The Riverdogs is a rock band, founded in

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in 1989.

Band members

;Current members *Rob Lamothe - vocals, guitars, keyboards (1989–present) *

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- bass, guitars, keyboards (1989–present) *

Vivian Campbell Vivian Patrick Campbell (born 25 August 1962) is a Northern Irish guitarist. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as a member of Dio (band), Dio, and has been a member of Def Leppard since 1992 (replacing Steve Clark after his death). Camp ...

- guitars (1989-1992, 2003–present) *

Marc Danzeisen Marc Stewart Danzeisen (born in Riverside, CA, January 17, 1961) is an American drummer and musician. He is best known for his work with Riverdogs, Gilby Clarke, Little Caesar, his contributions to Def Leppard, and his appearance in the 1995 f ...

- drums (1990-1992, 2003–present) ;Former members *

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- drums (1989-1990) *

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- keyboards, guitars, backing vocals (1989) *Spencer Sercombe - guitars (1989) *Cary Beare - bass, vocals (1992-2003) *Ronnie Ciago - drums (1992-2003)

Recordings

Nick Brophy played as a bass guitarist on ''Riverdogs'' and played as a guitarist on ''Absolutely Live'' and ''Bone'', replacing Vivian Campbell as guitarist, and himself being replaced by Cary Beare on bass guitar.

is now playing in

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and

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. Rob Lamothe was a guest lead vocalist on the song "The River" on former

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bass guitarist

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's solo album ''It's About Time''. Marc Danzeisen also guested on several songs on ''It's About Time'' as a backing vocalist and percussionist. Rob Lamothe and Vivian Campbell have both had solo careers. Marc Danzeisen went on to play drums with Little Caesar in 1992 and then in 1994 he recorded and toured with

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from

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. Danzeisen has become a leading studio drummer along with producing, and writing songs for commercials, TV and film. Keyboardist Kevin Gilbert played keyboards on the song "America" from ''Riverdogs''. Allen DeSilva played drums on the song "America" from ''Riverdogs''. Riverdogs (Rob Lamothe, Vivian Campbell, Nick Brophy and Marc Danzeisen) signed to MelodicRock Records for an album to be released in the first half of 2011. The result, ''World Gone Mad'' features unreleased music from the "lost" 2003 sessions and possibly new songs. A week was spent in Los Angeles working up ideas, and re-mixing and adding new parts to the original songs. Through the latter part of 2016, the Riverdogs were working on an album, recording in Hollywood, CA. The album, ''California'', was released on July 7, 2017.

Discography

*''Riverdogs'' (1990) *''On Air'' (1990) *''Absolutely Live'' (1993) *''Bone'' (1993) *''World Gone Mad'' (2011) *''California'' (2017)

References

{{Authority control Hard rock musical groups from California American blues rock musical groups Musical groups from Los Angeles Musical groups established in 1989 1989 establishments in California