Hi everyone
My name's Juliano Mallon, and I've been a fan of FM since 1987, but a huge fan o AOR since 1982. Got my own blog about AOR - http://aorwatchtower.blogspot.com (portuguese only...sorry folks!) - and have been following the band's and Mr. Overland's solo endeavours for 22 years now.
Great songs, great memories, great AOR...I just couldn't ask for more...Greetings from Brazil :)
Not too good on the evils of silicone typey things but here goes...
I'm medium-in-the-tooth (39) and I've been singing along and having my spirits lifted by the guys since well before Indiscreet was released! I can't recall who I saw them with first, it may have been BonJovi on the 7800 tour and FM outclassed them song-for-song (for my money at least! but love JBJ and the guys too!). I can still remember the endless weeks scanning kerrang for news of the first album after that first sighting - and what an album! It's been on permanent play ever since. Love all the FM albums along with everything that followed - from SO!, Shadowman, The Ladder and Overland! The closest I got to "meeting" FM was seeing Lindon Connah the keyboard player from SO! at a (ahem) Go West gig - well worth seeing them live too by the way, and the SO! album was criminally under-rated! Jusy heard that I get to go to the meet-and-greet and can't tell you how massively lucky I feel! Best bring some beer money - I owe them all several beers for the years of music they've given me!
Thanks Lidia, I'm going to see Magnum on Monday 26th October at 'The Garage nightclub' in Glasgow. It's a pity FM are not on the bill to make it a really great night!