| Manage by Buddy Spenser
At Star Chaser Music Group Inc & Star Chaser Records 44 Music Square East Suite 208 Nashville 37203
Mike Stickle and Subversive Team up to record a Spider-man 3 Demo for the new movie called ( Ever-Day Hero)
It all began in January of 1999 when Phil, Todd, Eddie, and Mike got together in a basement in New Market, Virginia and decided to play some music for fun. By February we had been asked to perform on a compilation CD of local artists in upcoming April. We had already started composing our own music with Todd pulling double duty on bass guitar and vocals. An add was placed in several papers for a lead singer, and after many auditions Mike was added to the team. The chemistry couldn't be stopped and after only two practices with Mike we were in the studio recording our first song, "Tangled Web".
After the completing those performances, we decided to go back into "hiding" and write some more material. And in August of 2000 we emerged from two sessions at Alive Recording Studios with our promotional CD "When You Fall". Tangled Web was re-recorded for this CD and accompanied with the songs: Substitute, When You Fall, Fallen Angel, Dying Side of Reign, and Dry. Fallen Angel, a power ballad, quickly became the favorite to all who listened. During the making of these songs is when we picked up are final partner in this musical venture, Travis.
Currently we are ready to get back into a studio and do a full length CD with a strong collection of newer material.
Xtreme Sports is currently looking for more opportunities for our music. Music from our When You Fall CD was featured on Pertersons 4Wheel & Off-Road extreme video, the Ultimate Adventure 2001.
Why this name?
At the time we were known as "No Mercy", but one week before the completion of the CD we had learned of another band with that name and quickly decided to call ourselves "Wings of Mercy". The compilation CD, "HomeGrown '99" was released several months later and a mini-tour was then launched for promoting that CD.
Do you play live?
Yes VA DC & MD we love it. Our fan base covers all the contiguous United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Europe, Italy, Holland and the Netherlands.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
the Internet has open a wide area for are music to play in that how we where able to get fans all over the world
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yes we love a major deal of any kind
Band History:
We have been in several magazines, most of which have been published over seas, And our music has been played on all the local radio stations and is still getting some air time. Some of the radio stations that have played our music and/or done interviews with us are: 88.7 FM WXJM, 95.5 FM the Mix, 99.3 FM the Fox, 100.7 FM Q101, 105.1 FM WAMM, 105.7 FM WMXH, 106.3 FM WBOP, and 550 AM WSVA. The magazine/e-zine/newspapers we have been published in are: The Daily News Record, Flash Magazine, Listen.com, Roaar Magazine, Rock ReUnion Magazine, Strutter'Zine, and Undertow Magazine. We also made it to the number One slot on Roaar Magazines International Independent Chart List. Roaar Magazine also put Fallen Angel on their premier compilations CD, World Roaar One.
in Jan 2003 the band siged a management deal with Buddy Spenser of SMG Music Group Nashville & Starchaser Records B & B Associates Inc www.toursecurity.net
Your influences?
Alice in chains, REO, metallica, gins & roses'
Favorite spot?
New Market VA
Anything else...?
WINGS OF MERCY are just dripping with talent potential, let me make that VERY clear. So, why then am I not giving them a five rating? Something in the production value seems off to me. Might be my copy but it seems like more production time was spent on tracks 3, 4 and 5 than tracks 1, 2 and 6 which is not to say that the songs are not of equal caliber. They are. It just seems like the production values are uneven or they are two different sessions.
"Substitute" and "When You Fall" are solid rockers with great guitar work and powerful vocals from Mike Stickle but "Fallen Angel" (track 3) has a production that brings out the strength in performance, writing and depth that this band is capable of pulling off. The same can be said of "Tangled Web" and "Dying Side Of Reign". They all have a clearer and all around fuller production and Stickle's voice, particularly on "Fallen Angel" displays just how great this singer can be. The final track, "Dry" is a strong finisher but the production betrays it a bit. Don't get me wrong here. I like this CD a lot and it is well worth your cash. It is kinda like an Oreo cookie. Two hard ends with pure creamy magic in the middle. I want to hear more and I hope that will happen. I hope the band will embrace that middle production value. It suits them like a pair of WINGS...OF MERCY.
Reviewed By Michael McKenzie
Roaar Magazine also gave our cover art 3rd place in their awards issue
and debuted "When You Fall" at number 8 on their unsigned band chart!
Yes we did manage to make it all the way to number 1
"When You Fall - CD Review
Rating: 7.5/10
Some time ago I reviewed the 3-track demo CD of this band from Virginia, USA. They now sent me the complete demo CD with 6 songs of which I already discussed 3 tracks. Musically WINGS OF MERCY has created an own style that contains elements of AOR/Melodic Rock (80s) and Heavy Rock (90s). The 3 new songs are the slower melodic rockers "Substitute" and "When you fall" and closing track "Dry" (a nice uptempo melodic rocker). Their live set also includes covers of JOURNEY and NIGHT RANGER and on the other hand bands like ALICE IN CHAINS, so there you have the reason why this band sounds so unique with their melodic updated heavy rocksound. Check out this band at: http://www.wingsofmercy.com and e-mail them at: theband@wingsofmercy.com
Review by: Gabor Kleinbloesem, Editor of Strutter'Zine
WINGS OF MERCY, quartetto che si esibisce in tre canzoni curate ed eseguite in modo molto professsionale. L’emozionante "Fallen Angel" ha una struttra fra il prog ed il pomp rock, con la pulita e decisa voce di Stickle ad interpretare il lineare, ma non facile, svolgimento della parti strumentali che in parte ricordano i Mystery. "Dying Side of Reign" e un heavy prog cadenzato saturo di energia che strumentalmente deve molto a Black Sabbath, Queensryche e Dokken (vi giuro che e cosi), ma anche qui ci pensa Stickle ad offrire, egragie parti vocali molto melodiche e stentoree. Chiudono I sette minuti di "Tangled Web", aggressivo e dinamico class rock, che poco ha da spartire coi precedenti episodi, con riferimenti e Dokken e Winger ed un gran lavoro di Moyers che si lancia in lunghi ed infuocati assoli. Sono devvero curioso di ascoltare altre loro canzoni, visto che fre le cover eseguite del vivo appaiono brani di Alice in Chains, Dokken, Dream Theater, Journey, Rush, Night Ranger, Ozzy, Queensryche e Stone Temple Pilots. Chiudiamo la puntata di Ottobre con.
As printed in Italy's Flash Magazine
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