In the late 1980s, founding members Paul DiBartolo, Rob De Luca and Tommi Gallo were playing in a Boston-based hard rock band called Bang (Not to be confused with the 70's band Bang). In September 1986, Bang won the MTV Basement Tapes competition with the video for their song "Summertime".  Fast forward a few years when guitarist Paul Di Bartolo (a.k.a. Salvadore Poe) met singer Ray West and convinced bassist Rob De Luca and drummer Tommi Gallo to follow him to New York and start a new band with Ray, which became Spread Eagle.  After only a few months of rehearsing, they signed with MCA/Universal Records, and while still rehearsing for their first gig, they wrote most of the songs for their 1990 debut album Spread Eagle in the recording studio.  The result was a classic 90's Skid Row style party album heavy on sexual innuendo lyrics ("Hot Sex", "Spread Eagle", and "Scratch Like A Cat" for example), with several of their videos in semi regular rotation on Headbanger's Ball.  And to top it off - a killer album cover!  The band spent a lot of time on the road before recording their follow-up album, Open To The Public, in '93, and as a result began burning out. First to leave was drummer Tommi Gallo, who was replaced by Kirke Blankenship, who played drums on one track (High Horses), and session drummers John Macaluso from TNT and Thommy Price from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.  Unfortunately, the burnout (hangover?) was evident in the quality of the album, which was less edgy and more poppy in comparison to the debut, not to mention the crappy cover.  In 2019 the reunited band released an album (as most bands do today) called Subway To The Stars, a great album that easily outshines the aforementioned Open To The Public.  

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Added note:  Bassist Rob De Luca would later join UFO as their bassist.

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