Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 21, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeezSMWfPGc[/youtube] Remember Nasty Savage? We don’t either, but they were a Florida thrash band signed to Metal Blade in the mid to late ’80s before breaking up and briefly reuniting about a decade ago. At any rate, back in 1984, they cut a low budget cable commercial for Flair Family Hair Care, the place where […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 28, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XOWYe9TgaU[/youtube] I went to college in the lovely hamlet of Chester, PA., and heard that long before my time, Cinderella cut a commercial for a place called Pat’s Chili’s Dogs in nearby Folsom, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. The then-local band thought nothing of cutting a bargain basement commercial for the now-defunct Pat’s, and while […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 18, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CErzt7ngFs[/youtube]Record label Razor & Tie, which counts All That Remains and Norma Jean among the artists on its roster, has made their money the old-fashioned – by direct to consumer marketing via cable TV ads. Their Monster Ballads and Buzz Ballads series have gotten people temporarily re-interested in the likes of Mr. Big and Vertical […]