Bruno Ravel (born May 1, 1964) is a bassist and guitarist, best known for playing in the band
Danger Danger
Danger Danger is an American glam metal band formed in Queens, New York, in 1987.
History
Danger Danger was formed in 1987 by former Hotshot members lead vocalist Mike Pont, bassist Bruno Ravel (born 1964), and drummer Steve West (born 1 ...
in which he is the main composer.
Before Danger Danger, Ravel was in the band Hotshot, along with original Danger Danger lead vocalist
Mike Pont and Danger Danger drummer
Steve West. Ravel originally played with
White Lion
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but was frustrated by a lack of compositional input.
In Danger Danger, Ravel started out as a bassist, but after the departure of guitarist
Andy Timmons
Andy Timmons (born July 26, 1963) is an American guitarist who has played in the bands Taylor Bay Band, Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, and Andy Timmons Band (ATB). He has also released several solo albums and has worked as a session guitarist.
H ...
, he also played guitar for a while. Guitarist
Rob Marcello
Robert Marcello (born Robert Wendelstam Lovbom, September 9, 1977, Örebro, Sweden) is a neoclassical metal, rock and jazz/fusion guitar player who replaced Andy Timmons as the lead guitarist of the band Danger Danger in 2003. Kee Marcello, his ...
has since taken up the guitar spot in Danger Danger.
Ravel guested as a backing vocalist on
Warrant's ''
Cherry Pie'' album.
He also guested on TNT's ''All the Way to the Sun'' and ''My Religion''. In 1998, Ravel played in the 1998 tour with German singer
Nena
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. One show from the tour is available on CD, ''
Nena Live'' (Polydor).
Ravel had a side band, Westworld which released four albums between 1998 and 2002.
American heavy metal guitarists
American heavy metal bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
Danger Danger members
Living people
1964 births
American male guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
White Lion members
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