1. Ambition was a metallic hardcore band from Skien, Norway. Three of the members had previously played in the straight edge band Washington Disease. Their only releases were a demo-tape and a split CD with Lash Out from Molde. ...show more

1. Ambition was a metallic hardcore band from Skien, Norway. Three of the members had previously played in the straight edge band Washington Disease. Their only releases were a demo-tape and a split CD with Lash Out from Molde.

The members went on to play in Onward, Insurance Risk, Common Cause and other bands. 2. The basis of the AMBITION project were put during the year 2002, when Frontiers Records President Serafino Perugino approached singer Joe Vana, of MECCA fame, in order to bring back on the spotlight one of the "long lost" AOR golden throats - Thom Griffin. He reappeared again - - after a silence lasted some 20 years! - on the music scene singing backgrounds on the MECCA album, where Vana ironically, shared lead vocals with Fergie Fredriksen (ex TOTO, LEROUX): the first singer in Griffin's original band TRILLION.

Griffin gained in fact his cult-status singing with TRILLION on "Clear Approach", a magnificent example of Pomp Rock which still today stands the test of time and that got recently reissued in the year 2000 on Sony Music in Japan. Vana and Griffin soon went into the studio and cut the song "Waiting In My Dreams" (a remake of a hidden treasure from the MR. MISTER repertoire), who took melodic rock fans by storm on the ROCK THE BONES vol. 1 compilation, released on Frontiers in 2003 and is now included as a bonus track on the finished release. ...show less