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Bobby Rondinelli
Robert Rondinelli (born July 27, 1955) is a rock drummer best known for his work with the hard rock/ heavy metal bands Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, The Lizards, The Handful, and Rondinelli. In July 2013, Rondinelli was announced as the new drummer for the Axel Rudi Pell band, replacing previous drummer Mike Terrana Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, Canada, after which he recorded and toured with other bands, playing m .... Rondinelli has played on subsequent albums and tours, and remains with the band at time of writing (February 2016). Equipment Rondinelli plays Ludwig drums, Attack drumheads, and Paiste cymbals. Drums: Ludwig: Rondinelli plays on a standard size Ludwig set that usually comprises a bass, snare, rack tom, and two floor toms, although he may periodically slightly alter his setup depending on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Rainbow (band)
Over the Rainbow were a rock band formed in 2008 by former members of Rainbow (English band), Rainbow, along with Rainbow leader Ritchie Blackmore's son Jürgen (replacing his father on guitar). Members include Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow 1980-1984), Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow 1980-1983), Tony Carey (Rainbow 1975-1977) and Greg Smith (American musician), Greg Smith (Rainbow 1994-1997). There was originally at least one member in the band from every part of Rainbow's career except for the years 1979 to 1980. In late 2009, Carey was replaced by Paul Morris (musician), Paul Morris (Rainbow 1994-1997). They performed songs from all eras of Rainbow's music. Over the Rainbow have not been active since 2011. History In 2008, Carey, Rondinelli, Smith and Turner decided to work together in performing Rainbow music again but agreed that the only legitimate way that this could be accomplished was with a Blackmore on guitar. In 2009, four ex-members Joe Lynn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli, Tony Carey a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straight Between The Eyes
''Straight Between the Eyes'' is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1982. A remastered CD reissue, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release, was released in May 1999. History The band line-up was the same as had recorded the previous year's ''Difficult to Cure'' album, with the exception of David Rosenthal, who replaced Don Airey on keyboards. The title allegedly came from a phrase from Jeff Beck, describing Jimi Hendrix to Blackmore. The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins and Hipgnosis. The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve. In an April 1982 interview with British rock magazine ''Kerrang!'', Blackmore stated of "MISS Mistreated", "Well it's to avoid confusion that the 'Miss' is written three times bigger than the 'mistreated' but I expect we'll have someone who shall remain nameless coming up to us saying 'I wrote that song'!" That someone being David Coverdale, with whom Blackmore ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through The Storm (Riot Album)
''Through the Storm'' is the twelfth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot. It was released on August 26, 2002. It is the only Riot album to feature drummer Bobby Rondinelli, best known for his work with Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Track listing Personnel Band members * Mike DiMeo - lead and backing vocals * Mark Reale - electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, string arrangements, producer * Mike Flyntz - electric guitars, engineer * Pete Perez - bass * Bobby Rondinelli - drums Additional musicians *Yoko Kayumi - violin, violin effects, keyboards *Josh Pincus - keyboards on "Only You Can Rock Me" *Tony Harnell - backing vocals Production *Paul Orofino - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering *Chris Cubeta, Bruno Ravel, Bobby Jarzombek Bobby Jarzombek is an American musician of Polish and German ancestry who is currently the drummer for country music legend George Strait. Bobby also has been a drummer for: vocalist Sebastian Bach, and progressive metal ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riot Band
Riot V, formerly known as Riot, is an American heavy metal band formed in New York City in 1975 by guitarist Mark Reale. Reaching peak in popularity in the early 1980s, the band has continued a long-running successful career. Riot's sound initially started out as straightforward heavy metal, but since their 1988 release ''Thundersteel'', their musical style has shifted a little towards power metal. In 2013, surviving members of the band re-incarnated the band to Riot V, after the death of founding member, guitarist, main songwriter and leader Mark Reale. The group uses a baby seal face as a logo on its album covers. History Early years (1975–1983) Riot was formed in 1975 in New York City, when Kon-Tiki guitarist Mark Reale and drummer Peter Bitelli recruited bassist Phil Feit and vocalist Guy Speranza. The line up recorded a four-track demo, which they hoped would be included in a proposed compilation of new rock bands. While waiting for the project to get off the ground, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Long Day's Night
''A Long Day's Night'' is a live album by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, recorded in Chicago, Illinois, on 21 June 2002. It is so named because that day was 2002's summer solstice, the longest day of the year. The concert was released as a DVD and a CD; the CD does not include seven of the songs included on the DVD-release ("E.T.I.," "Harvester of Eyes," "Flaming Telepaths," "Then Came the Last Days of May," "ME 262" and the encore songs "Dominance and Submission" and "The Red and the Black"), while the CD-release featured "Astronomy", not available on the DVD. In 2004, 10 tracks from this concert were released again as ''Extended Versions: The Encore Collection''. CD track listing #"Stairway to the Stars" ''(Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser, Richard Meltzer)'' – 3:53 #"Burnin' for You" ''(Roeser, Meltzer)'' – 4:39 #"O.D.'d on Life Itself" ''(Eric Bloom, A. Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman)'' – 4:41 #"Dance on Stilts" ''(Roeser, John Shirle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse Of The Hidden Mirror
''Curse of the Hidden Mirror'' is the fourteenth studio album by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in June 5, 2001. The only single from the record was the poorly received "Pocket". Lackluster sales and poor relations led to the band being dropped by their label, Sanctuary Records; as a result, BÖC did not release another studio album for nearly 20 years, until the release of ''The Symbol Remains'' in 2020. The title of the album is taken from a song contained in the unreleased album by the Stalk-Forrest Group, the band that would later become Blue Öyster Cult, recorded in 1970. John Shirley, an author of cyberpunk science fiction, wrote the lyrics for many songs of the album. The song "Out of the Darkness" was originally featured in the 1992 film ''Bad Channels'', which Blue Öyster Cult recorded the soundtrack for, although the song was not included in the soundtrack album for the movie. "Showtime" was originally written and recorded for ''Cultösaurus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCoy (band)
McCoy was a British heavy metal music, heavy metal band from the new wave of British heavy metal era. John McCoy (musician), John McCoy also led his own band under the simple name ''McCoy'' during the 1980s, which has been integrated with members of bands like Iron Maiden, Samson (band), Samson and Gillan (band), Gillan. The band was formed by John McCoy before he went to play in Gillan (band), Gillan. Paul Samson would later form Samson (band), Samson.Unterberger, Richie "[ McCoy - ''Live 1977'' Review]", ''AllMusic'' Discography *''Oh Well (song), Oh Well'' (single), 1983 *''McCoy'', 1983 *''Think Hard'', 1984 *''Think Hard... Again'', 1998 – A compilation of ''Think Hard'' and ''McCoy'' with two additional tracks *''Brainstorm (McCoy album), Brainstorm'', 1999 *''Live 1977 (McCoy album), Live 1977'', 2000 *''Unreal - The Anthology'' (Compilation), 2007 Band members ;First Line-Up *John McCoy (musician), John McCoy – bass guitar *Paul Samson† – lead guitar and vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven Forbid
''Heaven Forbid'' is the thirteenth studio album by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on March 24, 1998. It was the band's first studio album with new material in a decade (not counting the 1992 soundtrack to ''Bad Channels''). American science fiction and horror writer John Shirley wrote lyrics to most of the songs on the album. While he is primarily known as an author for his cyberpunk stories, many of the lyrics on this album revolve around early science fiction and mystery motifs. The album's working title was 'Ezekiel's Wheel,' after the Biblical story that some take to reference an early visitation by UFOs. The album's live song "In Thee" was originally featured on ''Mirrors''. "Still Burnin'" is a sequel to the song "Burnin' for You", which appeared on ''Fire of Unknown Origin''. The inspiration for the alternative cover is Morgan Fairchild. This image also appears on the reverse of the insert, and was originally intended to be the front piece as indicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Red Sun
Sun Red Sun was an American heavy metal project created by guitarist Al B. Romano. It also featured several prominent musicians: vocalists Ray Gillen of Badlands and Black Sabbath, and John West of Artension and Royal Hunt; drummer Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow; bassists Mike Starr of Alice in Chains and John McCoy of Gillan; and lead guitarist Chris Caffery of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Personnel *Vocals: Ray Gillen, John West, Al B. Romano *Guitar: Romano, Chris Caffery *Bass guitar: John McCoy, Mike Starr, Romano *Drums: Mike Sciotto, Bobby Rondinelli Robert Rondinelli (born July 27, 1955) is a rock drummer best known for his work with the hard rock/ heavy metal bands Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, The Lizards, The Handful, and Rondinelli. In July 2013, Rondinelli wa ... Discography ''Sun Red Sun'' References External links * {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1991 Musical groups disestabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Purposes Live
''Cross Purposes Live'' is a boxed set released by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath in March 1995. The set comprised a live album on CD and a VHS tape of a concert recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on Wednesday 13 April 1994, recorded on the band's tour for their Cross Purposes album. The tour was notable for being the first time The Wizard had been played since early 1971, when Ozzy Osbourne was still lead vocalist. It is Black Sabbath's only live album with singer Tony Martin. The CD was housed within an oversized videotape case but had its own inserts and jewel case. Both the original CD and VHS tape are out of print, but an hour long unlicensed DVD was released with nine of the sixteen original video tracks. This release includes the promo videoclip of "Feels Good to Me", from 1990's '' Tyr''. Track listings Personnel * Tony Martin – vocals *Tony Iommi – guitars *Geezer Butler – bass *Geoff Nicholls – keyboards *Bobby Rondinelli Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Purposes
''Cross Purposes'' is the seventeenth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released through I.R.S. Records on 26 January 1994. The album marked the return of Tony Martin as the band's lead vocalist, after the second departure of Ronnie James Dio. Background and recording ''Dehumanizer'' saw the reunion of '' Mob Rules''-era Black Sabbath, but, after the tour, Ronnie James Dio (vocals) and Vinny Appice (drums) departed. They were replaced by former Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin and former Rainbow drummer Bobby Rondinelli. Geezer Butler remained with the group, although he would depart later in the year again before the recording of the '' Forbidden'' album. Rondinelli left the recording sessions for Quiet Riot's album '' Terrified'' to join Black Sabbath. The album was recorded at Monnow Valley Studio, in Wales. Songs Tony Martin explained during the show at Roseland in NYC on February 12, 1995 that "Psychophobia" was about David Koresh, and the Waco, Texas incident. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrified (album)
''Terrified'' is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It is the band's first album in five years, and marks the return of singer Kevin DuBrow after his firing in 1987. It is bassist Kenny Hillery's only studio album with the band, and drummer Bobby Rondinelli plays on several songs. Many of the album's songs were featured in Charles Band's movie ''Dollman vs. Demonic Toys'', with the album itself being released on Moonstone Records, the soundtrack offshoot of Band's film company Full Moon Entertainment. The song "Itchycoo Park" is a cover of the Small Faces' single from 1967. This was not the first time the band had covered a Small Faces song, they had also done covers of their music on their first two albums, which featured Randy Rhoads. This is the first Quiet Riot album released internationally not to feature the production work of Spencer Proffer. In 1994, the album won the American Indie Music Award for the Heavy Metal category. Although the band hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
