One Step Into Paradise
March 13, 2014
Without any doubt the soundtrack of my youth is hard rock and heavy metal. I have tons of stories connected to this music but I'll share the one I think is most important.
It was 2006 and I discovered that a great concert was going to be held in San Bernardino, a city not far from Los Angeles. I thought it over for a week and then I bought the concert ticket and a plane ticket– from Italy to the USA!
Two months later I landed in Los Angeles, my personal promised land. Two days after that I was on a train to San Bernardino with just my concert ticket, a bottle of water, a camera and a small amount of information about the itinerary in my mind.
When I jumped on the bus to the concert the driver told me that the end of the line wasn't so far away from the venue. But when I arrived I discovered that the end of the line was linked to the venue by a highway that went through the desert so I had to call a taxi!
Finally I arrived at the concert. There was Pretty Boy Floyd, Bang Tango, Faster Pussycat, Slaughter, Cinderella and Poison - my favorite bands all together!
It blew my mind!
It was a great concert but at the end I had no way to get back to the train station. Luckily I met an American family that gave me a lift!
It was the best experience of my life, a perfect '80s style adventure.
In the attachment you can see me, ready to take the train to San Bernardino!
Sent by: Giuseppe from Italy
Edited by: Kerstin Boljahn
Danger Danger was founded in Queens, New York in 1987. "One Step From Paradise" is a track off their 1989 self-titled debut album. The song is a power ballad – a rock song combining a slow, melancholy beat with heavy guitar riffs and lyrics. The band could be characterized as glam metal, hard rock or adult oriented rock (AOR). AOR is rock music aimed at a grown-up audience that is heavily produced with keyboards, diverse instrumentation and refined singing. Glam metal is a subcategory of heavy metal from the 1980s, featuring bands that would wear extravagant clothes and elaborate hair styles.