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Tesla is an American rock band formed in Sacramento, California in 1984. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Sacramento redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Rykodisc Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Jeffery Lynn Keith (born October 12, 1958 in Texarkana, Arkansas) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Tesla. ... Frank Hannon was born in 1965 in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the genre. ... Sacramento redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Background

The band 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. The band derived their name, certain album and song titles, and some song content from events relating to Nikola Tesla, a Serbian inventor and electrical engineer born on the border of Serbia and Croatia in the 19th century. See also: // January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Mechanical Resonance is the debut album by the American rock band Tesla. ... Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: ) (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. ... An engineers degree is an academic degree which is intermediate in rank between a masters degree and a doctorate; it is occasionally to be encountered in the United States in technical fields. ... Anthem:  Serbia() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn 1 Albanian 2 Demonym Serbian Government Parliamentary Democracy  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica    -  First state 7th century   -  Serbian Kingdom3 1217   -  Serbian Empire 1345   -  Independence lost... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The band's original line-up consisted of vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarists Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch, bassist Brian Wheat and drummer Troy Luccketta. Jeffery Lynn Keith (born October 12, 1958 in Texarkana, Arkansas) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Tesla. ... Frank Hannon was born in 1965 in Los Angeles, California. ...

Tesla's music is often referred to as heavy metal, but is better described as hard rock with a bluesy feel. The band's lyrics also strayed from the themes popular in heavy metal, particularly in the 1980s at the beginning of their career. A further distinction from their comtemporaries was their T-shirt-and-jeans image which was in strong contrast to Glam Metal bands of the time, which were characterized by big hair, leather pants and flashy-make up. Also in the early days of their career, Tesla toured with David Lee Roth, Def Leppard and Poison which incorrectly resulted in the band being categorized as a Glam metal band. The band's members resented this labelling.[1] [2] Tesla have always been proud of the fact that their music has always been just guitars and drums, with an occasional piano from guitarist Hannon and/or bassist Wheat and occasional organ from Hannon, with no synthesizers or anything to distort their sound. Their albums always proudly proclaimed, "No Machines," referring to that fact. However, the band's 2004 album, Into the Now, included synthesized beats. Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... David Lee Roth (sometimes referred to as Diamond Dave) (born October 10, 1954, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer for Van Halen. ... Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. ... For other uses, see Poison (disambiguation). ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Into The Now is the fifth studio album by the rock band Tesla. ...

It was three years before the band released their second album, The Great Radio Controversy. The album help solidify the band growing reputation and fanbase. The album produced the hit single "Love Song." The Great Radio Controversy is the second album by American rock band Tesla, released in 1989. ...

In 1990, Tesla released Five Man Acoustical Jam, a live album featuring acoustic renditions of hits such as "Comin' Atcha Live," "Gettin' Better," "Modern Day Cowboy," and "Love Song," The album also featured a number of covers most notably a version of "Signs," a song by the Five Man Electrical Band. See also: 1990 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1990 Record labels established in 1990 list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. ... Five Man Acoustical Jam was a live album released in 1990 by the band Tesla, using acoustic guitars instead of electric guitars which hard rock/heavy metal bands such as Tesla were known for. ... The Five Man Electrical Band was a rock group from Canadas capital city of Ottawa, best known for their 1971 hit Signs. The group consisted of Les Emmerson, Brian Rading, Ted Gerow, Mike Belanger and Rick Belanger. ...

In 1991 the band released their third studio album Psychotic Supper. The band themselves consider this to be their best album according to their official Web site. The 1998 Japanese reissue import of Psychotic Supper contains three previously unreleased songs, including "Rock the Nation," "I Ain't Superstitious" and "Run Run Run." See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... Psychotic Supper is the third studio album from the rock band Tesla. ... See also: 1998 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1998 Record labels established in 1998 // 1998 - The single Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sets a new hot 100 airplay record, 18 weeks at number one. ...

In 1994 the band released their fourth studio album Bust a Nut. The 1998 Japanese reissue import of Bust a Nut contains the previously unreleased cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean." See also: 1994 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1994 Record labels established in 1994 // January 29 - The Supremes Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside of Los Angeles, California. ... Bust a Nut Track listing The Gate / Invited Solution Shine Away Try So Hard She Want She Want Need Your Lovin Action Talks Mamas Fool Cry Earthmover Alot To Lose Rubberband Wonderful World Games People Play ... See also: 1998 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1998 Record labels established in 1998 // 1998 - The single Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sets a new hot 100 airplay record, 18 weeks at number one. ... Bust a Nut Track listing The Gate / Invited Solution Shine Away Try So Hard She Want She Want Need Your Lovin Action Talks Mamas Fool Cry Earthmover Alot To Lose Rubberband Wonderful World Games People Play ... For the bands 1969 eponymous debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ...

After 1994's Bust a Nut, the band took a hiatus to support Skeoch during his struggle with substance abuse. However, it wasn't long before Skeoch briefly joined up with solo artist Marshall Coleman's band to support his solo career, only to see a departure of Marshall soon after. This band eventually morphed to include vocalist Jeff Keith and resurfaced as Bar 7 with a single "Four Leaf Clover," from the album The World Is A Freak. Bassist Brian Wheat formed "Soul Motor," and Frank Hannon "Moon Dog Mane" while Drummer Troy Luccketta worked with several local artists including the Bay Area's "One Thin Dime." Bust a Nut Track listing The Gate / Invited Solution Shine Away Try So Hard She Want She Want Need Your Lovin Action Talks Mamas Fool Cry Earthmover Alot To Lose Rubberband Wonderful World Games People Play ... Bar7 was a blues/rock Tesla style band, formed by Jeff Keith and Tommy Skeotch, both of Tesla fame. ...

After a break of six years the band reformed in 2000 and recorded the double live album Replugged Live. In 2002 they were featured in the Rock Never Stops Tour alongside other 80s rock bands. Replugged Live is the second live album by the rock band Tesla. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Rock Never Stops is a US rock tour aiming to bring back the rock of the 80s, bringing together some of the best bands that surfaced in that decade. ...

2002 saw the release of a further live album Standing Room Only which is just a single CD version of Replugged Live. Standing Room Only is the third live album by the rock band Tesla. ...

In 2004 they released their fifth studio album Into the Now which debuted on the Billboard album chart at number 30. The album was well received by fans and the band was featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Into The Now is the fifth studio album by the rock band Tesla. ... Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an Emmy-nominated American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. ...

In the summer of 2006, the band embarked on the Electric Summer Jam Tour and put the following statement on their Web site: "We would like you to join us in welcoming guitarist Dave Rude, who will be hitting the road with us for the 2006 Electric Summer Jam Tour as Tommy Skeoch will not be performing with us. Please also join us in congratulating Tommy and his wife on the birth of their new baby boy. We wish the whole family the best."

An article in the Deseret Morning News (June 16, 2006) that featured an interview with Wheat clarified the situation: "The tour is also a chance to introduce the newest member of the band, guitarist Dave Rude, who replaces Tommy Skeoch. Skeoch has been in and out of the band since 1994, addressing substance-abuse problems. 'But with a new baby at home,' Wheat said, 'this time Skeoch's departure is full-time. He just wanted to spend more time with his family after all these years. It's hard. He'll always be a part of Tesla history.'"

"Comin' Atcha Live" appeared in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Computer and video games redirects here. ... Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (released in October 2002) is the fourth video game in the hit Grand Theft Auto series. ...

Tesla have recorded a covers album titled Real to Reel, which was released on June 5, 2007. The recording is available as a 2 CD set. The first CD (containing 13 songs) is sold in a case with a blank slot for the second CD. The second CD (containing 12 additional songs) will initially be available to concert goers in the USA at no additional charge beyond the cost of a ticket. The second CD was also given away with the August edition of Classic Rock magazine in Europe. Real to Reel is the sixth studio album by the rock band Tesla. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

At the end of August Tesla announced their first world tour in 16 years with dates in Australia, Japan and Europe in October and November 2007.

It has been confirmed that Tesla is going to play at the Sweden Rock Festival in June 2008 as well as Rocklahoma 2008 in Pryor, Ok in July 2008. Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock/metal festival held in Sweden since 1992. ...

In March 2008, Tesla helped fund and headlined a benefit concert for victims of the Station nightclub fire. The show was broadcast by VH1 Classic. Tesla played two songs: "Love Song" and "Signs." The Station Nightclub Fire on the evening of Thursday, February 20, 2003, was the fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, killing 100 people and injuring more than 200. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Band members

Current members

• Jeff Keith – lead vocals (1984-1994, 2000-present)
• Frank Hannon – guitars, piano, organ, hammond organ, backing vocals (1984-1994, 2000-present)
• Dave Rude - guitars, backing vocals (2006-present)
• Brian Wheat – bass, piano, backing vocals (1984-1994, 2000-present)
• Troy Luccketta – drums, percussion (1984-1994, 2000-present)

Jeffery Lynn Keith (born October 12, 1958 in Texarkana, Arkansas) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the band Tesla. ... Frank Hannon was born in 1965 in Los Angeles, California. ...

Former members

• Tommy Skeoch – guitars, backing vocals (1984-1994, 2000-2006)

Discography

Studio albums

• Mechanical Resonance (1986)
• The Great Radio Controversy (1989)
• Psychotic Supper (1991)
• Bust a Nut (1994)
• Into the Now (2004)
• Real to Reel (2007)
• A Peace of Time (2007) (iTunes exclusive release)

Mechanical Resonance is the debut album by the American rock band Tesla. ... The Great Radio Controversy is the second album by American rock band Tesla, released in 1989. ... Psychotic Supper is the third studio album from the rock band Tesla. ... Bust a Nut Track listing The Gate / Invited Solution Shine Away Try So Hard She Want She Want Need Your Lovin Action Talks Mamas Fool Cry Earthmover Alot To Lose Rubberband Wonderful World Games People Play ... Into The Now is the fifth studio album by the rock band Tesla. ... Real to Reel is the sixth studio album by the rock band Tesla. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

Compilations

• Times Makin' Changes - The Best of Tesla (1995)
• 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tesla (2001)
• Time Machine (2008)

Times Makin Changes - The Best of Tesla is the first greatest hits album for the rock band Tesla. ...

Live albums

• Five Man Acoustical Jam (1990)
• Replugged Live (2001)
• Standing Room Only (2002)

Five Man Acoustical Jam was a live album released in 1990 by the band Tesla, using acoustic guitars instead of electric guitars which hard rock/heavy metal bands such as Tesla were known for. ... Replugged Live is the second live album by the rock band Tesla. ... Standing Room Only is the third live album by the rock band Tesla. ...

References

External links

• Tesla Official Site
• Tesla's Myspace Page
• Frank Hannon Official Page