Rock My World Canada, chapter 155: Von Groove

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Founded by vocalist / drummer Michael Shotten and bass player Matthew Gerrard (a songwriting duo contributing songs for Triumph among others) plus Croatian born guitarist simply called Mladen, VON GROOVE was born in Gerrard’s own Toronto basement recording studio in the early Nineties. The tapes they recorded sounded so great that A&M Records signed the band and decided to release the material without modifications. However A&M wanted some ‘sure fire’ potential single hits, so Von Groove agreed to re- record 4 of the songs in Los Angeles with super-drummer Deen Castronovo (Bad English, Hardline, Journey) and famous (and talented) Richie Zito producing.

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