NEW YORK - Carry The Torch ​/ ​Electric Thunder CD (US IMPORT!) (Pre-Order)

NEW YORK was formed in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1977 by guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Ennis. The band would begin gigging in 1979. Several line-up changes would follow, eventually leading to the line-up of Ennis, guitarist Johnny Glover, bassist Freddy Foster and drummer Ric Hanz. This version of the band would enter Reflection Studios, Charlotte, NC to record its 5-song debut EP “Carry the Torch”. The record would be originally released on vinyl and cassette in 1984 by Tinker’s Damn Productions in the US and Dream Records in France.

In support of the release, NEW YORK would relentlessly tour up and down the East Coast club circuit amongst all the other countless 80s hard rock/heavy metal bands hoping to become the "next big thing”.

Another personal change would see Hanz being replaced by ex-VYPER drummer Michael Scott Mills.

Around this time NEW YORK would enter the studio again to record a 5-song EP demo for Grand Slam Records. The sessions were planned to be overseen by KISS’s Paul Stanley but due to his hectic schedule and KISS obligations the project would be passed to KISS drummer Eric Carr who would handle the pre-production. Carr would also co-write and perform on the song “Electric Thunder”. These recordings from 1988 would remain unreleased to the general public until 2018, three decades later.

FOR FANS OF: Dokken, Ratt, Black & Blue and KISS.