About Black ‘N Blue:
In the late 70′s, a glam metal band appeared in Portland called Movie Star. The band included guitarist Tommy Thayer, vocalist Jamie St. James, drummer Pete Holmes, bassist Patrick Young and guitarist Jeff Warner. That band became Black ‘N Blue, releasing their 1984 debut album on Geffen with the hit single “Hold On To 18″. The band recorded three more albums for Geffen, with two produced by Gene Simmons of KISS. The band broke up in 1989, reuniting in 1997 recording a live album ONE NIGHT ONLY – LIVE! released on EON Records and again in 2007. The band is currently reunited without Tommy, who replaced Ace Frehley in KISS in 2002.

BLACK ‘N BLUE – ONE NIGHT ONLY – LIVE!

Purchase Black ‘N Blue’s One Night Only – Live! at Amazon.com.

01 Rockin On Heaven’s Door
02 Autoblast
03 Hold On To 18
04 Does She Or Doesn’t She
05 Heat It Up! Burn It Out!
06 Without Love
07 Miss Mystery
08 Violent Kid
09 I’ll Be There For You
10 Wicked Bitch
11 School Of Hard Knocks
12 I’m The King

About the Oregon Music Hall of Fame:
The Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) is a non-profit organization created to help preserve Oregon’s unique musical heritage. The focus is to recognize and promote the legacy of exceptional Oregon musicians of the past, promote promising new Oregon musicians of today, and to enrich Oregon music education programs in order to train our musicians of tomorrow. For more information, visit www.omhof.org.

Singer/songwriter John Thayer’s album “Ideology” (2011 EON Records) is appropriately titled and properly executed. A full course meal, the record is a blend of political and social views peppered with insight on love. Thayer‘s sweet vocals with driving undertones grip the listener for an emotional journey through hope, humanity and life’s lessons and losses.

The album launches with “Shadows Behind,” a pop-rock explosion about fresh starts, moving on and becoming empowered – and that it’s okay to feel good about it. The album twists and turns through tracks such as “Hypocrisy,” which offers insight into egocentric political leaders, to “Somebody Waiting For You,” a ballad about finding someone to mend your heart. Stop smiling. “I’m Losing You” labels this lover as a black cat running through his nerves whose rose-colored glasses hide lies. Thayer speaks as a close friend, offering some occasional tough love. “Redemption” serves as a safety net to one’s problems. No one is really ever alone, or are we?

Before ending the album, Thayer’s poses: “Did we turn our back on the human race?” almost as a recap to these lessons learned through the album’s lyrics. “You make it easy to just walk away,” he says on “Walk Away,” and then tells the listener what they’ll be missing. A natural ending, “Only Time Will Heal” confirms the age-old adage that experiences only make one stronger, absence makes the heart grow fonder and sometimes pouring out your inner emotions over both blazing guitar rifts and soft piano can heal many souls – or just distract them for a while.

As a follow up to Thayer’s first release “Letting Go” (2000, EON Records), “Ideology” proves that Thayer has done just that and started a new musical chapter – with a bit more bite but whose pop-inflicted melodies still go down smooth. “Ideology” is about a fresh start, right here, right now.

A Portland, Oregon native, Thayer owns and operates EON records with his brother Tommy, lead-guitarist of KISS. If you like The Beatles, Coldplay, Lifehouse, Keane and The Dan Reed Network, you’ll love John Thayer.

JOHN THAYER – ideology
01 Shadows Behind
02 Hypocrisy
03 Never Be The Same
04 Somebody Waiting For You
05 I’m Losing You
06 Redemption
07 Humanity
08 No Return
09 Walk Away
10 War & Religon
11 Time Will Heal

Listen to two tracks from John Thayer’s Ideology:

Hypocrisy
Never Be The Same

Buy John Thayer’s Ideology at CDBaby.

Portland, Oregon businessman John Thayer explores his musical side and discusses life experiences that have influenced his songwriting.

John Thayer Ideology

With vocals mirroring Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne and with musical instrumentation that proves she’s a Pat Benatar and Aerosmith fan, DeCosta has earned herself a nice following in Portland and her journey has features as many high notes as what she’s known for.

EON Records owner John Thayer has been following DeCosta’s music career for several years — from playing coffee house events in high school, to winning singer/songwriter competitions in college, performing in the Northwest as the lead singer of the pop-rock band Macadam and now as a solo artist.

“’Escape’ is an album we had a lot of fun making. Some songs came quickly, like ‘What Am I Supposed To Do’ that Nicole wrote overnight. Others, like ‘Burn Down,’ completed themselves more organically. Nicole and I finished the chorus in the recording studio,” said Thayer

“Yeah, we had the whole song complete but couldn’t find the exact words to crank up the chorus into full gear. We just wanted to ‘burn’ the whole thing down. Then we realized that phrase was perfect,” DeCosta said. “I love when that happens.”

The five song EP “Escape” is available now on www.CDBaby.com.

We’re hoping this new, interactive website allows for more interaction with fans and EON supporters through webpage comments and visits to our official Facebook and Twitter pages. We’d love your feedback. Have a question? Send us an e-mail at

EONRecords@gmail.com. As a family-owned and operated record label in Portland, OR, we know the importance of a prompt response.

We look forward to getting to know you all better and hope our new releases will be a welcome addition to your music library

Our previous website only allowed for e-mail interaction so we’re hoping that by adding new features, we can stay better in touch with the people that matter – music lovers like you.

Wishing you a happy holidays and we’re pumped to share our favorite stocking stuffer ideas with you — releases from EON Records artists. Thanks for visiting the new, revamped website and we hope you come back soon, as content will be changing often. In the meantime, check out a live show. Details are available in the show schedule section. Rock on!

John and Tommy Thayer

Black 'N Blue

A live recording of the one-off reunion show staged by Portland’s favorite sons at that city’s Key Largo club on Halloween, 1997. Produced and mixed by Pat Regan (Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow), the CD was released in summer 1998. Over the course of four albums for Geffen Records, Black ‘N Blue exceeded one million sales worldwide.

BLACK ‘N BLUE – ONE NIGHT ONLY – LIVE!
01 Rockin On Heaven’s Door
02 Autoblast
03 Hold On To 18
04 Does She Or Doesn’t She
05 Heat It Up! Burn It Out!
06 Without Love
07 Miss Mystery
08 Violent Kid
09 I’ll Be There For You
10 Wicked Bitch
11 School Of Hard Knocks
12 I’m The King

Listen to two tracks from Black ‘N Blue’s One Night Only – Live!

Hold On To 18
Wicked Bitch

Purchase Black ‘N Blue’s One Night Only – Live! at Amazon.com.

DeCosta’s latest album is “Escape” (2010 EON Records).

“I’m thrilled to share these fun upbeat pop-rock songs about life and love,” DeCosta said. “I love the interaction with the audience wherever I perform. People in dark nightclubs dance because they think no one’s watching. And people at festivals always seem to want to be apart of the performance so I usually throw ‘em a tambourine.”

“Escape,” a 5-song EP, provides plenty of opportunities to sway to the beat and hang on high notes. The songs “Escape” and “What Am I Supposed To Do” from the album were featured in three local, independent films.

DeCosta won second place in Oregon State University’s 2005 “Best Singer/Songwriter Competition.” She also tried out for American Idol in 2006, but apparently the judge were more interested in the 6’8″ girl dressed like Britney Spears.

DeCosta never seems to run out of words. She also hosts and produces a new TV show called Portland Living, airing this fall through Willamette Falls Television and produced through her media company “Nicole DeCosta Media.”

Being creative gives DeCosta’s life meaning.

“Music gave me confidence growing up,” DeCosta said, “and I’m so lucky to be able to share my mind through these songs. ‘Escape’ is a fun CD. I’m hoping to provide a mini-escape for
people. And who doesn’t love a killer guitar solo?”

Portland voice teacher Laura Myers has followed DeCosta for four years and said, “Nicole has a sound all her own and she uses it well. Her voice has hints of Gwen Stefani, but she polishes off her sound with pure DeCosta flavor. Watch out for those fast moving high notes ’cause they are coming your way and you are going to love them!”

Listen to two tracks from Nicole DeCosta’s Escape:

What Am I Supposed To Do?
Burn Down

Buy Nicole DeCosta’s Escape at CDBaby.

One of Portland’s most successful artists and entertainers has been Dan Reed, whose Dan Reed Network was a standard-setter for innovative rock in the eighties and early nineties. After three Polygram albums with accumulated worldwide sales of over 1.5 million, Reed backed out of the rock arena to focus on stage acting, as well as producing and directing independent films. Never losing his passion for music, Reed is back in the studio once again defying genre bounderies and stretching rock into new shapes and forms. Download songs from Dan Reed’s EON release “Sharp Turn” by clicking here. For more information, visit www.danreed.com.

DAN REED – SHARP TURN

01 Sharp Turn
02 Heaven
03 Crash
04 Diva
05 The Rush

Listen to two tracks from Dan Reed’s Sharp Turn:

Sharp Turn
Heaven

Buy Dan Reed’s Sharp Turn on iTunes.

28IF
01 Devil
02 Chosen One
03 Forever
04 Jade
05 The Instigator
06 Beautiful
07 No Pride
08 Standing On The Inside
09 Life
10 New Beginning

Listen to two tracks from 28IF’s debut album:

Devil
Chosen One

Buy 28IF at Amazon.com.