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Starbreaker (band)
Starbreaker is a heavy metal/hard rock band signed on Frontiers Records. The band has released three full-length studio albums. Band history Starbreaker started as vocalist Tony Harnell's side project while he was still in TNT, after recording the TNT album ''All the Way to the Sun'' in 2005. Initially, Harnell was working on a solo record, but with guitarist Magnus Karlsson, former TNT drummer John Macaluso, and bassist Fabrizio Grossi, they formed the new band Starbreaker, rather than a Harnell solo project. The band recorded its first self-titled studio album in 2005, and it was released on July 13, 2005. After the release of the album, Harnell went back to being the lead vocalist of TNT, but left the band in April 2006 to spend some more time with his family while still writing songs. In late 2007, with Starbreaker as his main musical project, he flew to Sweden to write the bulk of the songs for the new album with Karlsson, and started recording the new songs at the end of ...
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Magnus Karlsson (musician)
Magnus Karlsson (born 26 November 1973) is a Swedish heavy metal songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is currently a session musician and songwriter of the band Primal Fear, as well as for other projects like his own ''Free Fall''. Biography Magnus attended school to study classical guitar when he was 10 years old. Later on he was very much into "The New Wave of British Heavy Metal" of bands such as Iron Maiden, Dio, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. His influences as a guitarist were Steve Morse, Steve Vai and Allan Holdsworth. He has played in various metal and fusion bands early on and developed a style which mixes metal and folk music. His first critically acclaimed musical project was with the band Last Tribe, which has released three full-length albums. In 2004, Magnus started to work as a session musician in a project put together by Frontiers Records, which had the intention to have two acclaimed heavy metal vocalists singing together as a due ...
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Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. By the time Hansen quit Helloween in 1989 to form Gamma Ray, the band had evolved into a five-piece, with Michael Kiske taking over as lead vocalist. Schwichtenberg and Kiske both parted ways with Helloween in 1993; Schwichtenberg died two years later as the result of suicide. Between then and 2016, there had been numerous line-up changes, leaving Grosskopf and Weikath as the only remaining original members. As a septet, their current lineup includes four-fifths of the '' Keeper of the Seven Keys: Parts I'' and '' II''-era (1987–1988) lineup, featuring three additional members, vocalist Andi Deris (who had replaced Kiske in 1994), guitarist Sascha Gerstner and drummer Daniel Löble. Since its incepti ...
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Pretty Maids
Pretty Maids is a Danish hard rock/Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Horsens. Formed in 1981 by Ken Hammer, and completed with Ronnie Atkins in 1982, their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis on melody. Over the years, Pretty Maids have sold hundreds of thousands of records, but have never broken through in a major way, except in Japan during the 1990s. They have supported well known bands such as Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, and Saxon (band), Saxon, and were also featured at the 1987 Germany, German version of Monsters of Rock, where Metallica headlined along with Deep Purple. After a prolonged international touring hiatus before the release of the 2006 ''Wake Up to the Real World'' album, the band have every year since been touring their primary markets of Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany and Japan. History 1980s Pretty Maids were formed in 1981 by friends Ken Hammer and John Jacobsen i ...
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Love's Dying Wish
''Love's Dying Wish'' is the second full-length studio album by Tony Harnell led heavy metal band Starbreaker, released on August 1, 2008. It is the follow-up to their self-titled debut album from 2005. The line-up on this album is the same except Jonni Lightfoot who replaced Fabrizio Grossi on bass. Tony Harnell has stated in an interview that "the album is a lot more aggressive than the first one". Track listing # "End of Alone" - 4:24 # "Evaporate" - 4:00 # "Love's Dying Wish" - 4:07 # "Unknown Superstar" - 4:24 # "Hide" - 4:18 # "Building a Wall" - 4:33 # "Beautiful Disaster" - 4:09 # "Live Your Life" - 4:00 # "Hello, Are You Listening?" - 3:54 # "Changes Me" - 4:41 # "The Day Belongs to Us" - 4:41 # "This Close" - 5:06 Personnel *Tony Harnell - lead vocals * Magnus Karlsson - guitars, keyboards, piano *Jonni Lightfoot - bass *John Macaluso John Macaluso (born January 21, 1968) is an American drummer who has played for bands such as Ark, TNT, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Bo ...
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Starbreaker (album)
''Starbreaker'' is the self-titled debut album of the Tony Harnell-led heavy metal music, heavy metal band Starbreaker (band), Starbreaker, released on March 21, 2005, while Harnell was still in TNT (Norwegian band), TNT. Track listing # "Die for You" - 4:31 # "Lies" - 5:25 # "Break My Bones" - 4:25 # "Crushed" - 4:36 # "Days of Confusion" - 4:23 # "Transparent" - 4:34 # "Light at the End of the World" - 3:59 # "Cradle to the Grave" - 3:54 # "Underneath a Falling Sky" - 4:26 # "Turn It Off" - 4:09 # "Dragonfly" [Instrumental] - 4:09 # "Save Yourself" - 3:52 # "Days of Confusion" [Acoustic] - 3:44 Personnel * Tony Harnell – lead vocals * Magnus Karlsson (musician), Magnus Karlsson – guitars, keyboards * Fabrizio Grossi – bass * John Macaluso – drums, percussion References

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All The Way To The Sun
''All the Way to the Sun'' is the ninth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. The album was first rumoured to be on the heavy side of TNT, but came out in the end as a more straight forward pop rock album. It did not get as many positive reviews as '' My Religion'' but was still regarded as a fairly good TNT album. It also sold less than the previous album. The band toured Norway to support the release as well as shows in Sweden, the UK and in Spain where they recorded what became '' Live in Madrid'' before Tony Harnell left the band for professional and personal reasons. "Driving" has been played before several major car races in the USA. Track listing # "A Fix" - 4:04 # "Too Late" - 3:46 # "Driving" - 4:05 # "Me and I" - 3:43 # "Sometimes" - 4:09 # "All the Way to the Sun" - 5:04 # "What a Wonderful World" - 3:04 # "The Letter" - 4:02 # "Mastic Pines" - 1:25 # "Black Butterfly" - 2:59 # "Save Your Love" - 3:58 # "Ready To Fly" - 4:36 # "Get What You Give" - 4:36 ( ...
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John Macaluso
John Macaluso (born January 21, 1968) is an American drummer who has played for bands such as Ark, TNT, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Born in Commack, New York, Macaluso started playing drums at age 11. He has recorded over 200 records and played multiple world tours. He also runs clinics and teaches others. Biography Education John Macaluso began his studies with his friend and mentor, Joe Franco (Good Rats), of whom Macaluso says, "his playing and teaching changed my life". He later began instruction under Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs), Dom Famularo and Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne). At the age of 18, he left his hometown for California to attend the Percussion Institute of Technology, where he studied under Ralph Humphrey ( Frank Zappa), Casey Schuerelle, and Joey Heredia. That same year, Macaluso was hired for his first tour, and recorded with guitarist Paul Hansen in Germany. Early career Soon after John's first recording session, he met guitarist Alex Masi, who he went on to t ...
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Tony Harnell
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