'm happy to hear and like them now. Thank you for sharing! :)