Little Caesar

Anyone remember this band? They were a very cool southern rock based band from the late 80's.

http://www.myspace.com/littlecaesarband

Love them! The S/T is my favorite. They just had bad timing coming out during the hair metal binge.

The only thing I remember is their cover of Aretha Franklin's 'Chain of Fools', image wise these guys were as far away as hair/pop metal as it gets.

Yeah, they look like a biker gang.

In fact, they probably were because their second album had a song called Ridin' On about a biker who died.

Love this band...the S/T is fantatic.

I love the "Name Your Poison" e.p....which I have been after on cd now for like a dozen years or more...never find for cheap enough for me...

Question for Little Ceaser fans, where they not a more of blues/r &b hard rock band, like a heavier Rolling Stones or Black Crowes or am I way off?

I first got into the band sometime after i saw the singer in the Terminator 2 movie and then on MTV's Headbanger's Ball doing "Chain of Fools". The singer had a great Jeff Healey type voice and the music was not glam at all but more biker rock (roadhouse) with a touch of GnR meets motown.

tohostudios wrote:

Love them! The S/T is my favorite. They just had bad timing coming out during the hair metal binge.

Agreed, although their S/T did yield two "hits" cracking the Billboard Hot 100.
I need to get their "This Time It's Different" CD.

manny wrote:

Question for Little Ceaser fans, where they not a more of blues/r &b hard rock band, like a heavier Rolling Stones or Black Crowes or am I way off?

That's them.

akeldama wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Love them! The S/T is my favorite. They just had bad timing coming out during the hair metal binge.

Agreed, although their S/T did yield two "hits" cracking the Billboard Hot 100.
I need to get their "This Time It's Different" CD.

I have that one and I don't think it's very good.

Ok since I am huge Stones/ Black Crowes fan I'll keep an eye out for their disc in the used bins, Toho they definitley came out at the wrong time, they were not a glam metal band. they certainly were not a grunge band, the way you and TZ describe these guys looked more comfortable in a biker bar than on MTV.

manny wrote:

Ok since I am huge Stones/ Black Crowes fan I'll keep an eye out for their disc in the used bins, Toho they definitley came out at the wrong time, they were not a glam metal band. they certainly were not a grunge band, the way you and TZ describe these guys looked more comfortable in a biker bar than on MTV.

Yeah, they had the perfect look for radio.

They had Earl Slick in the band too for their second record.

Manny, since you're a huge Stones/Crowes fan, have you ever checked out Flies On Fire?

Troublezone wrote:

They had Earl Slick in the band too for their second record.

See what I mean?

Toho...Have you ever heard the MANIC EDEN cd? Ron Young sang with them after LITTLE CAESAR disbanded...any good?

They look like members of the Hell's Angels.

tohostudios wrote:

Manny, since you're a huge Stones/Crowes fan, have you ever checked out Flies On Fire?

No I have not, but I will now.

Shiney wrote:

Toho...Have you ever heard the MANIC EDEN cd? Ron Young sang with them after LITTLE CAESAR disbanded...any good?

And another band called "The Four Horseman".

Troublezone wrote:

Shiney wrote:

Toho...Have you ever heard the MANIC EDEN cd? Ron Young sang with them after LITTLE CAESAR disbanded...any good?

And another band called 'The Four Horseman".

Was the band that was produced by Rick Rubin?

manny wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

Shiney wrote:

Toho...Have you ever heard the MANIC EDEN cd? Ron Young sang with them after LITTLE CAESAR disbanded...any good?

And another band called 'The Four Horseman".

Was the band that was produced by Rick Rubin?

The first album was by Bob Rock.

Don't have any LC albums but I do have an Ace Frehley tribute CD (SPACEWALK) where LC's singer (whose name completely slips my mind at the moment performs "Hard Luck Woman."

Fat Freddy wrote:

Don't have any LC albums but I do have an Ace Frehley tribute CD (SPACEWALK) where LC's singer (whose name completely slips my mind at the moment performs "Hard Luck Woman."

Ron Young

Troublezone wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Don't have any LC albums but I do have an Ace Frehley tribute CD (SPACEWALK) where LC's singer (whose name completely slips my mind at the moment performs "Hard Luck Woman."

Ron Young

Thank you. (It probably would've come to me eventually...)

I had Little Ceasar's debut and second album at one point, but I must've traded them away at some point during one of my purges. Thinking back, I can't figure out why. It was good stuff. Wish I had them back again, especially the debut.

And Manny, I'd also recommend both Flies on Fire and The Four Horsemen if you're into that slightly heavier Stones/Crowes vibe. I've only recently become a fan of Flies on Fire, but I've had The Four Horsemen cd's since they came out. Good bluesy, rocking schtuff. I think you can get them all relatively cheap on Amazon.