Moxy : Under The Lights

WELL FIRST COMES

THE ROARIN' THUNDER

THEN COMES 

THE POURING RAIN

 Under the Lights 

 is the fourth album

 by the rock band

 Moxy

 in its

 second incarnation, 

released in 1978.

 With the departure of

 Buzz Shearman 

as lead vocalist 

in 1977 for

medical reasons, 

Mike Reno

 (then known as Michael Rynoski) 

was brought for his 

debut in music. 

The album produced

 two minor Canadian hits

 with the title track 

"Under the Lights" 

plus 

"High School Queen",

 that gives a preview

 of the sound

 that Reno 

would take with him

 to his next band

 Loverboy

 that saw great success

 in the 1980s. 

Album sales were poor

 for 

Under the Lights

 as fans did not take

 to the new softer sound

 on the album.

 After the departure of

 Earl Johnson

 in the summer of 1978, 

Moxy would not record

 a new album until 

Bill Wade got

 Earl Johnson

 and 

Buddy Caine

 back into the studio

 in 1999 

for Moxy V. 

This album 

would also have

 the 3rd

 line-up change

 for a lead singer 

with the addition of 

Brian Maxim.

In regards to

 the album itself 

and the singing of 

Mike Reno,

 Earl Johnson stated: 

"Under The Lights", 

wasn't even really a 

Moxy album. 

Mike Reno 

has a great voice, 

but he just wasn't 

a hard-edged singer".

 The album was

 re-released as 

Thinking About You 

(As Mike Reno and Moxy)

 in 1980

Personnel

• Michael Rynoski: (Mike Reno) vocals
• Earl Johnson: Guitar
• Buddy Caine: Guitar
• Terry Juric: Bass
• Danny Bilan: drums
• Jack Richardson - percussion
• Scott Cushnie - Piano
• Colina Phillips - Background Vocals
• Tracy Richardson - Background Vocals
• Sharon Williams - Background Vocals

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