Ugly Kid Joe

Ugly Kid Joe was a rock band from Isla Vista, California, USA. The band’s name is a pun on the band Pretty Boy Floyd. UKJ's sound touched on a range of styles, including hard rock, southern, funk, rap & thrash. In conclusion to the band's overall sound & vision, the members of the band have cited many times, that they were simply a manifestation of their environment & lifestyles -- mounting from their geographic location of Southern California.

The band enjoyed popularity in the early to mid 1990s with their mix of satirical humor and metal sound. Their logo was a cartoon embodiment of an “ugly kid” wearing a backward baseball hat and giving the finger. Heavily influenced by Black Sabbath & AC/DC, they covered several of their songs, including, “Sweet Leaf”, “N.I.B.” and “Sin City”. They toured the US several times — their second tour was in support of Scatterbrain, and later opening for former Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.

Ugly Kid Joe first gained success with “Everything About You,” which peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart. Later the song was used in the movie Wayne's World. Further singles did not fare as well, however the positive response to the band’s live performance of Harry Chapin’s “Cats in the Cradle” prompted a studio version, subsequently released as a well-received single that sold over 500,000 copies in the United States alone and peaked at #7 in the UK Singles Chart. After a world tour in support of their 1992 full-length album America's Least Wanted, the band searched around for a replacement drummer, as Mark Davis left to pursue a life away from the spotlight. Davis was eventually replaced by Shannon Larkin, formerly of the metal band Souls At Zero. His contributions led to a grittier sound for the second album Menace to Sobriety, released in the summer of 1995.

Menace to Sobriety received much praise from the press and fans, and UK rock magazine Kerrang! ranked it as a contender for “album of the year.”[citation needed] Despite success overseas and a successful European tour, the album was given little encouragement from Mercury Records & subsequently failed in the United States.

After being dropped by Mercury Records, Ugly Kid Joe formed their own independent label Evilution Records for the release of their next album. With distribution support from Castle Communications, the album Motel California was released at the end of 1996, and again the band toured Europe to smaller crowds. The tour was named “Late check-out Tour”, underlining the band's characteristic sense-of-humor. Motel California, an album the singer described as "heavy, funky & has everything in it", initially received lukewarm reviews and sold poorly, though it has gained a minor cult following in recent times.

Ugly Kid Joe disbanded 1997, and as of 2007 have not expressed plans for reuniting. Drummer Larkin is currently a member of Godsmack, while singer Crane has collaborated with some Godsmack members on a new project called Another Animal.

Former members

* Whitfield Crane — vocals
* Erik Phillips — -guitar and song writer. Years:1987-early 1991
* Klaus Eichstadt — guitar, vocals
* Cordell Crockett — bass guitar, vocals
* Dave Fortman — guitar (replaced Roger Lahr)
* Shannon Larkin — drums, percussion (replaced Mark Davis)
* Roger Lahr — guitar
* Mark Davis — drums, percussion
* Bob Fernandez — drums, percussion

Discography

1991 As Ugly As They Wanna Be
1992 America's Least Wanted
1995 Menace to Sobriety
1996 Motel California
1998 The Very Best of Ugly Kid Joe: As Ugly as It Gets
2002 The Collection Spectrum

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/uglykidjoetheband


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Neighbor


I Hate Everything About You


Everything About You (Live)


Cats in The Craddle (Live)


Unplugged 96


Milkman Son (Live)


Panhandlin Prince (live)


Cats In The Craddle (Unplugged)


Busy Bee (unplugged)

Tyketto

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.

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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Wings


The End Of Summer Days


Rescue Me (Live)


Standing Alone

1927

1927 was an Australian rock band, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their major hit songs were "If I Could", "Compulsory Hero" and "That's When I Think of You".

Alongside Men at Work's Business as Usual, Sydney band 1927's album ... Ish was one of the most successful Australian debut albums of the 1980s. The Album ...Ish attained five times platinum status by racking up sales of more than 400 000 copies ...

Garry Frost was best known for his role as guitar player/songwriter with Moving Pictures. He penned the band's massive hit single 'What About Me?' before leaving the band after its second album. He formed a short-lived duo, Roberts Frost, with singer Brenton Roberts, but when that project failed to warm any hearts he retired to his home studio in Sydney to write. In late 1986, he saw vocalist Eric Weideman performing The Police's 'Roxanne' on the Red Faces segment of popular Melbourne television variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday. Frost knew that Weideman was the perfect singer for his unrecorded songs, and the ideal frontman for this new band. Frost drove all the way to Melbourne in order to snare the singer. With Frost's youngest brother Bill on bass and drummer James Barton, the line-up of 1927 was complete.

Frost spent a year attempting to get a deal for the band and every record company in the country knocked him back. Eventually producer Charles Fisher (who had worked on Moving Pictures' Days of Innocence album) signed 1927 to Trafalgar Productions which he ran in conjunction with Hoodoo Gurus' Dave Faulkner and the Gurus' manager Michael McMartin. Fisher produced 1927's debut album, .... Ish (December 1988) which was brimful of stirring, stately pop rock anthems. The album reached #1 on the national chart during April 1989. In the interim, it had produced two Top 5 hit singles 'That's When I Think of You'/'Alright' (July 1988; #4 in September) and 'If I Could'/'Not Talking' (October; #3 in December). More hit singles, 'You'll Never Know'/'Willing and Able' (#17 in February 1989), 'Compulsory Hero'/Propaganda Machine' (#8 in April), 'To Love Me'/'All the People' (June). ...Ish stayed on the chart for a year. 'That's When I Think Of You' also made the UK chart when it peaked at #46 in April 1989.

The band won the 1988 Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards for Best Debut Single ('That's When I Think of You') and Best Debut Album (shared with Rockmelons' Tales of The City). By that stage, Weideman had become something of a pin-up idol courtesy of his photogenic appearance and boyish good looks. Frost added Charlie Cole (keyboards;ex-Moving Pictures) to the line-up, and the band toured for a year in support of ...Ish. In late 1989, as 1927 was in the process of commencing work on its new album, founder member and principal songwriter Garry Frost left the band. The parting was an amicable one, and the songwriting emphasis shifted to Weideman.

The Other Side (co-produced by Fisher and Frost) was full of lush, ambitious arrangements and well-crafted pop, but it was not as accessible as its predecessor. The album made its debut at #3 but then slipped out of the chart. Its three singles, 'Tell Me a Story'/'Call on Me', 'Don't Forget Me'/'Seventeen' and 'The Other Side'/'Final Split', all made the national Top 40. Two years later, 1927 was back with its third album, 1927 (November 1992). In the meantime, Barton and Cole had left the band to be replaced by Phil Campbell (drums) and Dave Dwyer (guitar) respectively. The 1927 album revealed the band to be a competent, rock outfit trotting out blustery, hard rock numbers like the singles 'Scars' (October 1992) and 'It Ain't Love' (February 1993). By 1993, the band was in serious financial and artistic difficulties, and broke up with little fanfare.

Weideman slipped from public view, but re-emerged in September 1996 with his debut solo single 'Nothing I Can Do' (produced by Fisher). 'Nothing I Can Do' appeared as the last track on the 1927 'Best of' album The Very Best of ... 1927 which was a way of announcing his impending rise as a solo artist.

Recently, over the past few years, 1927 have reformed (with varying line-ups but always with Eric Weideman as the front man, singer, songwriter) and have been doing occasional gigs in and outside of Australia.

Eric Weideman has been doing solo gigs around South East Queensland.

'EXTA' - Eric and JJ Harris (Divinyls) have been doing very casual, intimate acoustic gigs also.

Band Members

Eric Weideman - (vocals, guitar)
Garry Frost - (guitar, keyboards, vocals; ex-Moving Pictures)
Bill Frost - (bass, vocals)
James Barton - (drums, vocals)


Discography

...ish (1989) #2 1989 ARIA Australian Year End Albums Chart
The Other Side (1990) #50 1990 ARIA Australian Year End Albums Chart
1927 (1992)
The Very Best of 1927 (1994)


Official Website: http://www.nineteen27.com


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You'll Never Know

Nelson

Nelson is a glam metal band founded by Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (the twin sons of Ricky Nelson.) They had a No. 1 hit in the United States with "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" during the week of September 29, 1990. They are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only family to reach number one record status in three successive generations (beginning with grandparents Ozzie and Harriet Nelson). On the other side of their family, their great-grandfather was World War II-era Navy Secretary Frank Knox.

The band split with Geffen Records record label after 1995, but they have continued to produce and release albums independently under their label, Stone Canyon Records. However, they have yet to revisit the level of success they experienced during their 1990 debut.

Raised in a musical family, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson were always involved in music. In the early 1980s, they joined a band called Strange Agents. Later that decade, they put together their own band and got a recording contract with Geffen Records. Their debut album, 1990's After The Rain, was a success, and the band went on tour to support it. The album produced the No. 1 hit "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection."

Following that tour, the band immersed itself in the recording of their next project. The result was a harder and heavier concept album called Imaginator. However, when they played the album for Geffen, the label considered it too heavy. According to Nelson members, Geffen even threatened to drop the band from the label if they did not produce another record more to their tastes.

The band spent another year recording another album called Because They Can. The label finally approved and released it in 1995. Still, the pop music landscape had undergone a dramatic change in the five years following After the Rain, and Geffen chose not to promote the new album and quickly dropped Nelson entirely from its roster. The Nelson brothers then set up their own label, Stone Canyon Records, and released Imaginator in 1996.

Despite not enjoying the same level of success in the United States, the band has been a consistent seller in Japan. With their label, they have released four other albums, including a tribute to their father.

As of Spring 2008, Nelson has become a wildly-successful band on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Circuit, rocking the honeymooners on Brilliance of the Seas among other ships. Also, they performed for the sixth-consecutive year in Epcot's Flower Power Concert Series as part of the annual International Flower & Garden Festival.[1]

Eschewing their long, blond locks and taking on a much more conservative look, they have refined their set list to include the songs of Ricky Nelson, having let go of their previously stated vow of not playing their father's songs. The band is now celebrated by young and old alike.


Current members

Matthew Nelson - lead vocals, bass guitar, guitars
Gunnar Nelson - lead vocals, guitars, drums
Cary Park - guitar
David Morgan - keyboards
Brian Burwell - drums
Steven McClintock - guitar

Former members

Brett Garsed - guitars
Joey Cathcart - guitars, background vocals
Paul Mirkovich - keyboards, background vocals
Bobby Rock - drums

Discography

Albums
After the Rain (Geffen 1990)
Because They Can (Geffen 1995)
Imaginator (Stone Canyon 1996)
The Silence Is Broken (Stone Canyon 1997)
Brother Harmony (Stone Canyon 1998)
Life (Stone Canyon 1999)
Like Father, Like Sons (Stone Canyon 2000)

Compilations
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Nelson (Geffen 2004)



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REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. REO Speedwagon hits include "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling." Both songs are power ballads that topped the U.S. charts, the former being prototypical of the genre and appearing on the group's most commercially successful album, Hi Infidelity, which also included the hit "Take It on the Run," a song that peaked at number five on the U.S. charts.

REO Speedwagon took its name from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck, often outfitted as a firetruck, manufactured by the REO Motor Car Company. ("R.E.O." are initials of the company's founder, Ransom Eli Olds, who also founded Oldsmobile, once a division of General Motors.)

REO Speedwagon was formed by students attending the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois in the fall of 1967 to play cover songs in campus bars. The first line up consisted of Neal Doughty on keyboards, Alan Gratzer on drums and vocals, Joe Matt on guitar and vocals and Mike Blair on bass and vocals. In the beginning, Gratzer and Matt handled about 95 percent of the lead singing, with occasional turns by the others. Sometimes the members would switch around on their instruments (with Doughty even playing drums on one song, etc.). In the spring of 1968, the group decided to recruit a permanent front man to handle most of the singing. Terry Luttrell was the one chosen to assume this position. Around the same time, Bob Crownover and Gregg Philbin were brought in to replace the graduating Joe Matt and Mike Blair. Crownover played guitar for the group until the summer of 1969 when Bill Fiorio (ex-Lothar and the Hand People) replaced him. Fiorio then departed in late 1969, eventually assumed the name Duke Tumatoe, and went on to form the All Star Frogs. Another guitarist, Steve Scorfina, came aboard, only to be replaced by Gary Richrath by late 1970. Richrath was a Peoria, Illinois-based guitar player and prolific songwriter who brought original material to the band. With Richrath on board, the regional popularity of the band grew tremendously. During these early years, there were also several others (including horn players, etc.) who quickly came and went. But by early 1971, the band's lineup was stable at last. The Midwestern United States used to be an REO Speedwagon fan stronghold, and has its roots in this period of the band's history.

The band signed to Epic Records in 1971. Paul Leka, an East Coast record producer, brought the band to his recording studio in Bridgeport, Connecticut where it recorded original material for its first album. The lineup on the first album consisted of Doughty, Gratzer, Philbin, Luttrell, and Richrath.

The band's debut album, REO Speedwagon, was released on Epic Records in 1971. One of the most popular tracks on this record was "157 Riverside Avenue." The title refers to the Westport, Connecticut address where the band stayed while recording in Leka's studio in nearby Bridgeport, and remains an in-concert favorite.

Although the rest of the band's line-up remained stable, REO Speedwagon switched lead vocalists three times for their first three albums. Luttrell left the band in early 1972, eventually becoming the vocalist for Starcastle. He was replaced by Kevin Cronin. Cronin recorded one album with the band, 1972's R.E.O./T.W.O., but left the band during the recording sessions for 1973's Ridin' The Storm Out because of missed rehearsals and creative disagreements. Ridin' the Storm Out was completed with Michael Bryan Murphy on the microphone. Murphy stayed on for two more albums, Lost in a Dream and This Time We Mean It, before Cronin returned to the fold in January 1976 and recorded R.E.O., which was released that same year.

REO Speedwagon's first live album, Live: You Get What You Play For (1977), was certified platinum. The band was dissatisfied with the producers on their studio albums because of their alleged inability to capture on tape the quality of the band's live show. The live album, which was self-produced, seemed to change that. The band also had a brief cameo in the movie "FM" during this timeframe. Subsequent albums were recorded with band members participating as producers.

In 1977, Philbin was replaced with Bruce Hall to record You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish , released in 1978. This album contained "Roll with the Changes" and "Time for Me to Fly", both of which received heavy FM radio airplay but fell short of the Top 40 . In 1979, the band took a turn back to hard rock with the release of Nine Lives.

The lineup was now set for the band's most popular era. In the fall of 1980, REO Speedwagon released Hi Infidelity, which represented a change in the music from hard rock to more pop-oriented material. Hi Infidelity spawned four hit singles, including the #1 "Keep On Loving You", the #5 "Take It on the Run", "Don't Let Him Go" (#24) and "In Your Letter" (which peaked at #20), and remained on the charts for 65 weeks, 32 of which were spent in the top ten, including three months at number one.

Good Trouble (1982) and Wheels Are Turnin' (1984) were follow-up albums which also did well commercially, the former containing the hit singles "Keep the Fire Burnin'" (U.S. #7) and "Sweet Time" (U.S. #26) and the latter containing the #1 hit single "Can't Fight This Feeling", as well as three more hits: "I Do' Wanna Know", "One Lonely Night" and "Live Every Moment". In addition, the band performed at 1985's Live Aid, (where they performed "Can't Fight This Feeling").

1987's Life as We Know It saw a decline in sales, but still managed to provide the band with the minor hits, "That Ain't Love," and "In My Dreams".

However, by the end of the 1980s, the band's popularity had waned and the group began to disintegrate. In 1988, their future was uncertain as Gratzer retired from the group at the end of that summer to open a restaurant. Former Santana drummer Graham Lear then joined. Lear had been playing with The Strolling Dudes, a side project put together for fun by Cronin and Hall. Around this same time, Cronin and some of the other band members had been getting into healthier lifestyles, adopting better diets, better nutrition, etc. Richrath, however, chose not to follow this course. He had also developed writer's block. After further disagreements between him and the others regarding the band's musical direction, he was asked to leave. Richrath departed in early 1989 after a tour of Hawaii. Strolling Dudes guitarist Miles Joseph was then brought in as a temporary replacement and back up singers Carla Day and Melanie Jackson (who were also Strolling Dudes members) were added to boost the group's vocal sound onstage. This lineup did only one show—in Viña del Mar, Chile—ironically winning the award for best group at the city's annual International Song Festival. After that, Miles Joseph and the back up singers were dropped in favor of former Ted Nugent guitarist Dave Amato and songwriter/producer/keyboardist Jesse Harms (Eddie Money, Sammy Hagar).


The 1990 release The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken, with Bryan Hitt (formerly of Wang Chung) replacing Graham Lear on drums and Amato debuting on lead guitar, was a commercial disappointment. Harms was disillusioned and his tenure in the group was short. He was gone by early 1991. These lineup changes were a stinging blow to many fans, especially those of the band's harder-edged material from the 1970s which had been dominated by Richrath's unique style on the guitar. It was the last REO album to chart, reaching #129 on Billboard's Top 200.

Shortly after his departure, Richrath assembled former members of the midwestern band, Vancouver, to form a namesake band, Richrath. After touring for several years, the Richrath band released Only the Strong Survive in 1992 on the GNP Crescendo label. Richrath continued to perform for several years before disbanding in the late 1990s.

In the meantime, REO Speedwagon, unable to interest Epic in new music, released Building the Bridge (1996) on the Priority/Rhythm Safari label. When that label went bankrupt, the album was released on the ill-fated Castle Records which also experienced financial troubles. REO Speedwagon ultimately self-financed this effort, which failed to chart. Epic still distributes the band's original CDs, and owns the rights to compilation projects.

REO once again teamed with Styx in 2003 for the Classic Rock's Main Event tour which also included Journey. The band released a self-financed album entitled Find Your Own Way Home in April of 2007. Though it did not chart as an album, it produced two singles which appeared on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio chart (their highest-charting singles in 19 years).

Current Members

Dave Amato
Kevin Cronin
Neal Doughty
Bruce Hall
Bryan Hitt

Former Members

Gary Richrath
Alan Gratzer
Gregg Philbin
Terry Luttrell
Bill Fiorio (aka Duke Tumatoe)
Jesse Harms
Joe McCabe
Graham Lear
Miles Joseph
Steve Scorfina
Mike Blair
Joe Matt
Bob Crownover
Mike Murphy



Discography

Studio albums
R.E.O. Speedwagon (1971)
R.E.O./T.W.O. (1972)
Ridin' the Storm Out (1973) #171 US
Lost in a Dream (1974) #94 US
This Time We Mean It (1975) #74 US
R.E.O. (1976) #159 US
You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978) #29 US
Nine Lives (1979) #33 US
Hi Infidelity (1980) #1 US
Good Trouble (1982) #7 US
Wheels Are Turnin' (1984) #7 US
Life as We Know It (1987) #28 US
The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken (1990) #129 US
Building the Bridge (1996)
Find Your Own Way Home (2007)

Live albums
Live: You Get What You Play For (1977) #72 US
Arch Allies: Live at Riverport (2000)
Live - Plus (2001)
Live Plus 3 (2001)
Extended Versions (2001)

Compilation albums
A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980 (1980) #55 US
Best Foot Forward (1985)
The Hits (1988) #56 US, #40 Top Pop Catalog albums
Keep On Loving You - Best (Germany) (1991)
Second Decade of Rock and Roll 1981 to 1991 (1991)
Starbox (1993)
Believe in Rock and Roll (1995)
Subway in Tokyo (Japan) (1995)
Hi Infidelity - Gold (1995)
Only the Strong Survive (1998)
Premium Best (1998)
The Ballads (1999)
Take It on the Run (2001)
Simply the Best (2001)
Keep On Rollin' (2002)
The Essential REO Speedwagon (2004)

Official Website: http://www.speedwagon.com


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I Cant´t Fight This Feeling


Keep On Loving You


Take It On The Run (live)


In My Dreams


Here With Me


That Ain't Love


Back On The Road Again (live)

Axel Rudi Pell

Axel Rudi Pell, the German guitar wizard (date of birth 06/27/1960), has become a permanent part of the German Metal scene since he released his first album with the German band "Steeler" (1984 - s/t). Three more albums followed ("Rulin' the earth" in '85, "Strike back" in '86 and finally "Undercover animal" in '88) until he decided to leave and start a solo career in 1989.

Axel Rudi Pell (Born June 27, 1960) is a German guitar player, playing melodic heavy metal. He started off with the band Steeler (1984-1988) before leaving to start his solo career in 1989 with the eponymous band Axel Rudi Pell. During this time, he has played with such drummers as Jörg Michael, Mike Terrana and singers Jeff Scott Soto and Rob Rock. He plays a classic traditional melodic heavy metal, predictably guitar-heavy but less flashy than Yngwie Malmsteen, with an emphasis on softer ballads as evidenced by three separate ballad compilations over the years.

Axel Rudi Pell's latest album is a cover album, Diamonds Unlocked, which was released on September 28, 2007 through SPV Records.

SPV records will release a new Axel Rudi Pell DVD on February 25th, to be titled Live Over Europe, which includes the full performance from the Rock Hard Festival in 2007, and comes with a bonus disc which includes live footage from Pell's own archive.


Current members

Axel Rudi Pell - Guitar
Johnny Gioeli - Vocals
Mike Terrana - Drums
Ferdy Doernberg - Keyboards
Volker Krawczak - Bass

Former members

Vocals
Charlie Huhn (1989)
Rob Rock (1991)
Jeff Scott Soto (1992-1997)

Bass
Jörg Deisinger (1989)
Thomas Smuszynski (1989)

Drums
Jörg Michael (1989-1998)

Keyboards
Georg Hahn (1989)
Rüdiger König (1989)
Kai Raglewski (1991-1992)
Julie Greaux (1993-1996)
Christian Wolff (1997)


Discography

With Steeler
Steeler (1984)
Rulin' the Earth (1985)
Strike Back (1986)
Undercover Animal (1988)

Solo

Albums
Wild Obsession (1989)
Nasty Reputation (1991)
Eternal Prisoner (1992)
Between the Walls (1994)
Black Moon Pyramid (1996)
Magic (1997)
Oceans of Time (1998)
The Masquerade Ball (2000)
Shadow Zone (2002)
Kings and Queens (2004)
Mystica (2006)
Diamonds Unlocked (2007)

Compilations
The Ballads (1993)
The Ballads II (1999)
The Wizard's Chosen Few (2000)
The Ballads III (2004)


Official Website: http://www.axel-rudi-pell.de

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Cry Of The Gypsy


Broken Dreams


Don't Say Goodbye (Live)


The Clown Is Dead (Live)


The Temple of The King


Masquerade Ball (Live)


Carousel (Live)

Angel

Angel are a heavy metal band from Washington, DC, formed in the mid-70s by singer Frank DiMino, guitarist Punky Meadows, and keyboard player Greg Giuffria. They were discovered by KISS bass player Gene Simmons performing at a nightclub and were signed to Kiss’ record label Casablanca.

After their third album, Mickie Jones was replaced with Felix Robinson. Punky Meadows and Mickie Jones had previously recorded an album with the band BUX in the early '70's. This band also featured vocalist Ralph Morman who went on to record with the Joe Perry Project. Angel began as a progressive glam-rock band and progressed into a more melodic pop rock band by the early 1980's. In 1982 the band fell apart with not much heard from most of the members.

Their image of dressing in all white was a deliberate contrast to Kiss, who wore black. Sometimes cited as the band that invented glam metal, Angel sported an androgynous image and elaborate stage sets. They were slammed by rock critics, and Frank Zappa ridiculed the all-male band’s female appearance in the song “Punky’s Whips.” Angel never achieved mass commercial success but acquired a following as a cult band.

They made an appearance in the film Foxes and Frank DiMino sang “Seduce Me Tonight” on the Flashdance soundtrack.

Although Angel never officially disbanded, members went on to other things following the release of their live album. Lead vocalist Frank Dimino joined UFO guitarist Paul Raymond in the Paul Raymond Project in which he sang lead vocals. Bassist Felix Robinson played on the debut album of the band White Lion, Fight to Survive. Angel’s keyboardist Gregg Giuffria had modest success as the leader of the band Giuffria during the 1980s, along with the band House of Lords. The rest of the band reunited briefly (sans Giuffria) in 1987, but was unable to secure a new record contract and split again not too long afterward. A demo tape recorded during this period includes three songs: “Hot ’n’ Heavy,” “Take Away My Feelings,” and “Can’t Last Forever.”

In the late ’90s, Angel reformed with a new line-up. Keyboardist Gordon G.G. Gebert joined the band in 1999 and left in 2002. Currently, the band members are Frank Dimino, vocals; Barry Brandt, drums; Randy Gregg, bass; Steve Blaze, guitars; and Michael T. Ross, keyboards. The band’s 2000 release In the Beginning also features guest appearances by original guitarist Punky Meadows, as well as Robinson. In 2000 came the release of Angel: The Collection, making it the most extensive Angel greatest hits compilation including 16 songs. In 2006 Lilith released two singles albums which has singles released through the band’s career (1975-1981), and even though it has most singles released at that time it does not include “Better Days” which was taken off the White Hot album and replaced with “The Winter Song.” This song remains to be unreleased on CD or cassette format. It is however available as a 7" single but is very hard to find. Angel is now working on a new album, which so far has no name, but there has been a total of three written songs and they are: “Worship the Sun,” “Hold On To Your Dreams,” and the third song does not currently have a title. The fourth song is “Even Now,” but it is not certain whether this is the third untitled song, a new fourth song, or just an unreleased track. For more info go to [1] to keep updated.

For better or for worse, Angel was quite influential in their own way—particularly on the glam metal boom of the 1980s—and represent a kind of missing link between keyboard-driven hard rock bands of the ’70s such as Uriah Heep and ’80s acts like Poison.


Discography

Angel (1975)
Helluva Band (1976)
On Earth As It Is In Heaven (1977)
White Hot (1978)
Blowing Great Guns:bootleg (5-10-1978)
White Heroes:bootleg (5-10-1978)
Sinful (1979) (original title: Bad Publicity) Pop Album Charts #159
Live Without a Net (1980)
Can You Feel It (1989)
An Anthology (1992)
In the Beginning (2000)
Angel: The Collection (2000)
Angel:Live in Sweden featuring Gordon G.G. Gebert (2001)
Angel: The Singles Collection Volume 1 (2006)
Angel: The Singles Collection Volume 2 (2006)
TBA (2008)

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