Former HADES Guitarist To Co-Author Upcoming Book
November 27, 2013, 10 years ago
Dan Lorenzo, the founding member and guitarist of HADES and NON-FICTION, was recently hired to help co-author a book about the New Jersey club scene. The book is loosely based on the former nightclub The Circus in Bergenfield NJ, but encompasses many of the other popular nightclubs in Jersey at the time (late '70s/early '80s) as well.
Lorenzo said, "New Jersey had an amazing club scene for cover bands before the drinking age was raised from 18. You could go out any night of the week and the clubs would be packed. I remember going to The Circus to see TT QUICK when they still played a full set of Bon Scott era AC/DC. I remember TWISTED SISTER performing a great medley of songs from the 'new' BLACK SABBATH album Heaven And Hell. In 1982 the original version of Hades opened up for Twisted Sister at The Soap Factory, which held a couple thousand people in it's multiple rooms. We'd play alternating sets with Twisted Sister. I just interviewed Twisted guitarist Jay Jay French today for the book. He has a vivid memory of the scene back then."
The as yet untitled book is set for a 2014 release.
