''Refugee'' is the only album by teenaged rock band

Bad4Good Bad4Good was a heavy metal band formed in 1991 by guitarist Steve Vai. The band was a quartet of teenagers, the oldest of whom was 16. The group consisted of guitarist Thomas McRocklin, bassist Zack Young, drummer Brooks Wackerman, and sin ...

, released in August 1992 by

Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mus ...

. The album was produced by

Steve Vai Steven Siro Vai (; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist f ...

. It is currently out of print. The band toured briefly with

Damn Yankees ''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., dur ...

before disbanding in 1993.

Reception

Two months after its release in August, the album hit the '' Billboard'' Heatseekers chart, at #39. It was later deemed to be a "flop" by Interscope.

Track listing

# Nineteen ( Phil Lynott,

Laurence Archer Laurence Archer (born 9 November 1961 in London) is a British guitarist and songwriter notable for his work with British rock bands UFO and Phil Lynott's Grand Slam. He wrote many of Grand Slam's songs together with Phil Lynott and Mark Stanway ...

cover) (3:56) # Curious Intentions (3:49) # Bangin' Time Again (4:27) # Mother of Love (3:54) # Devil in the Angel (4:10) # Rockin' My Body (4:00) # Slow and Beautiful (5:22) # Tyre Kickin' (Ya Makin' Me Nervous) (6:04) # Terminate (4:23) # Nothin' Great About A Heartache (4:29) # We're Gonna Fight (4:10) # I Want Everything (4:18) # Felony (3:18)

Personnel

Danny Cooksey Daniel Ray Allen Cooksey Jr. (born November 2, 1975) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in television shows, such as ''Diff'rent Strokes'' (during the final three seasons), '' The Cavanaughs'', '' Xiaolin Showdown' ...

- Lead Vocals *

Thomas McRocklin Thomas McLaughlin (born September 20, 1979), better known by his stage name McRocklin, is an English guitar player, music producer and mastering engineer. He was the guitarist featured in Steve Vai's music video "The Audience is Listening" (19 ...

- Lead Guitar * Zach Young - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals *

Brooks Wackerman Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in 2015. His first album with Avenged Sevenfold was '' The Stage'' (2016). He is most known as ...

- Drums *

Michael Bower Anthony Michael Ray Bower (born February 12, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie "Donkeylips" Gelfen on the television program ''Salute Your Shorts'', which aired from 1991 to 1992 on Nickelodeon and for which he won a Yo ...

Background Vocals Tracks 5,7,11,12,13 *

Blake Sennett Blake Sennett (born September 22, 1976) is an American musician and actor who served as the lead guitarist for indie rock band Rilo Kiley, as well as the lead singer/lead guitarist for his alt-rock side project the Elected. Until 2017 he led Nigh ...

Background Vocals Tracks 5,7,11,12,13

Singles

Nineteen

References

1992 debut albums Bad4Good albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub