Christopher Stewart (rhythm guitar) met August
Worchell (lead guitar) in 1978 at reform school in North
California. A drummer back then,
Chris, August and Faster Pussycat's Eric Stacy played blues covers in a
band called Champagne, with their school principal on vocals - "The
only way we'd get out to play is if he was with us" says Chris,
who later played with August in World War III and in Neighbourhood
Threat with Danny Stag and Johnny B Frank (subsequently in
Kingdom Come). August brought in old buddy Andy Rodgers
(bass) and Chris met Vicki James Wright (vocals) through
Tracii Guns, after Vicki failed and audition for LA Guns
(because of his blonde hair!).
From a large family in Bradford, Yorkshire in North
England, Vicki got into rock 'n' roll to "to piss people off",
to get back at lots of people who said I couldn't do it. I did it and
found out I liked it. After recording 2 albums with British metallers Tokyo
Blade, he moved to L.A. in December of '85. "I
thought the streets of L.A. were paved with gold. I came without a
return ticket so I was fucked. I bummed around, and finally met Chris
two
and a half years ago".
Stephen 'Punkee' Adamo (drums), who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Long
Island and Poughside, NY moved to L.A. via Miami, FL three years ago and
met Chris, joining up with Johnny Crash after playing briefly with Rock City
Angels.
The band gigged for a mere few months on the L.A.
circuit before landing a deal with WTG/CBS Records. Following the
release of the album, Neighbourhood Threat, the band enjoyed tours with
the likes of Pretty Maids, Bonham and rock giants Motley
Crue.
The single Hey Kid saw the band record their first
music video and in turn, earnt regular playback on MTV.
A second album was recorded without August, and
featured future Guns 'n' Roses members Matt Sorum and Dizzy
Reed, but the quality was very poor and the band were dropped from
the record label, with the album remaining unreleased.
Since then bassist Andy Rogers has died of a drugs
overdose circa 1992/93.
Discography:
Neighborhood Threat (1990)
The Andy Johns Demos (Unreleased)(1989?)
WWIII Demos with dubbed Vic Vocals (Unreleased)
Damnation Alley - 2nd album
(Unreleased)
Adapted from an interview by Gerri Miller, Metal Edge 1990
A million thanks to August for the additional info.
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interview with Christopher Stewart
