THE WESTERN FRONT - EUREKA
THE MISSING CHAPTER OF AOR - REDISCOVERED AFTER 40 YEARS!
Four decades down the line, the history of early-’80s rock is cast in stone. Of course there's TOTO, Journey, Foreigner, Boston and Survivor. But what if there was a missing chapter? A great lost band to rank alongside any of that era’s giants? An all-time-classic album that was only heard by the men who recorded it?
The Western Front was conceived by rock luminaries Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders), Marty Walsh (Supertramp, John Fogerty), Darrell Verdusco (Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison), and stellar session players Richard “Moon” Calhoun (Chaka Khan, Andy Gibb) and Derek Bergmann (Yvonne Elliman, Jeff Barry), alongside guitarist, and longtime collaborator Dennis O'Donnell—a veteran music executive.
In a fair world, The Western Front’s debut would have arrived in the mid-’80s, right after Atlantic Records promised a major-label deal—only to have label upheaval sweep Eureka off the schedule. Fast-forward to 2023, when a Stockholm record man heard a couple of Western Front tracks online and reached out to ask why their near-mythical debut never saw the light of day. The renewed interest drew the attention of other record labels. At the recommendation of friend and Toto guitar legend Steve Lukather, Walsh was able to strike a deal with the Mascot Label Group.
Released 40-plus years after it was caught in the bottle, The Western Front’s Eureka is a moment of long-overdue triumph, introducing a 'new' band to the world, alongside twelve songs that still crackle with electricity.
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