Pokerface - Life's a Gamble

Tracks

		Track Name	Length
	1	Ordinary Day	04:00
	2	Missing in Moscow	04:07
	3	For You	04:41
	4	Scars	04:51
	5	Hearts Gone Crazy	04:31
	6	Read Between the Lines	04:36
	7	Run	04:44
	8	Road to Paradise	04:23
	9	Make Me a Believer	04:00
	10	Looks Like It's Over	04:40

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Longtime Prism frontman Darcy Deutsch, who appeared on their 1993 release JERICHO, ventured on his own to do a variety of different projects. The BC native hooked up with Kenny Kaos, (real name Ken Loney) who he’d played with in Simon Kaos in the late 80’s and collaborated with on an act and CD called WHITE VISION in ’94 on the Long Island Records label.

Loney too was a veteran of the Canadian rock scene, having worked with Loverboy, Darby Mills and Giant (Later known as Power of Point), among others, on his way to becoming known as one of the west coast’s hottest studio musicians and local club acts. His production credits also included the likes of Alexis Bittersweet and Project X.

Loney and Deutsch began writing material and recruited fellow White Vision alumni Dave Hopia on bass, also formerly of Frenzy, another Vancouver club act that saw stages in the US. Prism-mate Andy Lorimer on keyboards and Brendan Ostrander on drums completed the lineup.

They recorded LIFE’S A GAMBLE and released it on Escape Music in ’96. With Loney producing and Paul Dean of Streetheart and Loverboy mixing, the end result was a hard rock sound mixed with slick rhythms and tight grooves, evidenced by tracks like the lead off “Ordinary Day,”, “MIssing In Moscow,” the tender “For You” and “Looks Like Its Over.”

Members soon drifted off to do outside projects again shortly after the album’s release and a few club dates. Deutsch became a vocal coach on the west coast and producer of independent artists.

Darcy Deutsch: lead vocals; acoustic guitar on 'Hearts Gone Crazy'
Kaos: all guitars
Dave Hopia: bass; backing vocals on 'Scars'
Brendan Ostrander: drums, percussion

Additional musicians:
Andy Lorimer: keyboards
Darcy Just: tambourine
Don Wolf: keyboards on 'Missing in Moscow'
Lance Chalmers: drums on 'Missing in Moscow'
Dave Hopia: backing vocals on 'Scars'
Jeff Waters: solo on 'Hearts Gone Crazy'

Produced and engineered by Kenny "Kaos" Loney, assisted by Lucy & Rickie the Shih-tzu's
Associate producer: Darcy Deutsch
Mixed by Paul "The Machine" Dean at Machine Works, West Vancouver, British Columbia
Recorded at Grand Canyon Studios, Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Mastered by Raymond Arthur

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