At the height of the Hair Metal craze in Hollywood, the band Wildside emerged with a 7 figure, 5 album deal with Capital records (It was the biggest signing of a Hollywood rock band since W.A.S.P. in 1984), recorded part of their debut album 'Under The Influence' in secret at Eddie Van Halen's personal home studio, and even had legendary Led Zeppelin record producer Andy Johns overseeing the proceedings.  Capitol Records even declared many times, "Wildside is the next Poison!"  So what happened?  The album tanked (Clock Strikes & Hair of The Dog being among the few highlights), grunge supposedly took over, and after an "upper management shake up" at Capitol Records, all the execs that signed Wildside were "no longer with the company".   Regardless of an iron clad contract and a 5 album deal, new Capitol execs ripped up the band's contract and said, "Hasta La Vista, Baby!"  The band, trying to keep up with the Jones', spit out a grunge album in 1995 that went absolutely nowhere.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

(THIS PART IS COMPLETELY TRUE (EXCEPT FOR WALDO) AS PER THE WEBSITE www.last.fm)

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Bassist Marc Simon is now a successful ticket broker at a very popular L.A. ticket company.

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Brent Woods joined Vince Neil's solo project, as a "hired gun." but was fired in 2002 (replaced by Mandy Moore's guitarist Jason Hook) after years of touring and axe slinging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy D. and spouse run a family-owned San Bernadino flower shop.

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After a brief stint in 1995 at the Las Vegas Treasure Island Hotel as a pirate/stuntman, guitarist Benny Rhynedance went into Investment Banking in L.A. in '96 and ended up on Wall Street with a known firm in 1998.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singer Drew Hannah is now in the adult film industry working on background music for adult films.

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And, as always, No one is sure what happened to Waldo