From the Facebook page of founding member guitarist Joshua Perahia:
“The JOSHUA PERAHIA BAND is proud to announce that we just became the rightful owners of our album on RCA records, Intense Defense! Please Google that name, and see why the International music critics and magazines call it the greatest hard rock AOR album ever. We will be re-mastering it in France, for re-release soon.
A dream come true for this album that took me 4 years to write. We are all so thankful to God, for bringing about the miracle, to finally release this album on the International market! We already have territory offers.”
Perahia goes into further detail about the albums history:
“I was signed to RCA by a German Prince named Franz Von Ausesperg. It was a massive deal with a $200,000 advance and a recording cost of $780,000. We lived in Germany in Dierks studios, Chalet, for one year. The SCORPIONS were there, as well as ACCEPT!
It was such an incredible experience. My band became very spoiled with having 2 gourmet meals a day, our own Mercedes to drive, and a maid for our rooms that were gigantic and modern. People came and took us out at night to different cities in Germany. It was an incredible time. It also led to trouble, because people change, when success enters. You know, I am sure.”
He also talks about the struggles with the record label at the time:
“The record company and the production company were furious when they found out the lyrics were Christian. They called me up, and let me know that when they recouped their money they would shelf the album and they did. It is finally time to release this album of faith.
I wanted 10 hits, and had to fight against the label, who wanted me to put songs on there, that were filler songs. I refused and promised them Christ would always write the best songs for my future JOSHUA albums. They were concerned that I could not top Intense Defense. They could not agree on what 2 songs were the hits for the radio, so this album was the first record in RCA history to have a 4 HIT song radio promo CD! I have a copy of that Promo CD and yes it is the first and only CD from a label with 4 songs. They fought big time over 4 other songs being included. It was very funny, and humbling.
We do have 2 bonus tracks that were supposed to be the singles for that album. They made me save them for the next RCA/JOSHUA album.”
Further reading: www.facebook/joshuaperahia
