Genre: Hard Rock
Disc release year: 2008
Disc manufacturer: USA
Audio codec: FLAC
Rip Type: tracks+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 66:05

Kansas city, Missouri was home to 70's Hard-Rock power trio Granmax: Steve Myers (guitar, vocals), Tim McCorkle (bass guitar, vocals), and Louis McCorkle (drums, percussion). Tim McCorkle and his brother Louis played already togheter with Garage band Stonehenge. Formed in early 1975, the band gained quite a bit of exposure throughout the Midwest which culminated in the release of "A Ninth Alive" on "Pacific Records" in 1976. With the collaboration of their manager Chris Fritz" Granmax dressed in white, all the equipment was white, and on stage there was a black backdrop on which the Granmax logo was vividly reproduced in white. Chris Fritz remenbered: "They rehearsing a special show on stage: it started with a 45-minute laser light demonstration, using one of the largest projectors ever made. The beams was generated by a 2-watt krypton system which delivers a strong, sharp, threedimensional beam in the purest and most intense colors imaginable. They appeared to be suspended in space and there was shapely patterns that revolve, glow, float, pulsate, change, vanish and then reappeared and then Granmax comes on with its own lighting and sound system". By the end of the year, they added a much-needed flamboyant frontman Nick Christopher (aka "Chaz Nikias") and learned how to rock in time for the second album in 1978 "Kiss Heaven Goodbye" (Pacific Records, 1978). Revived and rejuvenated, Granmax recorded their second album with a clearly harder edged sound. Granmax once again saturated the Midwest with promotional gigs and a full tour, but audiences just weren't biting. The band returned to the studio to cut a third album, but things began to unravel during the sessions and Granmax came to a screeching halt before it could be completed.

Tracklist:
A Ninth Alive - 1976
1. Take You Away - 4:45
2. U.S. Is Coming Around - 3:56
3. Crumbling Towers - 2:43
4. Bankers Bar - 4:31
5. Find A New Day - 3:24
6. Out On The Tide - 3:58
7. Ceiling Wall - 4:37
8. Glitter Boots Boogie - 3:50
9. Let Me Know - 3:22
10.Letters To Myself - 4:47

Kiss Heaven Goodbye - 1978
11.Mistress Of Eternity - 4:24
12.Dream Woman - 2:47
13.Daughter Of Hell - 4:43
14.It's Worth The Wait - 3:11
15.Prince Of The Southern Ice - 4:31
16.This Life's For Me - 3:58
17.Respected Man - 3:35
18.Travels Of Tim - 3:34

Personnel:
Nick Christopher (aka Chaz Nikias) - vocal
Steve Myers - guitar
Tim McCorkle - bass and vocal
Louis McCorkle - drums and percussion