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Cinderella is a hard rock 'glam' band that formed in Pennsylvania in the mid 1980s. They were discovered playing in a bar by then famous rock star Jon Bon Jovi. They were signed to Mercury Records in 1985.
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Cinderella came off the road and spent a year crafting its third album, Heartbreak Station, which appeared in November 1990. Although it was a hit out of the box, going gold in January 1991 and platinum in February, the album encountered more resistance than the band's previous efforts, peaking at number 19, with no multi-platinum certifications forthcoming. Leadoff single "Shelter Me" peaked at number 36 in February, and the title song reached number 44 in April. More disturbing than this mild commercial disappointment... were problems within the band. Coury departed, and Cinderella initially replaced him with Kevin Valentine, then hired noted session drummer Kenny Aronoff temporarily before bringing in Kevin Conway. Then, after the U.S. leg of the Heartbreak Station tour had ended and the band was gearing up to go to Japan in 1991, Keifer woke up one morning and found he couldn't sing.
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In 2000, Cinderella went on a successful summer tour with Poison, Dokken and Slaughter. The band was supposed to have released their new studio album on Portrait in 2001, but the label went bankrupt. Suddenly, Cinderella found themselves embroiled in a legal battle with Sony over the rights to their unreleased album material. Though Sony had no intention of releasing Cinderella's new album, they refused to give the band back the rights to the new songs.
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Cinderella's touring opportunities ... dried up, and while the group did not formally disband in 1995, it became inactive for lack of offers. Keifer moved to Nashville in 1997 and worked on his songwriting, eventually getting cuts on albums by Andy Griggs and Lynyrd Skynyrd. By 1998, there was enough interest by promoters for Cinderella to reunite (with Coury rejoining) for a tour. On October 2 and 3, they appeared at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA, and recorded the show for an album, Live at the Key Club, released on Cleopatra's Dead Line label in July 1999. Unfortunately, the disc was also licensed out to other labels over the years and has confused consumers by also appearing under the titles In Concert and Live From the Gypsy Road. Meanwhile, Cinderella had been signed to Sony's Portrait label by famed record executive John David Kalodner, who was also signing other hard rock bands of the '80s.
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In 1999, Cinderella released their first live album, Live At The Key Club, on Deadline Records. It featured live versions of the band's biggest hits. The group then signed to Portrait Records with John Kalodner, and began work on a new studio album.
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Over the span of (their first) three albums, Cinderella evolved from run-of-the-mill hair metal band to a gritty, bluesy, rock band with enough genuine swagger to draw comparisons to Mick Jagger. Unlike their mentor, Cinderella's career had trouble moving beyond the '80s, and the onset of Grunge just about sealed this Pennsylvania band's fate as a product of their time.
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