Tyketto were an American hard rock band of the 1980s and 1990s. The group was put together in 1987 by former Waysted vocalist Danny Vaughn; Brooke St. James (guitar), Jimi Kennedy (bass), and Michael Clayton (drums) completed the lineup.
By 1990, the band had signed to Geffen Records, and released their debut album Don't Come Easy, which included the modestly successful single "Forever Young". Musically, the album was somewhere between Whitesnake and Bon Jovi, and Tyketto opened for the former on many bills. However, the rise of the grunge sound in 1991 saw Tyketto's hopes of a big breakthrough begin to recede. Jimi left the band and was replaced by Jamie Scott. Their second album was rejected by Geffen and finally emerged in 1994 under the title Strength in Numbers on CMC in the USA and Music for Nations elsewhere in the world.
The following year, Vaughn left the band to look after his wife, who had developed cancer, and was replaced by former Tall Stories vocalist Steve Augeri. Tyketto's sound began to move more toward a Journey-type style (Augeri would later become lead vocalist for Journey), and this line-up released Shine in 1995, again on CMC / Music for Nations. However, dwindling audiences and the changing landscape of the rock industry saw the band split up in 1996, releasing the live album Take Out & Served Up Live as a swan song, having never really broken through. The various band members went onto other projects: most notably Vaughn, Clayton and Scott would reunite in Vaughn. Vaughn would eventually start releasing material under his own name in 2007.
In 2004, Tyketto reformed for a reunion tour with the full original lineup. They played a second set of reunion dates in 2007 and stated this will be the last time the original four members, or any other line up, will ever perform under the Tyketto name. To coincide with the dates the band released an album mainly consisting of a collection of tracks unearthed from long forgotten demo tapes. Most of these never made it to previously released albums, but there are also some early "alternative" versions of a few classic tracks as well.
By 1990, the band had signed to Geffen Records, and released their debut album Don't Come Easy, which included the modestly successful single "Forever Young". Musically, the album was somewhere between Whitesnake and Bon Jovi, and Tyketto opened for the former on many bills. However, the rise of the grunge sound in 1991 saw Tyketto's hopes of a big breakthrough begin to recede. Jimi left the band and was replaced by Jamie Scott. Their second album was rejected by Geffen and finally emerged in 1994 under the title Strength in Numbers on CMC in the USA and Music for Nations elsewhere in the world.
The following year, Vaughn left the band to look after his wife, who had developed cancer, and was replaced by former Tall Stories vocalist Steve Augeri. Tyketto's sound began to move more toward a Journey-type style (Augeri would later become lead vocalist for Journey), and this line-up released Shine in 1995, again on CMC / Music for Nations. However, dwindling audiences and the changing landscape of the rock industry saw the band split up in 1996, releasing the live album Take Out & Served Up Live as a swan song, having never really broken through. The various band members went onto other projects: most notably Vaughn, Clayton and Scott would reunite in Vaughn. Vaughn would eventually start releasing material under his own name in 2007.
In 2004, Tyketto reformed for a reunion tour with the full original lineup. They played a second set of reunion dates in 2007 and stated this will be the last time the original four members, or any other line up, will ever perform under the Tyketto name. To coincide with the dates the band released an album mainly consisting of a collection of tracks unearthed from long forgotten demo tapes. Most of these never made it to previously released albums, but there are also some early "alternative" versions of a few classic tracks as well.
Band Members
Danny Vaughn
Brooke St James
Jimi Kennedy
Michael Clayton
Jaimie Scott
Jimi Kennedy
Steve Augeri
Discography
Don't Come Easy (1991)
Strength in Numbers (1994)
Shine (1995)
Take Out & Served Up Live (1996)
The Last Sunset - Farewell 2007 (2007)
Official Website: http://www.tyketto.de
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Forever Young
Wings
The End Of Summer Days
Rescue Me (Live)
Standing Alone
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