WHITE LION: THERE IS LIFE EVEN AFTER A BROKEN HEART

One week in 1983, Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta were hanging out at the rock capital of Brooklyn, L’Amours West, saying, “Let’s start a band.” They mentioned their great idea to the club owner Richard Sanders. He said, “OK, and I’ll manage you,” even though he’d never seen them perform together—because they had never performed together.