Tesla Five Man Video Band (1990)

This 1990 acoustic performance shows that Tesla was a hair band in name only For 75 minutes the California hardrock quintet runs through a scintillating selection of originals and wellchosen covers in one of the very first acoustic concerts before MTVs Unplugged became all the rage The ragged video quality adds to the homey intimate atmosphere the band creates sitting on stools in a small Philadelphia club surrounded by hundreds of rabid fans Along with songs off its first two albumsincluding Modern Day Cowboy The Way It Is and its first Top 10 single Love SongTesla also generously throws in chestnuts like Truckin We Can Work It Out and its smashhit version of the Five Man Electrical Bands trippy Signs Versatility wasnt the hallmark of most guitar bands but Tesla never needed hairspray and bimboladen videos Five Man Video Band is ample proof Only quibble no 51 remix of the dynamic music