Unless you are a diehard TESLA fan, you might be surprised to find out that they have been on their musical journey for more than 25 years now and the hits keep coming. They are currently on their Twisted Wire Acoustic Tour Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Five Man Acoustical Jam. Their most recent album was 2009's Forever More. Their lineup consists of four of its original members, Jeff Keith, Frank Hannon, Brian Wheat and Troy Luccketta and their newest member Dave Rude.

They started in Sacramento, CA, as City Kidd but soon realized the name just did not fit their sound. TESLA came from the inventor that pioneered the radio, Nikola Tesla. They soon signed with Geffen Records and released their first album in 1986. Mechanical Resonance quickly reached the Top 40 on the album chart and eventually went platinum. TESLA is known for their melodic songs and down to earth appeal. Their music is often referred to as heavy metal, but it is really better described as blues metal.

In 1990 they released the album Five Man Acoustical Jam and the album was a huge success. Before this, no one had heard of a pop metal band playing acoustic, but it was a huge hit with the fans and the media. So huge in fact, this album helped inspire MTV's Unplugged series and the craze took off. Many other artists followed suit and released their own acoustic albums, but TESLA gets credit for getting the ball rolling. Five Man Acoustical Jam also garnered them another Top 10 hit with "Signs." This song was also the band's highest charting single. In 2010 the band announced that they were working on material for a new album!!

Come to Penn's Peak and rock out with TESLA!