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ROCK BOULEVARD, formed in 1985 in Reno, Nevada, and was originally known as ROCK BLVD. The band would later move to Ohio and record their first album, which would not be released until 2020 on Metallic Blue Records. ROCK BOULEVARD was rehearsing six days a week at Showcase Rehearsal Studio in Reno, Nevada. On a Sunday evening, they caught the attention of well-known lead singer Marc Grover (VICES, AXCENT, RAWKON, PUSHBOX, VALENTINE RODEO), who was on the lookout for a new band after fronting the recently disbanded and highly acclaimed hard rock band RAWKON. Marc was impressed with the band’s work ethic. He was looking for guys who shared his same drive to land a major record contract. Marc’s creativity and determination helped ROCK BOULEVARD elevate their live show by staging the band in front of a large mirror to coordinate their stage moves. During this time, ROCK BOULEVARD started gaining in popularity as they played many of Reno’s clubs such as Del Mar Station, The Grand Ball Room, The Lime Light, Easy Street, The Tumble Weed, The Ice House, The Quake, Sierra Stix, and The Metamorphosis. They opened for BABYLON A.D. and SHARK ISLAND. Other bands also opened for them, including WRECKAGE, METAL MINDED, MIDNIGHT SKY, and many others.



ROCK BOULEVARD’s new lineup wrote many new songs. The size of the crowds at their live shows increased accordingly and songs like “Girl You Know (It’s Your Love)” and “I Got What You Want” quickly became crowd favorites. The band was eager to get back in the studio to record their new material. ROCK BOULEVARD won Reno’s 1990 “Battle of the Bands” held at the Easy Street Night Club, where they entered the competition as the heavy favorite. ROCK BOULEVARD did not disappoint the fans by playing a tight and high-energy show. ROCK BOULEVARD was awarded six hours of studio time at Granny’s House Studio for winning the “Battle of the Bands” competition. The guys were able to pull together an additional five thousand dollars to record their self-titled album.



The band entered Granny’s House studio in 1990 to record their album while simultaneously signing with Tri Records. Robbie continued his streak of recording nearly all the drums in a single take. The album was mixed and engineered by Bjorn Thorsrud and was only pressed to 250 copies on compact disc and an additional 250 copies on cassette with the intention of pressing more copies in the near future. ROCK BOULEVARD received many positive reviews for their album and received a lot of radio play on 96 Rock KRZQ and 105.7 KOZZ with radio DJ Max Volume.



A few weeks after recording their debut album, ROCK BOULEVARD entered the studio again to record the fight song “Let’s Go Wolfin’” for the University of Nevada. They had members of the Wolf Pack football team and student body in the studio recording the intro gang backing vocals. Later, the Wolf Pack cheerleaders got involved in the recording of a music video. The band also brought in local DJ legend Steve Funk (KOZZ, KRZQ) as an executive producer. ROCK BOULEVARD’s “I Got What You Want” CD includes both the self-titled 1990 album and the “Let’s Go Wolfin’” single never before released on CD. The band wants to give their fans what they have been waiting for since ROCK BOULEVARD can say, “I GOT WHAT YOU WANT”.