Gregg Giuffria (born July 28, 1951) is an American rock musician and businessman. He was the keyboardist for AOR bands

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, and Giuffria.

Career

Giuffria is originally from

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, graduating from high school in 1969. A talented keyboardist, he played in several local bands including The Telstars and Flower Power (who released several singles on the Tune Kel label), he moved to the US West Coast where in the mid 1970s he joined

. After the band broke up in 1981 Giuffria put together his own band, Giuffria, with vocalist

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, guitarist

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, bassist Chuck Wright, and drummer Alan Krigger, and achieved some success with their first eponymous album and first single "Call to the Heart," which made the Top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The band broke up after the commercial failure of their next album "Silk and Steel" in 1986. Giuffria then put together the

with the help of

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' Gene Simmons and signed to Simmons' label. The first album ''

'', was released in 1988 and experienced a modest amount of commercial success with the single "I Wanna Be Loved". However, this success was not consolidated as the band were unwilling to tour. Gregg was also the CEO of the Las Vegas-based Outland Development LLC, that designed and built gaming machines and theme park attractions, and was president of casino operator

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from 1998 to 2000. He is also co-owner of the

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Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, along with partners Roy Anderson III and David Ross. Gregg now lives in California.

Discography

With Angel

* ''

'' (1975) * '' Helluva Band'' (1976) * '' On Earth as It Is in Heaven'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

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(1979) * '' Live Without a Net'' (1980)

With Giuffria

* '' Giuffria'' (1984) * ''Gotcha! OST'' (1985) * '' Silk and Steel'' (1986) * ''Giuffria III'' (''unreleased'') (1987)

With House of Lords

* ''

'' (1988) * '' Sahara'' (1990) * ''

Demons Down ''Demons Down'' is the third studio album by House of Lords, released on April 7, 1992. It was recorded with founding members James Christian and Gregg Giuffria playing with a reformed band line-up, and was the last album before the band's brea ...

'' (1992) * '' World Upside Down'' as guest keyboardist (2006)

References

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