SUOSITUIMMAT TARINAT
However, fate smiled upon the quartet when original lead singer Wendy Caine was blown up in 1980. The band’s manager Jerry “The Jam” Goldenblatt (a failed TV Gameshow host) moved quickly, replacing Wendy with Coco.
Coco, by then a notorious Rock ‘n Roll groupie, was just what the doctor ordered. Her raw sex appeal and driving vocals reinvigorated the then stumbling act.
Manager Goldenblatt decided a name change was necessary. After much deliberation he settled on Cocaine. (An amalgam of lead singer Coco’s first name and band founders Husko and Jerko’s surname…and as a tribute to his favorite narcotic, of course…)
Suddenly they hit the big time. Touring the world, selling billions of records (their figure), and having more airtime than Michael Jackson during a pedophilia trial. Award followed award, and the band’s popularity surged. During much of the Eighties, each member of Cocaine was individually praised with many honors.
Husko even won a Nobel in literature for his novella, “Life of a Husky Corpulent Gentleman, Vol. 1.”
At the peak of their popularity the “Cocaine
Addicts” as the band’s dedicated fanbase was to be known, was some forty seven million strong in over one hundred countries. But a band that gets that high is usually destined for quite a fall… As the Eighties gave way to the Nineties, musical
tastes began to change. Glam rock was out and Grunge was in. The proliferation of moody men children in flannel shirts spelled the end for Cocaine.
Frustrated by the lack of fan support, Jerry made a startling decision. Each member of Cocaine was to be frozen. Only when people came to their senses would Jerry thaw the band out.
It is now 2008, and with Rock n’ Roll in desperate need of a savior the time is right. Coco, Marco, Jerko, and Husko are back, and the fate of Rock is in their hands.
Celina Carvajal Carvajal 27 joulukuuta 2007 12.57