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| | Fly Magazine-Band/Performers Archive Article |
 | | By 1985, the newly realigned band entered a national contest on MTV called “The Basement Tapes.” After winning the first round and finals, The Sharks claimed a record contract with Elektra, $30,000 in gear, a high-budget video director and a shot at the big time. |
 | | “To top that off, we were in the middle of filming and a band called Hybrid Ice, which is another band that still does reunions, they drove past in their limousine,” Wettig says with a twinge of awe. |
 | | Despite little radio airplay, many personnel changes and a fallout with Elektra, the band continued making records and touring for the better part of a decade. |
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