Deadringer - Electrocution of the Heart

[Saint&Sinner]

Hi, with this band/album what was the story behind its formation, recording and release (and aftermath)
Who owns the rights to it and has anyone thought of reissuing it on a smaller label that specialises in that sort of thing. I have heard some songs and really like it but the album is horrifically expensive!

[Dreary]

Hi, with this band/album what was the story behind its formation, recording and release (and aftermath)
Who owns the rights to it and has anyone thought of reissuing it on a smaller label that specialises in that sort of thing. I have heard some songs and really like it but the album is horrifically expensive!

Neal and a guitar player named Jay Jesse Johnson were forming a group. Jay's stage name was to be Jesse Wesson so that the band could be called Smith & Wesson, like the gun company. Dead Ringer Snake Eyes is a type of sight for guns.
They didn't have enough songs for an album, and they needed a band, so Neal asked me to play bass and Joe Bouchard to play keyboards. And lastly, they got Charlie Huhn to sing.
Our schedules were restrictive so it was pieced together as people were available. Neal and Jay were in charge and brought in producer John Stronach who took it in a slick direction that I had no luck in curtailing.
The only time all of the musicians were together in the same room was for photos afterward.
The album has some nice highlights but overall, it sounds like a side project lacking the unity, compassion, and feel of a band.
As for re-issue, that would be up to Neal, and whatever say that Grudge Records might still have.