Carlo Trenta & The Demons - Tough Boy, Rock Da Box - CJT Records CJT-130 - 1981
Carlo Trenta (a.k.a Carl J. Trentadue) writes that this album was advertised on NBC 900 times. It features a keyboard player who went on to play with Steppenwolf and a guitar player/songwriter whose career highlights are inclusion on some soundtracks, most notably the animated Transformers movie soundtrack from 1986, a couple of Jean-Claude Van-Damme movies and the Sailor Moon dub. 'Tough Boy, Rock Da Box' has since been re-released digitally under Carl's new moniker, 'Capt. Johnny Rush And The King Chinook Band' and with modified cover art. This is likely due to the fact that Carl now identifies as a Christian and has left the world of demons and semi-nude ladies behind him. What isn't clear is why the reissue calls the first song 'Tough Boy's A Hunk' rather than 'Tough Boy's A Punk.' It's not as though the vocals were re-recorded to accommodate the title change. Perhaps it is just another of the many typos on his fascinating cdbaby page.
The redesigned cover art is littered with cut and paste clippings of fish conservation slogans and seafood company logos. He writes "Captain Johnny Rush and the King Chinook Band will be touring and during their show will be talking about what can be done with the government to clean rivers and increase the number of salmon in our Pacific Ocean, rivers, and lakes. Captain Johnny Rush owns a seafood company. All pictures on the front of the album cover are special dedications to Mr. Trentadue's business associates. None of the pictures are intended to denote sponsorship." Carl recently uploaded a somewhat sleazy music video for 'Wild Cat Woman' from back in the day.
Another fascinating piece of this story is that some Carlo Trenta & the Demons tracks ended up on an illegitimate Billy Joel reissue CD of his pre-fame band, Attila. Imagine the poor fool who purchased this CD wanting to hear some Joel and out of the speakers spews "TOUGH BOY'S A PUNK! A REAL TOUGH PUNK!" I have written about this debacle, and it can be found here: http://pupuplatters.tumblr.com/post/105025879919/the-tough-boys-my-journey-with-carlo-trenta-and
The redesigned cover art is littered with cut and paste clippings of fish conservation slogans and seafood company logos. He writes "Captain Johnny Rush and the King Chinook Band will be touring and during their show will be talking about what can be done with the government to clean rivers and increase the number of salmon in our Pacific Ocean, rivers, and lakes. Captain Johnny Rush owns a seafood company. All pictures on the front of the album cover are special dedications to Mr. Trentadue's business associates. None of the pictures are intended to denote sponsorship." Carl recently uploaded a somewhat sleazy music video for 'Wild Cat Woman' from back in the day.
Another fascinating piece of this story is that some Carlo Trenta & the Demons tracks ended up on an illegitimate Billy Joel reissue CD of his pre-fame band, Attila. Imagine the poor fool who purchased this CD wanting to hear some Joel and out of the speakers spews "TOUGH BOY'S A PUNK! A REAL TOUGH PUNK!" I have written about this debacle, and it can be found here: http://pupuplatters.tumblr.com/post/105025879919/the-tough-boys-my-journey-with-carlo-trenta-and
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