But as mentioned in earlier articles, I would very quickly get tired of all the “angst,” the “woe-is-me,” the whining that followed like old garbage in Nirvana’s wake, and that still plagues today’s metal scene twenty years later, not to mention the complete lack of any decent guitar solos.īut back to Steelheart and the matter at hand. Personally, In Utero by Nirvana is one of my favorite albums, with Nevermind only a step or two behind. Interestingly, though hair-metal largely disappeared, wasn’t grunge just another name for metal? Like many of their brethren, Steelheart rode the heavy-metal explosion that started in the mid-1980s and continued until 1992.īut the times they would soon be a-changin’, and within a year of their only Top 40 hit in 1991, Steelheart, along with Warrant, Poison, Skid Row and all the others (save Bon Jovi, who would somehow manage to weather the oncoming storm) would quickly be rendered irrelevant when Nirvana’s Nevermind crashed into the album chart, signaling a changing of the guard and the arrival of grunge. “hair bands,” the band was actually from Norwalk, Connecticut. In between SteelHeart world tours, lead singer Matijevic has also taken on such high-profile “side” gigs as singing for the legendary Doors with Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek during two world tours and becoming a superstar in Asia, performing at numerous festivals in Korea, including one to an audience of 60,000 and appearing as a mainstay on Korean television.Although Steelheart and their hit “I’ll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes) sounded like a myriad of L.A. The band boasts upwards of 340,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and more than 170,000 followers. SteelHeart went on to release several more albums and DVDs, including 2017’s critically-acclaimed THROUGH WORLDS OF STARDUST album. Not only was the song prominently featured in the film, but Matijevic himself played an integral role lending his soaring lead vocals to Mark Wahlberg’s character, Chris Cole, first in his cover band Steel Dragon and then in Steel Dragon itself as per the triumphant story line.
In 2001 a song from that album, “We All Die Young,” was featured in the smash hit movie, Rock Star, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. lighting rig fell on him during a show, breaking his nose, cheekbone, jaw and twisting his spine.įour years and much physical rehabilitation later, Matijevic and a new line-up of SteelHeart returned with a new album ( SteelHeart’s third), WAIT, which sky-rocketed the band to new heights. Several years into their red-hot career, which included worldwide tours and massive radio success, on Halloween Eve in 1992, lead singer Matijevic suffered a freak accident when a 1000 lb.
The album featured such global hits as “She’s Gone” and “I’ll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)”. Platinum- and gold-certified around the world, SteelHeart burst on the scene in 1990 with their self-titled debut. The aptly-named SteelHeart is the rock n’ roll band fronted by internationally known Croatian-American musician Miljenko Matijevic. This new version of ‘My Freedom’ feels like it captures the (essence) and frustrations that we have all been experiencing these past several months.” The recording was effortless but deeply emotional, bringing me to tears at times singing these lyrics. Considering all that has been going on in our world and the way I/we have been isolated, the lyrics kept haunting me night after night, and I was compelled to re-record the song acoustically.
Steelheart never let you go full#
Of the track, Matijevic avowed, “I wrote this song back in 2006 and recorded a full band version which was released on my last SH album. Originally available on their most recent studio album, 2017’s THROUGH WORLDS OF STARDUST, this newly-recorded, stripped-down, solo acoustic version of the song and corresponding video exemplify the potency of lead singer Miljenko Matijevic’s impressive vocals and impassioned delivery and message. The video for hard rockers SteelHeart’s timely, powerful, anthemic ballad “My Freedom” has just been released and is available now at The song will be released digitally worldwide on Friday, July 3 rd.
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