THE SEVEN WEEKS THAT CHANGED ROCK
PSYCHOTIC SUPPER
TESLA
Made with mental health issues looming, it was their peak before they began a downward slide.
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“We were asserting ourselves with it. We didn’t listen to anybody back then.”
Brian Wheat
Sacramento hard rockers Tesla were in a strong place in 1991. The Great Radio Controversy, their second album, had sold double-platinum, and when it came to touring that year’s follow-up Psychotic Supper they headlined at Hammersmith Odeon. Bassist Brian Wheat explains where things went wrong.