īMI presented Freddy Curci and Steve DeMarchi with the "Million-Air Award" for "More Than Words Can Say". The band also performed twice on The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno on January 8, 1991, and with Johnny Carson on March 8, 1991. Steve and I will do a record tomorrow if the fans need one!" Grunge was in and, you know what, that's OK, 'cause music needs to do that. In an interview with Strutter magazine, Curci said that Alias never formally disbanded: "Alias never split. A North American tour followed through 1990 (including a stint as the opening act for REO Speedwagon) but, while touring, the trio of former Heart musicians left the band due to musical differences. The latter was the band's biggest hit, climbing to No. Singles were "Waiting For Love", "Haunted Heart" and the power ballad " More Than Words Can Say". and platinum in Canada, with several tracks getting radio airplay in both countries. In 1990, Alias released a self-titled debut recorded under the Capitol label. Curci and DeMarchi joined forces with ex- Heart members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen and Mike Derosier, to form Alias. Curci and DeMarchi tried to get Sheriff back together, but the other members of Sheriff, rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Arnold Lanni and bassist Wolf Hassel (who had formed the band Frozen Ghost in 1985) were not interested. 1 on the Billboard chart in February 1989. In January 1989, Capitol Records re-released the Sheriff album in the US. In 1988, their song "When I'm With You" re-entered and climbed the US Billboard chart for a second time. Most of these songs would end up on Alias' self-titled debut album.
They worked as couriers during the day, while writing and recording at night. With the financial backing of friends and family, and with the help of DeMarchi's brother Denny (who later played keyboard and sang backing vocals on the Alias album), Curci and DeMarchi built a recording studio in the DeMarchi family home basement. Rigorous touring, frustration and disappointments caused tensions that split the band Sheriff disbanded in 1985. Reports of fans not being able to buy the record in stores plagued Sheriff's American tour. Although promotion and distribution problems stalled the record's initial American momentum, the song reached No. Sheriff's singles, particularly " When I'm with You", received a large amount of airplay and reached No. Sheriff's popularity in the club circuit garnered the attention of Capitol Records, which led to their self-titled album Sheriff.
History Alias 1988–1992 Ĭurci and DeMarchi were members of the Canadian rock band Sheriff from 1979 to 1985. They also recorded the Tonio K song "Perfect World" for the Christina Applegate film, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. 2 U.S.), "Waiting for Love" (#13) and "Haunted Heart" (#18 on Mainstream Rock Charts). The band released its self-titled debut album in 1990 which went gold in the US and platinum in Canada, scoring hits with the power ballad " More Than Words Can Say" (#1 Canada, No. Alias is a Canadian rock supergroup, formed in 1988 in Toronto by songwriter/lead vocalist Freddy Curci and songwriter/lead guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff, along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen, and Mike Derosier.