As many of you know, I was a college radio DJ. As such, I had early access to music, some of which was on the fringe of music in the early 1990s.
That includes They Eat Their Own, an LA-based band founded by vocalist Laura B. (Baricevic) in or around 1989, which was together until about 1994. They didn't have a lot of success, but they had that ONE SONG and that ONE VIDEO.
This is that song. Released in 1990 or 1991, it got a fair bit of airplay and got the band a major label deal with Geffen Records.... that ended up imploding before anything came of it. This song, however, is absolutely amazing.
Of course, they wouldn't have gotten their single released at all if they didn't perform live extremely well. This version, performed live at the LA Music Factory, predates the studio recording, and it's sparser, but still great. Laura is a terrific frontwoman.
I said "is" for a reason. You see, after TETO broke up, Laura B. hopped around the country for a bit, settling in Pittsburgh, PA. She started a band called The Off Labels, and they performed a lot of her old stuff.... like this song. Have a listen to this performance from 2014.
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