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Jeff Martin (American Musician)
Jeffery Louis Martin is an American musician, singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Racer X, Bad Dog, Surgical Steel and St. Michael and played drums for the bands Badlands, the Michael Schenker Group, Blindside Blues Band, Red Sea, St. Michael and The Electric Fence, a side project with Paul Gilbert and Russ Parrish. Jeff Martin played drums for Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Dokken, and P.K. Mitchell. Martin played drums in Surgical Steel before switching to lead vocals and was the drummer/lead vocalist for St. Michael, both Phoenix, AZ-based bands. He released a lone solo album in 2006, ''The Fool'', featuring the guitar talents of Paul Gilbert and Michael Schenker and has also sung backing vocals for Judas Priest and The Scream. Martin appeared in the 1985 movie '' Thunder Alley'', starring Leif Garrett, with his band Surgical Steel. Discography Solo * ''The Fool'' (2006) with Racer X * '' Street Lethal'' (1986) * ''Second Heat'' (1987) * ''Extreme Volume Live'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dokken
Dokken is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and " Burning Like a Flame", and have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide."Dokken Rhymes with Rockin' - 2002 Interview" Issue Forty-Nine. inmusicwetrust.com, June 2002. Accessed April 9, 2009. The live album '''' was nominated for the inaugural |
Thunder Alley (1985 Film)
''Thunder Alley'' is a 1985 American drama film written and directed by J. S. Cardone and starring Leif Garrett, Roger Wilson, Jill Schoelen, Scott McGinnis, Cindy Eilbacher and Clancy Brown. The film was released on August 1, 1985, by The Cannon Group, Inc. Plot Arizona youth Richie, lives on his dad's farm helping him with his cotton crops. When in town running an errand for his father, he runs into Lorraine the girlfriend of his long time best friend Donnie. She tells him that Donnie's band is currently auditioning to play at a club in town. Richie goes to the club to hear them as they just brought in a new guitar player as Richie is a guitar player as well. The club owner gives them two nights the following week. Donnie tells Richie that he should be playing for them. Richie and Donnie go out that night to THE club in town, The Palace, to check out the band playing there "Surgical Steel", an actual Phoenix metal band featuring future Racer X singer Jeff Martin and Badland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Clubs (album)
''King of Clubs'' is the debut solo album by Paul Gilbert formerly of the heavy metal band Racer X and the hard rock band Mr. Big. Track listing All songs written by Paul Gilbert except where noted. # "Champagne" – 3:20 # "Vinyl" – 3:36 # "Girls Who Can Read Your Mind" – 3:30 # "I'm Just In Love" – 1:56 # " The Jig" (Instrumental) – 2:24 (J. S. Bach) # "Girlfriend's Birthday" – 2:59 # "Bumblebee" – 4:22 # "Streetlights" – 4:57 # "My Naomi" – 4:21 # "Double Trouble" – 3:07 # "Million Dollar Smile" – 2:19 # "The Jam" (Instrumental) – 19:35 # "I Do" 2:59 *Track 5 arranged by Paul Gilbert. *Track 13 only available on the Japan release of the album. Musicians * Paul Gilbert – vocals, guitars, piano, organ, bass guitar, tambourine and drums on track 4 * Pat Torpey Patrick Allan Torpey (December 13, 1953 – February 7, 2018) was an American drummer and singer, best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Mr. Big. As well as playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusk (Badlands Album)
''Dusk'' is the third and final studio album by the band Badlands. The album was originally a collection of demos recorded in 1992–1993 to be submitted to their label, Atlantic Records. The demo tracks were released posthumously on December 15, 1998 in Japan on Pony Canyon. A European release on UK-based Z Records, with different artwork, followed in 2000. The song "Lord Knows" was originally written and demoed for the first Badlands record, but ultimately left off the album. The song "The River" was re-recorded by Greg Chaisson for his 1994 solo album ''It's About Time'' with Rob Lamothe of the Riverdogs on lead vocals. Guitarist Jake E. Lee would re-use the main riff in "Sun Red Sun" for the song "Blood Provider" and the main riff in "Walking Attitude" for the song "The Key", demoed with his post-Badlands group, Wicked Alliance, which featured World War III vocalist Mandy Lion and future Korn drummer Ray Luzier. After leaving Badlands and moving back to the East Coast, voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voodoo Highway
''Voodoo Highway'' is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Badlands. After their first album, drummer Eric Singer left the band to join KISS, and was replaced by drummer Jeff Martin, who had previously sung lead vocals in the bands Surgical Steel and Racer X. Bassist Greg Chaisson was instrumental in getting his friend Jeff Martin the gig with Badlands. They had earlier played in the Phoenix, AZ bands Surgical Steel and St. Michael together and teamed up again in the Blindside Blues Band and RedSea following the demise of Badlands. The song "Joe's Blues" is named after then Terriff and future Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Joe Holmes who worked as a guitar tech for Jake E Lee during the recording of ''Voodoo Highway''. Ray Gillen briefly joined Holmes in Terriff after leaving Badlands in 1992. In 2005, American Idol star Bo Bice made the second to last round with his a cappella rendition of the album's closing track, "In a Dream". He lost the season to Carrie Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowball Of Doom 2
''Official Bootleg: Snowball of Doom 2'' is a double album released by Racer X. It is the band's fourth live album, and was recorded in Japan. It was initially released alongside ''Getting Heavier''. __NOTOC__ Track listing Disc one #"Superheroes" #"Phallic Tractor" #"Fire Of Rock" #"The Executioner's Song" #"King of the Monsters" #"Dead Man's Shoes" #"Sunlit Nights" #"Into the Night" #"Y.R.O. (and guitar solo)" #"Let the spirit Fly" #"Waiting" Disc two #"Hammer Away" #"Bass Solo" (John Alderete) #"Miss Mistreater" #"That Hormone Thing" #"Scarified" #"Drum Solo" (Scott Travis) #"Motor Man" Personnel * Jeff Martin - vocals *Paul Gilbert - guitar *John Alderete - bass guitar *Scott Travis Mark Scott Travis (born September 6, 1961) is an American metal musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and the supergroup Elegant Weapons. He was also a longtime member ... - drums External links Official Racer X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getting Heavier (album)
''Getting Heavier'' is Racer X's fifth and final studio album, and their final album before their hiatus. Track listing Personnel * Jeff Martin – vocals * Paul Gilbert – guitars * John Alderete – bass *Scott Travis Mark Scott Travis (born September 6, 1961) is an American metal musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and the supergroup Elegant Weapons. He was also a longtime member ... – drums External links Official Racer X website {{Authority control Racer X (band) albums 2002 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowball Of Doom
''Live at the Whisky: Snowball of Doom'' is the third live album by Racer X. It was recorded on May 25, 2001 at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California at Racer X's first live concert since their hiatus. The concert was also recorded and released on DVD. Track listing #"17th Moon" #"Into the Night" #"Let the Spirit Fly" #"Street Lethal" #"Dead Man's Shoes" #"Scarified" #"Getaway" #"Snakebite" #"Hammer Away" #"Evil Joe" #"Phallic Tractor" #"Fire of Rock" #"O.H.B." #"Godzilla" ( Blue Öyster Cult Cover) Personnel * Jeff Martin - vocals *Paul Gilbert - guitar *John Alderete - bass guitar *Scott Travis Mark Scott Travis (born September 6, 1961) is an American metal musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy and the supergroup Elegant Weapons. He was also a longtime member ... - drums Additional credits * ''Godzilla'' written by Blue Öyster Cult External links Official Racer X website {{Racer X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superheroes (Racer X Album)
''Superheroes'' is the fourth studio album by Racer X. It was released in Japan under the name "Adventure of Racer X-Men" and distributed by Universal Japan. This album was released on Paul Gilbert's 34th birthday. Track listing Personnel * Jeff Martin – vocals *Paul Gilbert – guitars *John Alderete – bass *Scott Travis – drums Production * William Hames – photography * Bruce Bouillet – mixing * Paul Gilbert – audio production, engineer Trivia * The song "Mad at the World" uses the same chord progression (but in a lower tuning) as "My Kinda Woman" by Mr. Big which was released on '' Lean into It''. * The song "Godzilla" is a cover of Blue Öyster Cult, and includes a brief interpolation of David Bowie's " Fame". * The album was mixed by former Racer X guitar player Bruce Bouillet. * The track "Evil Joe" contains samples from a prank call made by a friend of Gilbert's to Joe Aufricht of the black metal band Satanicon. The call in its entirety appears as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technical Difficulties (Racer X Album)
''Technical Difficulties'' is the third studio album by heavy metal band Racer X, released on December 8, 1999 through Mercury Records (Japan), and on April 25, 2000 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Mascot Records (Europe). The album's title track evolved from the introductory song "Metal Dog" on guitarist Paul Gilbert's 1994 instructional video ''Terrifying Guitar Trip''; it later appeared in the 2009 video game ''Brütal Legend'', and was covered by cellist duo 2Cellos on their 2012 album '' In2ition'', for which they also shot a promotional video. on . Retrieved 2014-05-05. "B.R.O." stands for " |
Extreme Volume II Live
''Extreme Volume II Live'' is the second live album by Racer X, released by Shrapnel Records. Although it succeeds the release of ''Extreme Volume Live'' by four years, the songs on the album were actually recorded at the same time. At the time of the album's release, Racer X was on hiatus. Track listing All songs written by Paul Gilbert and Jeff Martin except where noted. #"Hammer Away" – 4:10 #"Poison Eyes" – 4:04 #"Heart of a Lion" ( K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton) – 4:36 ( Judas Priest cover) #" Moonage Daydream" (David Bowie) – 3:17 (David Bowie cover) #"Sunlit Nights" ( Bruce Bouillet, Gilbert, Martin) – 4:04 #"Give It to Me" – 3:07 #"On the Loose" – 3:02 #"Rock It" – 5:10 #"Detroit Rock City" (Bob Ezrin, Paul Stanley) – 5:20 (Kiss cover) Personnel ;Racer X * Jeff Martin – vocals * Paul Gilbert – guitars * Bruce Bouillet – guitars * John Alderete – bass *Scott Travis – drums ;Production *Ron Bloom, Andy Delena – producers, engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme Volume Live
''Extreme Volume Live'' is the first live album by the American heavy metal band Racer X. It features solos from four members of the band. It was recorded at The Country Club in Reseda, California. Track listing Personnel ;Racer X * Jeff Martin – vocals * Paul Gilbert – lead guitar and rhythm guitar * Bruce Bouillet – lead guitar and rhythm guitar * John Alderete – bass guitar *Scott Travis – drums ;Production *Ron Bloom, Ricky Delena –producers, engineers *Judd Levison – production management, assistant engineer (TMF Communications, Toluca Lake, CA) *Steve Fontano – additional production with Racer X, mixing at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California *George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California *Mike Varney Mike Varney is an American record producer and music publisher. He is the founder of the Shrapnel Label Group, which includes Shrapnel Records, Tone Center Records, and Blues Bureau International. He also h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
