Hello

Rail's ARRIVAL was released at the end of 1980 on Dynasty Records, their own label. Having already proven themselves on a national tour without a record, RAIL hit the road again and subsequently sold over 200,000 copies of ARRIVAL, watching as their song "Hello" was added to radio playlists all over the Pacific Northwest. The high water mark for RAIL came in 1983 when their personal manager Maria Cooper submitted a video of "Hello" (against the band's wishes) for an MTV contest called the "Basement Tapes". Unsigned rock groups would compete with their videos with viewers calling in to vote on their favorite. RAIL's reservations about being thrust into the cattle call quickly evaporated when out of 40,000 videos submitted worldwide, "Hello" wins the preliminary rounds and eventually the Grand Prize of a recording contract with EMI Records.

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[seattlecj]

I remember they'd open the show with HELLO, and everyone was on board as soon as that first line was sung. Amazing fun...

[Tokeland9]

Got the Rail promo picture to this day..... They were great Live..... Thanks!



[believer06]

Good band. Probably the best that was on all the Basement tapes IMO. Remind me of Triumph. Had they jumped on the Glam train, they probably coulda gotten bigger.

[CindyBland691]

Rail baby!

[24fret7string]

saw them live - killer show - drummer was breaking ludwig 9000 sticks left and right

[HemoJeff]

I had never seen this one either, only the two that got more airplay, 1-2-3-4 and Fantasy. great stuff. I bought all three of their CDs a couple years ago, and still love their stuff.

[michaelvj50]

Gotta love Martha Quinn's lesbian haircut.

[Kohntarkosz]

Ya know what? I don't think I've ever seen this before. I remember seeing 1-2-3-4 and Fantasy on MTV back in the day (but could never remember the name of the band), but this song I think this one passed me by. Kinda neat to finally see this!

[cascader17]

I still want to "rail" Martha Quinn"

[1electronomicon]

FYI--RAIL did not play the Memorial Stadium with BOC/Sabbath and Molly Hatchet. It was RIOT. Also Black Sabbath had DIO, not OZZY on vocals. 1980 Memorial Stadium, Heaven n Hell Tour. The Tour was actually called the Balck n Blue Tour.