“Inside Your Head” by 40 Ft. Ringo

From the ashes of the “hair band” Trixter (remember 1990’s “Give It To Me Good”?), Steve Brown and PJ Farley carried on together to form 40 Ft. Ringo. 40 Ft. Ringo had an updated sound, more like SR-71 and American Hi-Fi. The guys set out to make “hard pop that rocks for a good time”.

“Funny Thing” is the only full-length album by 40 Ft. Ringo, founded by two members of Trixter.

The self-titled record is packed with upbeat catchy rock tunes, but the standout track for me is “Inside Your Head”.

You can’t help but want to sing along to the chorus of this energetic rocker. It should have fit easily on the airwaves of 2004 radio, but for some reason the song never caught fire. 40 Ft. Ringo deserved better. Could it have been the name? Steve Brown addressed where the odd name came from in an interview with Rock United:

“It comes from my good bud, Mark Helbock, who went to see the Beatles anthology in a movie theater. There was a close up of Ringo he laughed and said..." wow, a 40FT. RINGO ". He told me the story and I said, ‘what a great name for a band’... and there you have it.”

To the delight of fans, Trixter has reunited, producing two new records for the Frontiers label, “New Audio Machine” (2012) and “Human Era” (2015). Steve Brown also filled in for Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell when he underwent his cancer treatments.