Following a successful year with "Digital Dictator" the band was busy writing new material for the next record. We had no record deal at this point because our contract with Shrapnel was only for 2 records. Choosing not to re-sign with Shrapnel, we moved forward in hopes of bigger and better opportunities. In 1989 the band hooked up with Manager Robert Zemsky. He showed much interest in the band, and for 9 months we wrote songs and performed showcase gigs for various record labels. One label in particular, Atlantic Records, showed great interest. We invited them back for a second showcase show at the Omni in Oakland, Ca. It was a big night for the band sharing the stage with Paul Stanley (Kiss) to a sold out crowd of 1500 people and walking offstage to find out we now had a deal with Atlantic Records. We began fine tuning the song arrangements for our Atlantic debut and were in the market for a producer. We decided on Michael Rosen who had worked with Todd Rundgren and many others. "Vicious Rumors" was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, Ca. Excited to be in such a legendary studio, the band's adrenalin was high. And with the addition of Michael Rosen, the VR sound was stronger than ever. Once again the reviews worldwide were outstanding! "Vicious Rumors" contains some classic VR songs like "Ship of Fools", "Don't Wait for Me" and "Down to the Temple" as well as "Electric Twilight", a beautiful instrumental which is one of my personal favorites! Again I used Ibanez guitars and Marshall amps for the recording of this record. The band then began filming the first video for Atlantic Records for the song "Don't Wait for Me". It was filmed in Long Beach Ca. and appeared on MTV Headbanger's Ball many times. The band recieved an amplifier endorsement from renowned british company "Hiwatt Amplifiers" and hit the road touring throughout the US, Canada and Europe. The European Tour took the band to almost 20 different countries with shows at such famous places as the Hammersmith Odeon in London and the Dynamo Festival in Holland where we played to 30,000 people.