Wild Horses was an American band that originally featured former
Buster Brown and
Montrose members
Johnny Edwards and
James Kottak
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. The band also featured James Kottak's former
Kingdom Come bandmate
Rick Steier
Rick Steier (born October 8, 1960, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a guitarist who has played in the bands Warrant, Kingdom Come, Wild Horses, and KrunK/Kottak. Drummer and fellow Louisville native James Kottak was also in all these bands with Rick ...
. The band went through at least two bassists: Chris Lester and
Jeff Pilson.
Johnny Edwards left to sing for
Foreigner and was replaced by former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque before the band recorded their first album ''
Bareback
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''. John Levesque sang on both of the band's official albums (''Bareback'' and ''
Dead Ahead'').
Johnny Edwards and James Kottak previously played together on Buster Brown's second album ''
Sign Of Victory'' and Montrose's fifth album ''
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Rick Steier and James Kottak previously played together on the first two Kingdom Come albums. Jeff Pilson and James Kottak previously played together on
Michael Lee Firkins
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's self-titled album.
After the first Wild Horses album, the band split up. Several years later, Rick Steier and James Kottak joined
Warrant, with which Rick Steier played on two studio albums and one live album and James Kottak played on one studio album.
After Rick Steier and James Kottak left Warrant (James Kottak left Warrant first), Wild Horses reunited and released their second album ''Dead Ahead''.
Marty Wilcox from My Demyze and Alan's Wrench replaced James Kottak in 2009.
Discography
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Bareback
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'' (1991)
*''
Dead Ahead'' (2003)
References
American glam metal musical groups
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