Afterlife

Tom Hauck began his music career as a founding member of the Atlantics, one of Boston's seminal punk/pop bands in the late 1970s. Following their appearances with the Ramones at The Club in Cambridge in May 1976, The Atlantics built up a following in Boston and New York, playing at CBGB and Max's Kansas City, and were signed to ABC Records in 1978. The following year their album quot;Big City Rockquot; was released, and then in 1980 the band recorded Tom's song quot;Lonelyhearts,quot; which rocketed to the top of the New England radio charts. In 1983 Tom and Bruce Wilkinson formed the dance/synth group Ball and Pivot, which scored the MTV and V-66 smash hit quot;Down.quot; In 1988 Tom founded the Spanish-language rock group TDCO with singer and film director Luis Aira. Tom left the music business in 1990 and devoted his time to his family. In 2004 he spearheaded the digital re-release of the Atlantics and Ball and Pivot catalogues, and began playing solo gigs around his home town of Gloucester, including an appearance at the Rockport Acoustic Music Festival. In 2010 Tom appeared with ex-Atlantics guitarist Fred Pineau and the Big City Rockers at the House of Blues in Boston, where they played a set of Atlantic songs. Tom began his solo recording career in 2011 with the release of his first full length CD, 'Pistonhead.' His second CD 'Afterlife' was recorded at Bang a Song Studios in Gloucester, MA USA. Tom plays all of the instruments except bass guitar, which was expertly handled by co-producer and studio owner Tony Goddess. LYRICS Words and Music ? 2013 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music (ASCAP) Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Better Day Tomorrow's gonna be a better day Tomorrow's gonna be a better day Tomorrow's gonna be a better day Tomorrow's gonna be a better day The road is long and I have lost my way Can you feel it comin'? Can you feel it comin'? My love is strong although I'm torn and frayed Nothing lasts forever man has made Tomorrow's gonna be a better day Frankenstein I got a pacemaker in my chest, a metal plate in my head My teeth look real but they're plastic bits, got a rod stuck in my leg I'm Frankenstein and I love to see you move me I'm a junkyard valentine and you'll be the one to school me I'm Frankenstein, can't you hear me howling I'm running out of time on the road to wrack and ruin Stiff and sore I walk the road, watching out for a bigger bang My feet are armored piercing treads, from my head the wires hang I got a laser guided eye, I'm rusty and I'm greasy Just plug me into your circuit box, baby don't you try to stop me I'm Frankenstein and I love to see you move me I'm a junkyard valentine and you'll be the one to school me I'm Frankenstein, can't you hear me howling I'm running out of time on the road to wrack and ruin Flash Where it started no one's really certain about Messages are flying at the speed of light A single thought begins to crystallize in my mind Multiplied by thousands like a sign in the sky It's a flash bringing us together as one We can hear a million voices harmonize We can feel how we move in perfect unity It's a flash a shining moment in our lives See it move across the sky Got no time to wonder why Can't be stopped by mountain sides Hold your head up feel the pride Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah Thunderbolts in Paris, London, New York, Beijing A common realization of a new attitude From Tripoli, Damascus, even Washington DC Generating energy expanding our view It's a flash bringing us together as one We can hear a million voice