Hazard

Robert Hazard - Robert Hazard EP
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 498 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 180 MB
Cat#: RCA Victor PG 18500 | Country/Year: Germany 1982
Genre: Rock, New Wave | Hoster: Uploaded/Filesonic

Robert Hazard didn't even sing on his biggest hit. In 1982, Cyndi Lauper covered Hazard's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," a track that he originally wrote and recorded on a 1979 demo. Hazard's version was never released. Hazard's follow-up, the 1981 new wave classic "Escalator of Life," became a radio favorite in Philadelphia, Hazard's hometown. Combining David Bowie's deep, brooding vocals with Gary Numan's futuristic synthesizers, "Escalator of Life" was tailor-made for the "rock of the '80s" radio format gaining steam at the time. Hazard and his group, the Heroes, then recorded a self-titled EP, selling over 100,000 copies in the Philadelphia area.