No less than 7, yes...seven, new titles out via Frontiers Records December 7:
Devil's Touch is an excellent new project featuring the amazing talents of two outstanding musicians: famed producer/guitarist/songwriter Mike Slamer and the equally amazing singer Andrew Freeman of Last In Line.
Mike Slamer has been the guy behind some of the most amazing melodic hard rock releases of the past 20 years. The list includes, but is not limited to, Steelhouse Lane, Seventh Key, Slamer, and Terry Brock, and we can't forget his work in the 80's with Streets (featuring Kansas singer Steve Walsh) and the 70's with City Boy. The quality of his songwriting and production work is unsurpassed in the business and the records he produced and was involved in stand the test of time!
A true musician's musician. Andrew Freeman is one of the most gifted singers of the current hard rock scene. With his performance on the Last In Line debut album he turned heads not only with his vocal performance, but specifically because he put his own stamp on a band that was incorrectly thought to be 'just another Dio tribute act'.
1. Drive
2. It
3. One Voice
4. Mind Melt
5. Running
6. Deeper
7. Let Me Know
8. Hit Me Once, Hit Ya Twice
9. Price We Pay
10. Out Of Here
11. Oh Fathers
As part of the Graham Bonnet Band's 2017 'The Book' tour in Japan, a three night special engagement and reunion of Alcatrazz was presented much to the delight of the Japanese hard rock faithful. Founding Alcatrazz members, Graham Bonnet (vocals), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) and Gary Shea (bass), reunited after 33 years for a unique series of shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, Japan in March 2017. For the special occasion, the band was rounded out by Mark Benquechea (drums) and Conrado Pesinato (guitars), both from the Graham Bonnet Band. In addition to this unique farewell performance caputred on audio and video, Alcatrazz raided the archives and added some unreleased bonus tracks taken from the original sessions recorded in 1985, including one song, 'Emotion' with a young Steve Vai on guitar. Alcatrazz was formed in 1983 by former Rainbow and Michael Schenker Group vocalist Graham Bonnet along with Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea and made three studio albums in the 1980s. The band's debut album included a young Swedish guitarist, Yngwie Malmsteen and their second album, guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Alcatrazz split up in 1987 after the release of their third abum, 'Dangerous Games'.
CD 1:
1. Night Of The Shooting Star
2. Ohayo Tokyo
3. Too Young To Die...Too Drunk To Live
4. Suffer Me
5. God Blessed Video
6. Will You Be Home Tonight
7. Jet To Jet
8. Witchwood
9. Skyfire
10. Hiroshima Mon Amour
11. Island In The Sun
CD 2:
Studio Demos
1. Emotion
2. No Imagination
3. Losing You Is Winning
4. Please Call Me
5. Blue Boar
6. Ohayo Tokyo
7. Set Me Free (Rehearsal)
8. Rider (Rehearsal)
DVD:
1. Night Of The Shooting Star
2. Ohayo Tokyo
3. Too Young To Die...Too Drunk To Live
4. Suffer Me
5. God Blessed Video
6. Will You Be Home Tonight
7. Jet To Jet
8. Witchwood
9. Skyfire
10. Hiroshima Mon Amour
11. Island In The Sun
12. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Soundcheck)
A live album and long-form video of Steelheart's live performance at Frontiers Rock Festival IV in Milan, Italy on April 29, 2017. The band stormed the stage ahead of the forthcoming release of their comeback album, 'Through Worlds of Stardust', which is represented with the inclusion of 'My Dirty Girl', while the rest of the setlist includes Steelheart classics! With tracks culled from the self-titled debut album and from the 'Rockstar' movie soundtrack, singer Miljenko Matijevic was in fine form and delivered an amazing performance to the wowed crowd! The show is also a fitting tribute to the loving memory of Steelheart guitarist Kenny Kanowski, who passed away just a couple of months after this last performance with the band.
CD:
1. Blood Pollution
2. Livin' The Life
3. Gimme Gimme
4. Like Never Before
5. My Dirty Girl
6. She's Gone
7. Cabernet
8. Drum Solo
9. Everybody Loves Eileen
10. Rock 'n' Roll (I Just Wanna)
11. I'll Never Let You Go
12. We All Die Young
DVD:
1. Blood Pollution
2. Livin' The Life
3. Gimme Gimme
4. Like Never Before
5. Live To Die
6. My Dirty Girl
7. She's Gone
8. Cabernet
9. Drum Solo
10. Everybody Loves Eileen
11. Rock 'n' Roll (I Just Wanna)
12. I'll Never Let You Go
13. We All Die Young
And....also out December 7
And out January 25 -
STARBREAKER - 'Dysphoria'
JETBOY - 'Born to Fly'
