product: Midnite City – „Midnite City“
Release date: May 30th, 2025
Label: Pride & Joy Music Classixx
Ltd. to 500 copies
The 2017 debut album of one of the finest acts out there in melodic rock/AOR is available again as Pride & Joy Classixx Vol. 18. The addition of the two bonus cuts ‚Ghost of My Old Friends (Acoustic)‘ and ‚This Time Around‘ (New Studio Track) makes this out of print gem a must-have.
MIDNITE CITY were formed in January 2017 by then Tigertailz front-man (and former Vega, Steevi Jaimz, Sins Of America, Nitrate and Teenage Casket Company member and songwriter) Rob Wylde. Ever since, the UK band proved themselves a magnificent live act in the genre and beloved fan favorite all over the world with an ever growing fanbase.
Armed with an album’s worth of material written under the working title of MIDNITE CITY, Wylde approached friend Pete Newdeck (former Newman/ Eden’s Curse, Blood Red Saints member) to produce three songs for him to shop to record labels.
The songs ‚Nothing’s Like Losing You‘, ‚Summer Of Our Lives‘ and ‚Think About You‘ were then sent out to labels and garnered considerable interest across the board, resulting in a deal being inked with German label AOR Heaven.
Wylde sang, played guitar and bass on the recordings whilst Newdeck played drums, provided backing vocals and took care of production. Wylde also brought in newcomer guitarist Miles Meakin who played guitar solos on the recordings and former band mate James Martin (Vega) who laid down keyboards. After being mixed by Newdeck, the songs were sent to Harry Hess (Harem Scarem) who mastered them at his studio in Canada.
With a record deal in place, Newdeck officially joined the band as drummer in the spring of 2017, alongside Miles Meakin (g) and Shawn Charvette on keyboards. With the line up now in place, the band began to work on their debut album at PNP Productions in Tewkesbury/UK, completing the recordings in June 2017.
With a sound that the band describes as ‚Timeless, melodic rock/hair metal‘, MIDNITE CITY cover all bases when it comes to this beloved genre of music. From ultimate feel good, party rock anthems to brooding melodic rock monsters to spine tingling power ballads, they are all here in abundance, and then some.
Tracklist:
1. We Belong
2. Ghost Of My Old Friends
3. Summer Of Our Lives
4. Nothing’s Like Losing You
5. Last Beat Of My Heart
6. Everything You Meant To Me
7. Can’t Wait For The Nights
8. One Step Away
9. I Just Can’t Take It
10. Things She Said
11. Think About You
12. Ghost Of My Old Friends (Acoustic)
13. This Time Around (New Studio Track)
This release is exclusively available via shop.prideandjoy.de
