Classic AOR

At that time the world for lovers of well-kept medloischen Stadium Rocks was still okay. Guitarist and keyboard player Jim Peterik, who had already published with the Ides of March the veritable hit Vehicles, hit the end of the 70s in Chicago ambitious guitarists Frankie Sullivan. The band soon grew to about a five-member cast, as a singer you won first David Bickler. The debut album with gradlinigem rock, catchy melodies, piano-heavy ballads remained as the follow-up album "Premonition" yet as far as possible unnoticed.
Then wondered Sylvester Stallone, who was a fan of the band, this to give a contract to write for the 3rd part of Boxer saga "Rocky" the title track. The rest is film history ... Survivor earned a Grammy was for Oscar nominated and made his first worldwide hit. Later came the hit movie but with "Burning Heart" for the fourth part and the song "Moment Of Truth" to the movie "The Karate Kid" added.
This album is a masterpiece of melodic rock music that was popularized mainly by bands like Journey or Foreigner in the 80s. It falls closed and mature than its two predecessors. Peterik and Sullivan proved to be congenial and well-rehearsed songwriting team, the compact and catchy rock gems such as "Feels Like Love" or "American Heartbeat" the necessary whistle and ballads like "Ever Since The World Began" or "I'm Not That You Anymore "the appropriate heartache inflicted. The keyboard or piano may from time to time in the front row before it is then displaced from partly double-barreled guitars again. Bicklers throaty voice fits well to more bluesy numbers we "Hesitation Dance" or very fast tracks like "Children of the Night". Also to be recommended is the follow-up album "Caught In The Game" with the ingenious title track and the fantastic "Jackie Do not Go". After this had Bickler for voice problems quit the service and were hired Jimi Jamison (ex-Cobra), with the first of the series of chart success continued. After Jamison broke up the dispute, Bickler returned shortly. Jamison had Baywatch a great success as a soloist with "I Always Be There", the title track. Meanwhile touring Survivor again with Jamison but plates have long been not published. It's a pity, but the emerging grunge early 90s is just drawn to take this class band not unscathed.