Stabilizers - Tyranny

[Keystonedixie]

Does anyone know if this is the same group that was from Erie Pa> My husband remembers them and, they were on American Band Stand back in the Day :)

[MegaGerardway1]

@Keystonedixie Same band. I lived in Erie when they were hot!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SuperMetalhead92]

That drummer in the music video is my Dad! Im serious!

[slgrib]

@SuperMetalhead92 F#cking awesome. Loved this band. 

[jwcountryboymusicnut]

yep.

[thunderdeed1]

The original recording of this song was better.

[jadair1960s]

I'd like to redo the video. I always picture a French aristocratic woman like Marie Antoinette having her ex lover chained in prison. She thinks she's done away with him and then the French Revolution starts. Would anyone like a starring role?

[cjmcmahon]

This is definitely the most 80's video I've ever seen. Dark and surreal color scheme... check. Not one, but two feathered mullets... check. Random bird... check.

[bnegs521]

MTV Basement Tapes Classic. Erie, PA boys.

[JamieJetsonTV]

I didn't know Neil Patrick Harris was in the Stabilizers!

[KCJONES23]

@JamieJetsonTV Holy shit that does look like Neil Patrick Harris!

[Phavonic]

@JamieJetsonTV I did

[kanderson44030]

I saw them at Rainbow Gardens in Erie too! I was thinking that was around 10 or so yrs ago :)

[loriepres]

We were lucky...they played at our 8th grade dance...Dave's sister was in the class. I don't think we realized they were so awesome..we just were used to having them with us all the time in Erie. I can't even tell you how many things I made them autograph..posters, tapes, shirts...lol

[jwcountryboymusicnut]

Jet FM 102!!!!!

[tgear77]

@jwcountryboymusicnut Remember when WJET was an AM station? With Jim Cook?

[22ndWave]

Kickass band! Great lead singer although their best track was 'If I Found Rome'. Such a solid act. What a waste!

[j4v4x]

The original song is much more grungy. So much better! It's like they cut out all the high and low tones...HORRIBLE. I was all excited to see a group from my home town on the empty-vee, until I saw what the recording industry of america did to the song...and then Stabilizers went nowhere. Big surprise. Such a shame for such a kickass song!

[Sargonarhes]

@j4v4x That's what the recording industry will do to things. Take something great and wreck it. I'd like to hear it in it's original form. There's a lot of music we never get to hear because of the control the record labels have on radio stations program directors. And now in Erie with all the radio stations owned by just two media groups, there's no choice of music in Erie any more. I'm from just south of Erie.

[WarriorGirl1001]

i love those guys,

they look sooo hott

[cathyandvalerie]

I am also from Erie, PA... saw them at Rainbow Gardens... could never understand why they didn't blow the world away with their talent... so great!!!! LOVE YOU GUYS 20+ YEARS LATER!!!!

[tomigavin]

"Underground" is their best song

[TheVinceW]

Maybe i am the only french who remember this song, i was looking for this song since 1986 something like, good to see the vids again. Thanks for this post.

[mwadevilg]

I used to live in Erie too. I remember the way this song sounded on the local radio before the record company remixed it.

[AmericanCymro]

@mwadevilg

Another Erie guy here. Somewhere I have an old tape from the radio of the original version. Darker, better sax solo, had a male voice doing the speaking part in the middle. Better all the way around. Gotta find that tape. Got some old Friction stuff on tape from the radio too.

[Heals1983]

this group is from my home town erie, pa.

saw them at the P.I. and other bars in the early 80's before they made this album. best song is "i don't need the pain" finally found their CD. good sound! didn't get the exposure they deserved.

[deeperwaterz]

I used to play this for the strippers back when it came out I remember they really loved dancing to it especially I found Rome.

[livewire886]

dude, you can simply find this album at both amazon and itunes.

[philefluxx]

I love this song, been trying to find a copy of their cd with little luck. I used to listen to my dads cd when I was young.

[thruMyIris]

Try eBay I picked one up for $50 with shipping I have the tape too that i found at a used cd store in Phoenix, AZ!

[deeperwaterz]

$3 on amazon with $2 shipping

[Phavonic]

Great track. Thanks for the post, I hadn't seen this group in person, only heard the records.

Tah.

[ronhelf]

great band, great album