Diamond Rexx

Gemstone Rexx may be the creation of Nasti Behaviors, a colorful, Chicago-based large metal/hard rock and roll/pop-metal singer whose affects have included Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, Kiss, Judas Priest, and W.A.S.P., amongst others. Over time, the band has already established different lineups, however the constant is definitely Behaviors, who’s to Gemstone Rexx what Courtney Like is to Gap and Bono is normally to U2. Quite simply, Habits is Gemstone Rexx — the Midwestern combo hardly ever would have been around without him. Habits produced Gemstone Rexx’s primary four-man lineup in 1985, when he recruited guitarist S. St. Lust (who was simply subsequently changed by Johnny L. Angel), bassist Chrissy Salem, and drummer Johnny Cottone. The business lead vocals were generally taken care of by Habits, as the additional members contributed history vocals. The initial Gemstone Rexx quickly became a fixture for the Chicago rock and roll scene, plus they developed enough of an area buzz to catch the attention of the interest of Island Information. Land from the Damned, the band’s debut recording, premiered by Isle in 1986, but issues didn’t workout, and some years later, Gemstone Rexx authorized with Crimson Light Records, a little heavy metallic/hard rock-oriented label that was located in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, IL. Gemstone Rexx recorded several CDs for Crimson Light, including 1989’s Graded Rexx (their second recording) as well as the 1991 EP Golden Gates. From then on, Gemstone Rexx and identical bands had been dealt an unkind blow when ‘80s-design metal/hard rock and roll went of style. From gothic dream metallic to Sunset Remove locks bands, a whole lot of ‘80s-design headbangers got the rug drawn out from under them when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and their grunge co-workers exploded commercially in 1992 and 1993. Gemstone Rexx finished up happening hiatus in the ‘90s, but that wasn’t the finish of Habits’ music group. In Feb 2001, the Chicagoan made a decision to resurrect Gemstone Rexx; the brand new lineup contains Habits on lead vocals, S.S. on electric guitar, Basil Cooper on bass and history vocals and Billy Nychay on drums. A few of Habits’ supporters may have been longing for some pop-metal and locks band nostalgia, however the brand-new Gemstone Rexx that he revealed in 2001 was definately not a carbon duplicate of the clothing that he led in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Though Habits’ business lead vocals still underscored his understanding of Alice Cooper, the revamped Gemstone Rexx had a solid alternative metal impact and indicated that he previously been having to pay close focus on Pantera, Light Zombie, Soundgarden, and post-‘80s Metallica. As well as the revamped Gemstone Rexx had a fresh look to choose their brand-new sound; rather than looking as an ‘80s locks band, they appeared as if a 21st hundred years alternative metal music group. In 2001, Gemstone Rexx’s brand-new Habits/S.S./Basil Cooper/Nychay lineup recorded the return record Rexx Erected for the Gemstone label. From then on discharge, Basil Cooper still left the music group and was changed by Tommy Hanus; in 2002, the Habits/S.S./Hanus/Nychay lineup recorded The Bad for producer Tag Nawara’s Crash Music (an unbiased, metal-oriented label located in Phoenix, AZ).