The Motives Revealed

Avalanche was poised in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time, with exactly the product that the public was waiting for...and those kind of things occur in the music business about as frequently as a planetary alignment...maybe once in a lifetime. I knew in my heart that if this band didn't survive, the chances of me ever having another band in that position again would be remote, at best. As in any sucessful business venture...it is all about the timing. Many people have described Avalanche music as "Classic 80's rock"...and it was early 1980. We were ahead of the curve. We were doing exactly what many 80's bands got famous doing...and we had been doing it in 1978. When AC/DC hit big in 1981, with their album "Back In Black" it was quite different from what they had recorded previously, but sounded very similiar to what we had been doing, and they had paid attention to us. I always wonder what might have happened if I had been able to convince Charles to just hang in with the band. But I couldn't. Charles wasn't receptive to anything I had to say. It was obvious from the minute he arrived that he had made up his mind. Two days earlier I had questioned his judgment, bruised his ego, and had, in effect, challenged him. Charles told me he was leaving the band, effective immediately. He had received a better offer from a band that was working regularly. My first thought was that I had been right all along...that he had been in New York to audition with a group. When I asked him the name of this new band he was joining...the last thing I expected was what I heard. After talking for two months with the leader of this band, Charles had joined the new band the day before. The decision was final, and nothing I could say would change his mind. I almost fell down when Charles told me that the band he was joining was the band my twin brother was leading, that I had started for him over a year earlier. I finally understood the motive behind my brother's sabotage of Avalanche. He had planned this from the day he had asked for exclusive booking of the band. He wanted Charles in his band, and he didn't care what it took to get him...even if it meant destroying everything we had worked for...and even if it meant destroying my life in the process...