No. 21 Vol. 7
My Life Publications • 973-809-4784
July 2025
Livingston Musician Partners to Release New Music
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By Steve Sears or Livingston musician and songwriter, Bob Malone, being on stage and performing live is something he wanted to move on from. Malone, a former band member of FarCry, said, “As I am evolving, I am getting older, and my passion is in the writing. I am not really interested in playing live, so that is why I kind of bowed out of FarCry.” Prior to FarCry, whom he joined in 2015, Malone had his own band, Phernalia, which eventually became Malone, a venture which came to an end in 1995. Then, after getting married in 1997 to his wife, Andrea, both were blessed with the birth of daughter Alexa, who is now 24. Music then took a backseat to raising his family. “My family - my wife, my daughter – they are my whole world. I would not change anything,” Malone said. Now he and west coast musician, Paul Alfery, have joined forces to form AM Crush, and recently released a new album of music called Miles Apart, which is available on all streaming sites. Malone said, “This record we both did for our satisfaction. This is our wheelhouse. I grew up in the 80’s, but moving forward, we are going to be writing outside the box. We are going to write all kinds of different material – and I like a lot of different material. I am not just near sighted just to the hard rock; we are going to definitely expand. We have some contacts. We are going to be trying to write for some movie soundtracks, do some jingles. Writing is what I do best, and what Paul does best.” And what the duo does best with the current offering is get the message across throughout its 12 tunes. Consider a stanza of “Run,” a cut that focuses on relationships that are affected by domestic violence: First Impressions aren’t always right Be true to yourself it’s worth the fight Respect and love that’s what is right
Paul Alfery (credit: “Yudiono”)
Bob Malone (credit: Brian Rademacher and Mark Balogh)
If you don’t get it, run, run for your life RUN, run, run for your life, a wolf hides in sheep’s clothes, it’s just not right Love is a two-way street, unconditional love Jekyll to Mr. Hyde it’s time to run Malone said of “Run,” “I wrote all the lyrics, and I sent him (Paul) the lyric sheet. He called me back that day after he listened to it, and he said, ‘Wow! I listened to “Run,” and my wife, she is a little taken aback about it. Most people want to listen to rock and roll to get away from their problems. The lyrics were a little graphic.’ We kind of went back and forth with it, and we had to compromise. I did a rewrite on some of the lyrics; I scaled it back a little bit. As the song evolved, it wound up the way it is.”
Malone also included in the video the hotlines for the US National Domestic Violence Hotline and The European Union EU-Wide Hotline Number for Victims of Violence Against Women. “Paul and his wife were absolutely blown away,” Malone said. “And she actually said, ‘You can actually save somebody’s life with this.’” Miles Apart is punctuated with songs of poignant lyrics and accompanying videos, which Malone himself created. Other tunes include “Ego,” “Danger Zone, “Missing You,” and more. The videos can be viewed at www.youtube.com/@amcrushband.