Come on, don’t say that you didn’t even realize Survivor was still together! The band best known for their Rocky III theme song “Eye of the Tiger” recently announced that they’ve parted ways with Jim Jamison who fronted the band since 1984.
Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan says, ““When we made the decision to replace Jamison, I had no idea what we would do. Then it hit me–Robin McAuley! Is he available? How can he possibly be available?! Can I be lucky yet again in my career to work with such a talented singer? Well, the short answer, he was available, we gave him the songs of a set list we would perform, he came to the Windy City and blew our socks off!”
McAuley spent the late ’80s/early ’90s fronting the McAuley-Schneker Group (MSG) who had such notable hits as “Anytime” and “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”.
The band is currently in the studio working on an album they hope to release in early 2007.
(Atomic Ned with Survivor frontman Robin McAuley in 1992)
McAuley-Schenker’s “Anytime” video:
“Is he available? How can he possibly be available?!”
That might be the most inadvertently hilarious thing I read all week.
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