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Head On
12+ albums
hard rockmetalheavy metalalternative rockglam rock
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1. Head On was a post-grunge/hard rock band from Chicago, Illinois, composed of Lawrence Renault (vocals), Tony McQuaid (guitar), Sean Barnes (bass), and Anthony Mysliwiec (drums). As a kid growing up on the south side of Chicago, Lawrence Renault was always less interested in building forts and reading comic books than in spending afternoons with Elvis Presley, Robert Plant and Ozzy Osbourne. "My father was a musician," he recalls. "So we always had music playing around the house. By age seven, I was singing along to Hank Williams, Elvis, Led Zeppelin and Kiss. My favorite album was Black Sabbath's We Sold Our Souls for Rock and Roll. I would play 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' over and over, trying to harmonize with Ozzy. I drove my poor mother crazy. But," he laughs, "I taught myself how to sing in the process." Twenty years later, Renault's home schooling has paid off: he's now the lead vocalist of Head On, a Chicago quartet channeling the spirit of rock's glory days, and bringing miles of style to a chilly digital scene starved for a little raw old school flavor. Inside, the foursome's Columbia Records debut, recalls the days when rock bands walked with a certain swagger, played with passion, and had frontmen who could actually sing. No wonder the group was signed after only two gigs. Here's how it went down: a little over a year and a half ago, Windy City scenesters Renault and drummer Anthony "Tadpole" Mysliwiec recruited (read: stole) guitarist Tony McQuaid (a childhood
