''Exit Elvis'' is the first and only album by

Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was the first tribe to take its place in the Land of Israel, occupying the southern ...

. It was the first full-length album by

Gary Cherone Gary Francis Caine Cherone ( ; born July 26, 1961) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Cherone is known for his work as the lead vocalist of the Boston rock group Extreme and Van Halen. He has also released solo recordings. In 2007, he ...

after leaving

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. The sound of the album is described as a mix between

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and

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with a major use of keyboards and synthesizers. The album also features former Extreme members

Pat Badger Patrick John Badger, (born July 22, 1967, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist in the band Extreme. He has also performed in groups like Daemon, In The Pink, Super Trans Atlantic, Tri ...

(bass) and

Mike Mangini Michael Anthony Mangini (born April 18, 1963) is an American musician and current drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He has also played for bands and artists such as Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai. Be ...

(drums). At least one track, "Left for Dead", was written by Cherone while in Van Halen, to be used in VH's next album with him (which never happened due to Cherone's departure).

Track listing

# "Left for Dead" – 4:01 # "No One" – 3:20 # "East of Paradise" – 4:06 # "Thanks for Nothing" – 3:58 # "Celibate" – 3:49 # "Ambiguous Headdress" – 5:10 # "In My Dreams" – 3:34 # "2+2" – 0:42 # "Suspension of Disbelief" – 3:16 # "My Utopia (Anthropolemic)" – 3:15 # "Exit Elvis" – 6:35

Personnel

– lead vocals *

– bass (1, 2, 4, 9, 11) *

– drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11) *Leo Mellace – guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11) *Tim Bissonnette – guitar (1, 5, 7, 9, 10) *Markus Cherone – guitar (5, 7, 10) *Mangone – acoustic guitar (3) * Steve Ferlazzo – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10) and programming (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) *Steve Catizone – keyboards, programming & production (2, 3, 6, 11) *Perry Geyer – programming (3, 7, 10) *Kum Kum – bkg. vocal (6) *Kayla Codi – she devil (8) *Lenny Bradford – acoustic bass (11) *Bree Greig – bkg. vocal (11) *Kay Ishibashi – violin (11)

References

{{Authority control 2002 debut albums Tribe of Judah (band) albums Spitfire Records albums