Harlan Cage was one of the first bands MTM Records had the honour to present when they started back in 1996. The band is based around former Fortune (US) singer L. A. Greene and keyboardman Roger Scott Craig. Founded in the summer of 1994, the band was originally known in the Los Angeles area as Big City, and included Richie Onori on drums, Brian Peters on bass and Michael Langlan on guitar. In the September of 1995, after Big City had parted ways, Magnus Soderkvist, (then with Empire Records in Sweden), heard a demo tape of the band and contacted Larry Greene through a publicist in California. It was at that time that Larry and Roger formed a union together to form what is now Harlan Cage.
Already well known throughout Europe and Japan from the MCA Fortune LP , Greene and Craig picked up their writing talents with a combined effort to recreate the melodic rock from those years, mixed with the lyrics and attitude which accompany todayÕs top bands, and wrote, performed and produced three of the top CDÕs applauded by fans and critics alike everywhere that rock music is truly appreciated.
