''When Pigs Fly'' is a

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Brian Vollmer Brian Vollmer (born June 30, 1955) is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Since the band's inception in 1974, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to ''de facto'' leader of the band, weathering numero ...

, lead vocalist of the

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heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1999 and features ex-Helix and current

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My Wicked Twin My Wicked Twin are a Canadian hard rock band from Kitchener, Ontario that formed in 2008. They have their genesis in an earlier band called Brent Doerner's Decibel. Revamped as My Wicked Twin, they now consist of Brent Doerner of Helix and his ...

drummer Brian Doerner. It was released under the band name Vollmer and is Brian Vollmer's only solo release to date. It was Vollmer's first studio album since Helix's 1993 release ''

It's a Business Doing Pleasure ''It's A Business Doing Pleasure'' was the eighth Helix studio album and tenth album altogether. It was their only release on Aquarius Records. ''It's A Business Doing Pleasure'' followed the death of lead guitarist Paul Hackman and the departur ...

''. There would be a five-year gap between ''When Pigs Fly'' and Vollmer's next studio release, Helix's ''

Rockin' in My Outer Space ''Rockin' in My Outer Space'' is a CD released by hard rock/ heavy metal band Helix on May 24, 2004. It is Helix' 9th full-length studio album, and 15th official album release. It is also their first studio album since 1993's ''It's a Business ...

'' from 2004.

Track listing

# "I'm a Live Frankenstein" # "Life of the Party (But Now He's Dead!!)" # "King of the Hill" # "Stumblin' Blind" # "Pissed Off" # "X-Ray Eyes" # "F.u.g.l.y." # "When Pigs Fly" # "Good Times Don't Get Better Than This" Track 1 was later released in remixed and overdubbed form on the Helix CD '' Never Trust Anyone Over 30''.
Tracks 3 and 4 were later released in remixed and overdubbed forms on the Helix CD ''

''.
Track 9 was later used as end credit music on the Helix DVD '' 30 Years of Helix''.

Credits

Executive Producer:

Produced by

Dan Brodbeck Dan Brodbeck is a Canadian record producer, recording engineer/mixer and recording engineering professor based in London, Ontario. Production and engineering career Throughout the 1990s Brodbeck owned dB Recording Studios in London, Ontario. Durin ...

Engineered by Dan Burns
Recorded at DB Studios,

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Canada.

Vollmer

- lead vocals
Bill Gadd - lead guitar
Tony Palleschi - bass guitar
Brian Doerner - drums

Additional Musicians

Christine Newland -

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on track 4
Mel Martin -

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on track 4

Videos

"I'm a Live Frankenstein" was filmed and released as a

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. Helix videography
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Ray Lyell Ray Lyell (born 1962 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and vocal coach. Career Ray Lyell came to prominence with his band, the Storm, in the late 1980s. Ray Lyell and the Storm released their self-titled debut album in 1989. ...

directed the video. This video was eventually released for sale on VHS.

References

{{Authority control Helix (band) albums 1990 albums