![]() The truth was actually far less exciting: the Four Horsemen were simply not selling enough records. Later dismissed by bandmembers as so much rock star myth-making, these unfounded stories about Starr cited numerous run-ins with the law, including drug arrests, parole violations, and even hard time as a guest of the California penal system, as key deterrents to the bands career. ![]() In fact, other than enjoying rare MTV exposure for their Tired Wings video, the Four Horsemens only major source of exposure seemed to emanate from the enthusiastic but unreliable British press, whose minions dedicated as many lines to exaggerating vocalist Frank Starrs bad-boy reputation as they did to lauding the bands music. Released by Rubins Def American label, the record garnered mostly positive reviews and landed them opening slots on tours with Lynyrd Skynyrd and labelmates the Black Crowes, but didnt shift all that many units. ![]() ![]() The quintet may not have been able to count, but they sure knew how to rock, and their eponymous debut EP displayed a raunchy, no-nonsense, but irresistible ACDC-like approach, spiced with twangs of Southern rock.įrequent touring followed and did much to streamline the groups live chops, and the Four Horsemen soon set to work on their full-length debut, Nobody Said It Was Easy, with producer Rick Rubin.
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