Michael Chetwynd Slamer is a British guitarist.

Biography

Slamer started his career playing in the UK prog-rock band City Boy. Since then, he has worked as a staff composer for various movies and TV series, has been a session guitarist for numerous

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, and played in several bands. He provided the guitar solos on Warrant's first two albums, ''

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'' and '' Cherry Pie''. He also contributed two solos on a Kix record. The songs were “Scarlet Fever” and “Walking Away.” He at different times cooperated with two members of the

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band

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. With Steve Walsh he formed

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, and with

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he created the band

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. Streets released two albums on the Atlantic label, ''1st'' (1983) and ''Crimes in Mind'' (1985). A live Streets album was released on the BMG label in 1997 and features a concert for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show from 1983. Slamer was also credited as a co-writer for the Kansas song "Refugee" from ''

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'' (2016). Slamer has also released two albums with the group Steelhouse Lane, plus a solo album entitled ''Nowhere Land'', with former Strangeways member Terry Brock on vocals (2006). Slamer released an album entitled ''Devil's Hand'' with

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vocalist Andrew Freeman (December 2018).

Discography

with City Boy

*1976: '' City Boy'' *1977: ''Dinner at the Ritz'' *1977: ''

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'' *1978: ''Book Early'' *1979: ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' *1980: ''Heads Are Rolling'' *1981: ''It's Personal'' *2001: ''Anthology'' (compilation)

with Streets

*1983: '' 1st'' *1985: ''

Crimes in Mind ''Crimes in Mind'' is a 1985 album by Streets. Track listing Personnel * Steve Walsh - synthesizer, keyboard, lead vocals *Tim Gehrt - percussion, drums, vocals *Billy Greer - bass, vocals *Mike Slamer - guitar The guitar is a fretted ...

'' *1997: ''

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Streets ''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Streets'' is a 1983 recording of a Streets concert. The album features Streets live on their first tour, which was in support of the debut album on Atlantic Records. While the band featured the familiar voice ...

'' or ''

Live-Shakedown ''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Streets'' is a 1983 recording of a Streets concert. The album features Streets live on their first tour, which was in support of the debut album on Atlantic Records. While the band featured the familiar voice ...

with Steelhouse Lane

*1998: ''Metallic Blue'' ( Avex Trax) (guitar) *1999: ''Slaves of the New World'' (Escape Music Ltd.) (producer, guitar)

Chris Thompson and Mike Slamer

*2001: ''Won't Lie Down'' (CD) (guitar)

with Seventh Key

*2001: ''Seventh Key'' (with Billy Greer) (CD) (producer, guitar) *2004: ''The Raging Fire'' (with Billy Greer) (CD) *2005: ''Seventh Key Live in Atlanta'' (with Billy Greer) (CD and DVD) *2013: ''I Will Survive'' (with Billy Greer) (CD)

with Devil's Hand

*2018: ''Devil's Hand'' (with Andrew Freeman) (CD) (producer, guitar)

Album credits

;Kix *1985: ''Midnite Dynamite'' (guitar) ;Angry Anderson *1990: ''Blood from Stone'' (CD) (guitar) ;Steve Walsh *2000: ''Glossolalia'' (CD) (guitar) ;Terry Brock *2010: ''Diamond Blue'' (CD) (producer, guitar)

As solo artist (Slamer)

*2006: ''Nowhere Land'' (Frontiers Records)

References

External links

Official website

Myspace
profile for Mike Slamer
Radio interview
with Mike Slamer about his time with City Boy (August 2006)
"Nowhere Land – Slamer"
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