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Alcatrazz
Alcatrazz is a heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo, and Gary Shea. Following an internal disagreement and split in 2020, there are currently two separate and distinct Alcatrazz line-ups, one featuring Bonnet, and another featuring Waldo and Shea. Alcatrazz are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun", "Hiroshima Mon Amour", and "God Blessed Video". The band went through a number of line-up changes, with Bonnet being the only member to be in every incarnation of Alcatrazz. They are also notable for featuring a previously-unknown Yngwie Malmsteen, who was the guitarist of Alcatrazz during 1983–1984, and was subsequently replaced by Steve Vai, and Danny Johnson in the original incarnation of the band up until 1987. Joe Stump became the Alcatrazz guitarist when the band reformed, and remains the guitarist in the Waldo-Shea line-up of Alcatrazz. In June 2021, Jeff Loomis was announced as the guitarist in the Bonnet line-up of Alcatrazz. After break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet (born 23 December 1947) is an English rock singer. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.Prato, Greg " Graham Bonnet Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 23 January 2010 He is known for his powerful singing voice but is capable of also singing soft melodies. His singing has been noted as "very loud" by both his contemporaries and himself, and he claims to be a self-taught singer with "no discipline for lessons". Bonnet's visual style, considered uncharacteristic of hard rock musicians, has been described as being a cross between Don Johnson in ''Miami Vice'' and James Dean. Career Bonnet was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire, in 1947. He had his first hit single with duo the Marbles in 1968, with the single "Only One Woman", which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born Innocent (Alcatrazz Album)
''Born Innocent'' is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Alcatrazz, released in 2020 by the label Silver Lining Music. This is the band's first studio album release since '' Dangerous Games'' in 1986, marking the longest gap between two studio albums in the Alcatrazz discography. Several months after the album's release, it was announced that Graham Bonnet and the other members of the band would be parting ways, with both continuing to record as Alcatrazz separately. Background ''Born Innocent'' features performances by founding band members Graham Bonnet on lead vocals, Jimmy Waldo on keyboards, and Gary Shea on bass guitar. It also features the first Alcatrazz studio album appearances of drummer Mark Benquechea, who had previously appeared on the 2018 album ''Meanwhile, Back in the Garag''e by the Graham Bonnet Band, and guitarist Joe Stump, a Berklee Professor of Guitar. To celebrate the reunion of three of the original members of the band, a number of other musicians w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen ( ; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In 2009, ''Time'' magazine rated Malmsteen as number 9 among the 11 greatest electric guitar players of all time. Early life Malmsteen was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden, the third child of a musical family. At age 10, Malmsteen created his first band, Track on Earth, consisting of himself and a friend from school playing the drums. At age 12, he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, then slightly changed it to Malmsteen and altered his third given name Yngve to "Yngwie". As a teenager he was heavily influenced by classical music, particularly 19th century Italian virtuoso violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini as well as Johann Sebastian Bach. During this time, he also discovered hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Games (album)
''Dangerous Games'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz. It marked a drastic departure from the band's two previous albums with its heavily Japanese-influenced style. It was also the first and only appearance for new guitarist Danny Johnson who replaced Steve Vai after he left the band to join the David Lee Roth Band in 1986, and the last studio album that Alcatrazz had released for 34 years, until the release of '' Born Innocent'' in 2020. Track listing (Songwriters listed in parenthesis.) ;Side one #" It's My Life" ''(Carl D'Erico, Roger Atkins)'' – 4:10 #"Undercover" ''(Danny Johnson, Jimmy Waldo, Jo Eime, Graham Bonnet)'' – 3:41 #"That Ain't Nothin'" ''(Johnson, Waldo, Eime, Bonnet, Gary Shea, Jan Uvena)'' – 3:53 #"No Imagination" ''(Eime, Bonnet)'' – 3:16 #"Ohayo Tokyo" ''(Eime, Bonnet)'' – 2:59 ;Side two #"Dangerous Games" ''(Johnson)'' – 3:26 #"Blue Boar" ''(Johnson, Waldo, Eime, Bonnet)'' – 3:14 #"Only One Woman" ''(Barry Gib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Sentence
''Live Sentence'' (1984) is the only live album released by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz featuring the band's original line-up. The live concert recorded for the album was performed on 28 January 1984 at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo. In addition to tracks from Alcatrazz's debut album, '' No Parole from Rock 'n" Roll'', the album includes performances by Alcatrazz of songs from the Rainbow album '' Down to Earth'' recorded and released when Graham Bonnet, Alcatrazz's singer and primary lyricist, was the lead singer of Rainbow. According to ''Billboard'', the album spent 16 weeks on the chart and peaked at No. 133. Track listings *The song "Kree Nakoorie" was edited down to 6:52 for the album release, the song actually ran 11:13 long at the show. On the album the song ends when the crowd cheers, but at the concert there was an additional 4:21 guitar solo ending with Yngwie J. Malmsteen making his guitar sound like a spaceship taking off. This extended version of the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vai
Steven Siro Vai (; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, and the Experience Hendrix tour, as well as headlining international tours. Vai has been described as a "highly individualistic player" and part of a generation of "heavy rock and metal virtuosi who came to the fore in the 1980s". He released his first solo album ''Flex-Able'' in 1984, while his most successful release, ''Passi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disturbing The Peace (album)
''Disturbing the Peace'' is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz, and is the only one featuring Steve Vai on guitar. The album remained for 7 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 145. The album was re-released in 2001 as Vol.02 of Steve Vai's '' The Secret Jewel Box'' and as a remastered, expanded version with a different cover in 2013 on Polish label Metal Mind. Track listing All songs by Graham Bonnet and Steve Vai, except where noted. ;Side one #"God Blessed Video" - 3:30 #"Mercy" (Bonnet, Vai, Jimmy Waldo, Gary Shea, Jan Uvena) - 4:22 #"Will You Be Home Tonight" (Bonnet, Vai, Waldo) - 5:03 #"Wire and Wood" - 3:29 #"Desert Diamond" - 4:20 ;Side two #"Stripper" - 3:52 #"Painted Lover" - 3:23 #"Lighter Shade of Green" nstrumental(Vai) - 0:46 #"Sons and Lovers" - 3:37 #"Skyfire" - 3:54 #"Breaking the Heart of the City" - 4:59 ;2011 Expanded Edition Disc 2, previously unreleased live album Recorded October 10, 1984, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Uvena
Jannaro "Jan" Uvena (born August 29, 1950) is an American musician, best known for playing drums with a number of notable rock bands, including Alice Cooper's backing band, Iron Butterfly, Alcatrazz, and Signal. Uvena retired from the music business in 2000 and, as of 2016, manages a U.S. Cellular store in Walpole, Massachusetts. Discography with Bonnie Pointer *''Bonnie Pointer'' (1979) with Pipedream *''Pipedream'' (1979) with Alice Cooper *''Zipper Catches Skin'' (1982) with Alcatrazz *''No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll'' (1983) *''Live Sentence ''Live Sentence'' (1984) is the only live album released by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz featuring the band's original line-up. The live concert recorded for the album was performed on 28 January 1984 at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo. In ...'' (1984) *''Metallic Live '84'' VHS (1984) *'' Disturbing the Peace'' (1985) *''Power Live '85'' VHS (1985) *'' Dangerous Games'' (1986) *''Live '83'' (2010) *''Live In Japan 1984 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Parole From Rock 'n' Roll
''No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll'' is the first album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz led by veteran singer Graham Bonnet, released in 1983. It spent seven weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 128. The album precipitated guitarist's Yngwie Malmsteen solo career, and is most famous for the single "Island in the Sun". Track listing ;Side one #"Island in the Sun" ''(Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimmy Waldo, Graham Bonnet)'' - 3:55 #"General Hospital" ''(Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet)'' - 4:49 #"Jet to Jet" ''(Bonnet, Malmsteen)'' - 4:27 #"Hiroshima Mon Amour" ''(Bonnet, Malmsteen)'' - 4:00 #"Kree Nakoorie" ''(Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet)'' - 6:10 ;Side two #"Incubus" ''(Malmsteen)'' - 1:24 (instrumental) #"Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" ''(Bonnet, Malmsteen)'' - 4:20 #"Big Foot" ''(Bonnet, Malmsteen)'' - 4:06 #"Starcarr Lane" ''(Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet)'' - 3:53 #"Suffer Me" ''(Bonnet, Malmsteen)'' - 4:16 ;2011 & 2015 Reissue bonus tracks (instrumental demos) #" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doogie White
Douglas "Doogie" White (born 7 March 1960) is a Scottish rock vocalist who currently sings for La Paz and Alcatrazz. He has also notably sung for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Praying Mantis and Tank. Early life and career White was born in Motherwell. He formed La Paz with guitarist Chic McSherry in 1984, playing around Scotland for four years and releasing two albums on cassette, before in 1988 joining melodic rock combo Midnight Blue, cutting one album (released on Zero Records exclusively in Japan). A trip to Japan in 1991 singing with Praying Mantis in a NWOBHM revival tour followed.Perkins, Jeff (2011) ''Rainbow – Uncensored on the Record'', Coda Books Career Rainbow After a demo tape forwarded to Ritchie Blackmore's management sat in a box for a few years, Candice Night discovered it and presented it to Blackmore when he was looking for singers to audition for Rainbow. Consequently, White was asked to audition for Rainbow, subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Burr
Clive Ronald Burr (8 March 1957 – 13 March 2013) was an English drummer. He was a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1982. Career Previously a member of Samson, Burr joined Iron Maiden in 1979. Auditioning and joining upon the recommendation of then-Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton, Burr played on their first three records: ''Iron Maiden'', '' Killers'' and their breakthrough release '' The Number of the Beast'', the last of which was the Maiden debut of Bruce Dickinson. Burr was fired from the band in 1982 during The Beast on the Road tour. He was replaced by the band's current drummer, Nicko McBrain. Burr co-wrote one song on ''The Number of the Beast'', "Gangland", and another song, "Total Eclipse", that was cut from the album and showed up as the B-side of the "Run to the Hills" single, and later on the ''Number of the Beast'' remastered CD re-release. Burr also appeared on "The Number of the Beast", "Run to the Hills" and "Women in Uniform" (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Loomis
Jeff Loomis (born September 14, 1971) is an American musician, best known for his role as lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Nevermore during its existence from 1991 to 2011, as well as brief tenures in its precursor, Sanctuary (band), Sanctuary. In 2014, he joined Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and in 2021 he joined Alcatrazz, Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz as well. As a solo artist he has released two albums and one EP. Biography Early days Loomis got his first instrument at nine or ten years old, but did not start practicing seriously until around the age of 15.Metal-Rules.com, ''Nevermore Interview with Jeff Loomis'' aMetal-Rules.com last accessed April 28, 2007. As a teenager in Wisconsin he played in a handful of cover bands and three death metal bands before joining more established bands.Jeffloomis.com, ''Bio'' aJeffloomis.com; last accessed May 26, 2007.Jeffloomis.com, ''Discography'' a; last accessed May 26, 2007. Guitarists whose style influenced Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
