Tuesday, February 16, 2016

"Fear of Life" by Bricklin

They came from Pennsylvania in the late 80s - a punchy synth rock band headed by the brothers Bricklin, Scott and Brian. Their debut album is an underground classic in the world of AOR, and quite hard to come by. One listen to the lead-off track, "Fear of Life", and it is easy to see why. What is hard to see is why the band didn't hit the big time. Besides their self-titled debut, they also scored a song called "Walk Away" on the soundtrack to the hit movie from 1989, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

The Bricklin boys would resurface in the 90s in a more organic-sounding band called Martin's Dam. We'll get to them in time. Scott Bricklin was also featured in our post on the supergroup 4 Way Street, and he maintains an active solo career. His latest record, "Lost 'til Dawn", came out February 4 of this year.


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