DESIRE - Screamer On The Rocks CD

- Once lost & thought to never be found first recorded album
- Never before released and now available on CD for the first time
- Re-mastered from the only surviving sources
- With the first vocalist Doug Bertram
- 16-page booklet
- Extensive and in-depth and history essay
- Limited to 500 worldwide

For fans of The Rods, KISS, Riot, TKO, Y&T

In that twilight period between the setting of the 1970s and the dawning of the 1980s, there was a brief time when hard rock and heavy metal world come together as one. And from this union came forth the likes of bands such as Yesterday & Today, Riot, TKO and The Rods to name but a few. This groups would be some of the first of what would become known a U.S. Heavy Metal and rival that happening overseas with the NWOBHM. And similar to the movement in Europe, many of these new hard rock/heavy metal bands would pop up across America, most of which like their European peers would fade out quickly and be lost to time only to be discovered years later…. Such is the case with DESIRE.

DESIRE was formed in late 1980-1981 by guitarist Burk Skyhorse Price, drummer Larry Sexton, & manager Bob Theissen. The band operated out of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, and was one of the first local acts to establish a following playing primarily original material. The band was known for its over-the-top live performances that featured full arena-style lights and sound, even in smaller venues.

DESIRE released one album, "Cry At The Sky", which was recorded at Counterpart Creative Studios in the spring and summer of 1983. There were two versions of this album. The first, called "Screamer On The Rocks", only made it to test pressing because of a last-minute personnel change. "Cry At The Sky", featuring a different vocalist, made it to the pressing plant, and was released in the fall of 1983. It received airplay on the major FM rock station in Cincinnati and the band received high praise in the press for both their music and live shows.

Released February 5, 2019

DESIRE is:
Burk Skyhorse Price: guitars, vocals
Larry Sexton: drums, vocals
David Svach: bass
Doug Bertram: lead vocals

Re-mastered by Jamie King
2019 executive producers J. Golden & G. Shafer

TRACK LISTING:
1. Crank It Up
2. Face To Lace
3. Reality Is A Crutch
4. You'll Never Take Me Alive
5. Screamer On The Rocks
6. Hold On
7. A Time For Dreaming
8. Starchild
9. Broken Light