"Live to Tell" (LP Version) – 5:49
"Live to Tell" (Edit) – 4:37
"Live to Tell" (Instrumental) – 5:49
"Live to Tell" is a pop ballad by American singer-songwriter Madonna. Originally written by Patrick Leonard for the soundtrack of the film Fire with Fire, the song was shown to Madonna, who decided to use it for then-husband Sean Penn's film At Close Range. It was produced by Leonard and Madonna for her third studio album True Blue, released in mid-1986, later appearing as a remix on the 1990 compilation album The Immaculate Collection, in its original form on the 1995 ballads compilation album Something to Remember, and most recently on her third compilation album Celebration (again in its original form), released in September 2009.
The song includes instrumentation from guitars, keyboards, drums and a synthesizer, and its lyrics deals with deceit, mistrust and childhood scars. It is also about being strong, which Madonna recalled in an interview that she thought about her relationship with her parents, while writing the lyrics. The music video, directed by James Foley, shows Madonna's first image makeover, featuring her with a cleaner look, shoulder-length wavy golden blond hair, conservative wardrobe and subtle make-up. This toned down blond appearance was again inspired by Marilyn Monroe.
Released as the album's first single in March 1986, the song was a commercial success. It became Madonna's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and her first number-one on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was generally well-received by music critics, who frequently referred to it as the best ballad of her career. The song faced controversy when Madonna performed it on her 2006 Confessions Tour wearing a crown of Thorns while hanging on a giant mirrored cross. The performance at Rome's Olympic Stadium was condemned as an act of hostility toward the Roman Catholic Church by religious leaders.
1."Runaway"
2."Roulette"
3."She Don't Know Me"
4."Shot Through The Heart"
5."Love Lies"
6."Breakout"
7."Burning for Love"
8."Come Back"
9."Get Ready"
Bon Jovi is the debut album from American rock band Bon Jovi, released January 21, 1984. Produced by Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn, the album is significant for being the only Bon Jovi album on which a song ("She Don't Know Me") appears that was not written or co-written by members of the band. The album charted at #43 on The Billboard 200.
Aside from hit single "Runaway", songs from the album were rarely performed live after the band released their breakthrough album Slippery When Wet in 1986. However, on the band's current Circle Tour, songs including "Roulette", "Shot Through the Heart", and "Get Ready" have been performed.
The album was ranked the 11th best rock album of 1984 by Kerrang! magazine.
In 1980, Jon Bon Jovi started to work at Power Station Studios, a Manhattan recording facility where his cousin, Tony Bongiovi, was a co-owner. Jon Bon Jovi made several demos and sent them out to many record companies, but failed to make an impact.
In 1982, Jon Bon Jovi went to local radio station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple". DJ Chip Hobart listened to Jon's demos and loved "Runaway", deciding to include it on the station's compilation album of local homegrown talent. The studio musicians who helped record "Runaway" were known as The All Star Review. They were: guitarist Tim Pierce, keyboardist Roy Bittan, drummer Frankie LaRocka, bassist Hugh McDonald, and additional singers David Grahmme and Mick Seeley
The song began to get airplay around New York. Jon signed to Mercury Records, part of the PolyGram company. Jon Bon Jovi wanted a group name and the A&R staff at PolyGram came up with Bon Jovi
In March 1983 Bon Jovi called David Bryan (then Rashbaum), who in turn called bassist Alec John Such and an experienced drummer named Tico Torres. At that time Bon Jovi's lead guitarist was Dave Sabo (a.k.a. The Snake), who later formed the group Skid Row. Dave Sabo was eventually replaced by Richie Sambora.
The band recorded the album (originally titled "Tough Talk" but renamed it after the record company decided it was wiser to issue the album as a self titled release) at Power Station Studios and produced by Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn. Most of the songs are written by Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, and Richie Sambora. "Burning For Love" and "Come Back" were the very first songs written for the album. Three singles were released from the album, "Runaway", "She Don't Know Me" and in Japan only, "Burning For Love".
Personnel
Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, guitar
Richie Sambora – guitar, background vocals
Alec John Such – bass, background vocals
Tico Torres – drums, percussion
David Bryan (credited as David Rashbaum) – keyboards, background vocals Additional personnel
Roy Bittan – keyboards
Chuck Burgi - additional drums
David Grahmme - background vocals
Doug Katsaros - additional keyboards
Frankie La Rocka – drums
Hugh McDonald – bass
Aldo Nova - additional guitar, additional keyboards
Tim Pierce – guitar
Mick Seeley - background vocals
A1Target For Life
A2Red Alert
A3Lawnchairs
B1Dance Floor
B2No One's Watching
Our Daughter's Wedding was an American synthpop trio from New York, consisting of Layne Rico on synthesizer, Keith Silva on vocals and keyboards, and Scott Simon on bass-synth and saxophone. The group took their name from a section of greeting cards.
In 1981, they released the internationally successful "Lawnchairs". It peaked at #49 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1981. They toured with other bands of the day including U2, Duran Duran, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Iggy Pop, The Psychedelic Furs and frequently appeared on MTV as guest hosts. Their television resume also included various shows on BBC Television.
They released the "Digital Cowboy" EP on EMI in 1981. The EP was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios in England (with notes "no sequencers used"), and it featured "Target for Life", a pure new wave sound at its best, similar to early Talk Talk hits that came a year later.
After "Digital Cowboy", the band released an album in 1982 - Moving Windows. The record was co-produced by David Spradly (writer of "Atomic Dog" and a member of P-Funk) who gave the music a prescient hip hop sound. The record featured the singles "Auto Music" and "Elevate Her", but an argument between the band's temporary manager and the head of EMI caused the record to be killed, thus forcing them to cancel an extensive European tour. Locked in a recording contract and with no record or tour support, the band remained on the road for one year touring the country with The Psychedelic Furs. In 1984, after that tour, the band dissolved.
Discography
Singles
"Lawnchairs" (1980)
"Nightlife" (1980)
"Digital Cowboy" (1981)
"Auto Music" (1982)
"Elevate Her" (1983)
"Take Me" (1984) Albums
Digital Cowboy (1981)
Moving Windows (1982)
Nightlife: The Collection (2007) (Almacantar Records - compilation album - Also available on iTunes)
01.Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)
02.Hot Love
03.Love Is for Suckers
04.I'm so Hot for You
05.Tonight
06.Me And the Boys
07.One Bad Habit
08.I Want This Night to Last Forever
09.You Are All That I Need
10.Yeah Right!
Twisted Sister is an American rock band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands. The band is generally categorized as glam metal for their earlier work, although the band does not consider themselves to be so.
Although the band was formed by guitarist Jay Jay French in December 1972, all of their songs were written by Dee Snider from 1976 onward. Snider remarked to Johnny Carson that the proposed name for the band was "This" but was rejected for fear of fans saying "This sucks". He describes Twisted Sister as "Slade meets Sex Pistols". Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both popularized in the USA by regular airplay on MTV in the 1980s. Many of the band's songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.
Twisted Sister was formed in December 1972 by guitarist Jay Jay French under the name Silverstar. In February 1973 Silverstar changed its name to Twisted Sister. In 1975, Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, a former high school friend of French, joined as co-lead singer and second guitarist. He had previously recorded with a New York City band called SPV. Kevin John Grace replaced Mel "Starr" Anderson on drums. Bass guitarist Kenny Neill (Kenneth Harrisson-Neill) completed the lineup. The band followed a glam rock direction, influenced by David Bowie, Slade, Mott the Hoople, Humble Pie, and New York Dolls. It played at local clubs without much success until 1976.
In early 1976, Snider joined the band as lead vocalist and principal songwriter. After replacing drummer Grace with Tony Petri, the group took a heavier musical direction, influenced by Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper, but without abandoning its glam image.
Although glam was out of fashion in those days, Snider's phenomenal abilities as frontman propelled the band to considerable local success. It broke attendance records at large halls in the Tri-State Region and its growing fan base began to take the name "S.M.F.F.O.T.S.", for Sick Motherfucking Friends Of Twisted Sister, later shortened to "S.M.F." for "Sick Mother Fuckers." In March 1979, the British music magazine, NME reported that Twisted Sister had sold out the 3,000 capacity New York Palladium for a March 16 show without a recording contract or radio airplay. The Palladium concert program included a sticker which was stapled to the inside cover, and the band ran an ad in Billboard following the show. Tickets to the concert were $3.50. No record label was interested in signing the band, so in 1979 it released the single "I'll Never Grow Up Now" / "Under the Blade" on their own label, Twisted Sister Records, followed in 1980 by "Bad Boys (Of Rock & Roll)" / "Lady's Boy". Eddie Kramer produced both singles. The singles were distributed through independent record stores such as the old Zig Zag Records in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, NY.
In this period, the group's membership changed. On October 31, 1978, Neill left the band, the band's roadie and friend, Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, formerly bassist for The Dictators, replaced him. In December 1980, Petri also left for the Plasmatics and was replaced briefly by Ritchie Teeter. Teeter, also formerly of The Dictators, was replaced in that band by Mel Anderson. In April 1981, Teeter was replaced by "Fast" Joey Brighton, who was in turn replaced by A.J. Pero from Cities, another unsigned band with local fame.
This lineup (Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza and A.J. Pero) recorded four studio albums and performed numerous live shows around the world.
Love Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, but Twisted Sister's record company pushed for it to be released by the band. It was released by Atlantic Records on August 13, 1987. This would be their final studio album, as all albums during their break-up have been compilations or live albums. The tour for the album ended in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 10, 1987. Two days later, on October 12, 1987, vocalist Dee Snider announced his departure from the band.
Dee Snider has stated that he likes many of songs on the album, vocally. However he feels that if they play any of them live, then it may bring back bad memories for the band.
No songs from this album appeared on the band's 1992 greatest hits album Big Hits and Nasty Cuts.
"Elvis Has Just Left the Building" – 2:24
"Planet of the Baritone Women" – 2:48
"Any Kind of Pain" – 5:42
"Dickie's Such an Asshole" – 5:45
"When the Lie's So Big" – 3:38
"Rhymin' Man" – 3:50
"Promiscuous" – 2:02
"The Untouchables" (Riddle) – 2:26
"Why Don't You Like Me?" – 2:57
"Bacon Fat" (Andre Williams, Dorothy Brown, Zappa) – 1:29
"Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) – 2:57
"Murder by Numbers" (Sting, Andy Summers) – 5:37
"Jezebel Boy" – 2:27
"Outside Now" – 7:49
"Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel" – 6:40
"What Kind of Girl?" – 3:17
"Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk" – 9:15
Broadway the Hard Way is a Frank Zappa live album recorded at various performances along his 1988 world tour. It was first released as a 9-track vinyl through Zappa's mail order label Barking Pumpkin in October 1988, and subsequently as a 17-track CD through Rykodisc in 1989.
This album was compiled from Zappa's last tour in 1988, in a band format. Broadway is mostly focused on acute satire of contemporary figures, both political and social. Throughout the album Zappa's individual targets include Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan on "Dickie's Such An Asshole", Jesse Jackson on "Rhymin' Man", Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Pat Robertson on "Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk", and Michael Jackson and his family on "Why Don't You Like Me?"
The album contains a relatively large number of covers, from the jazz standard "Stolen Moments" to the The Police song "Murder by Numbers" (with a guest appearance by Sting himself). "Outside Now" is from Joe's Garage, and "Why Don't You Like Me" can be easily recognized as a remake of Zappa's "Tell Me You Love Me". "Rhymin' Man" is filled with melodic quotes from evergreens such as "Happy Days Are Here Again", "Hava Nagila", "La Cucaracha" and "Frère Jacques". In "What Kind of Girl" there is a line from "Strawberry Fields Forever" and also includes a part from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" while "Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk" quotes "Louie Louie", "Rock of Ages" and Marius Constant's Theme from "The Twilight Zone".
Personnel
Frank Zappa – guitar, producer, main performer, vocals
Kurt McGettrick – baritone saxophone
Scott Thunes – bass guitar
Albert Wing – tenor saxophone
Ed Mann – percussion
Chad Wackerman – drums
Ike Willis – guitar, vocals
Eric Buxton – vocals
Paul Carman – alto saxophone
Walt Fowler – trumpet
Mike Keneally – synthesizer, vocals, guitar
Sting – lead vocal on "Murder By Numbers"
Bruce Fowler – trombone
A1Victmm
A2Jungle Disease
A3The Lantern
A4A Distant Cry
A5Conversations In Between Walls
B1Left Side Of The Tomb
B2Twenty Three
B3The Last Fantasy
B4Rite To Death
Sleep Chamber is an American Industrial band fronted by John Zewizz. The band is known for using S&M, Bondage and Magick imagery on their art work, during their performances, and within their lyrics. Formed in 1981 by high school friends John Zewizz, Eugine Difrancisco, and Phil Brosseau. Over the years the Sleep Chamber line up has changed many times with John Zewizz being the sole permanent member. Previous members of Sleep Chamber have included, Thomas Thorn, Michael Moynihan, Jonathan Briley and Elaine Walker. Since the beginning John Zewizz has stated that the constant line up change is because Sleep Chamber is not a "band", but rather a "concept".
From 1982 to 1999 Sleep Chamber put out a considerable volume of music (releasing over 70 recordings, and participating in over 35 various artists releases). After a extended absence, Sleep Chamber returned in 2008 with a new line up, a slew of new releases, and a new name, SLEEPCHAMBER.
01. Kiss and Tell
02. Kiss and Tell (Instrumental)
Isley/Jasper/Isley was a splinter group of the Isley Brothers formed in 1984 by brother-in-law Chris Jasper (keyboards), Ernie Isley (lead guitar) and Marvin Isley (bass), due to creative differences that arose among the group.
Jasper, a classically-trained musician and composer and the key songwriter, producer and arranger of the Isley Brothers music, became the lead vocalist on most of the trio's recordings, and was also responsible for the majority of the writing and production for the new group. The older Isley Brothers returned to their original vocal trio formation and continued to record, employing a number of musicians, producers and writers to fill the void left by Chris, Ernie, and Marvin.
Isley/Jasper/Isley released three albums on their CBS Associated label, including Caravan of Love, which featured the #1 out-of-the-box title hit, written and sung by Chris and subsequently covered by English recording group, the Housemartins, who made “Caravan” an international #1 pop hit. “Caravan of Love” has also been used in the Dodge Caravan commercials, was recorded by Marvin Sapp on the WOW 2000 gospel album, and has become an anthem sung by numerous groups and individuals throughout the world who have made their unique version of the song available on YouTube.
In 1988, Isley/Jasper/Isley disbanded and Ernie Isley and Chris Jasper continued as solo artists. Jasper formed his own independent record label, Gold City Records. The Isley-Jasper-Isley half of the group was inducted with the rest of the Isleys in 1992 to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
1) Insurance From God
2) Evil
3) Partytime
4) Violent World
5) Slice O' Life
6) Phantoms
7) Dream Hits II
8) Bad Love
9) Surf Bat
10) Riboflavin
11) Procession
12) 45 Grave
13) School's Out
14) Partytime (Single Version)
Tracks 13 and 14 only appear on the 1993 remaster of this album.
45 Grave is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1979. The original group broke up in 1985 but vocalist Dinah Cancer subsequently revived the band. 45 Grave are noted as one of the first bands to mix punk rock with horror-themed lyrics, thereby positioning them as progenitors of the horror punk subgenre. Their unique appearance and morbid theatricality also distinguished them as innovators of goth rock as well as "deathrock," a term used to identify a subgenre of punk rock incorporating horror elements and spooky atmospherics.
The band was formed in Los Angeles, California during the punk rock movement. The original lineup consisted of Dinah Cancer on vocals, Paul Cutler on guitar, Rob Ritter (also known as Rob Graves of The Bags) on bass, and Don Bolles (of The Germs) on drums. The band evolved out of an industrial music band called Vox Pop, who recorded two singles and played around the Los Angeles area, specifically in the punk institution the Masque. Vox Pop contained all of the members of 45 Grave as well as others, such as Jeff Dahl. Vox Pop continued to coexist with 45 Grave until early 1981. The band's name, despite rumors to the contrary, was lifted from a button.
Sleep in Safety is the 1983 debut album by the American deathrock band 45 Grave. It is the band's only studio album. The album was remastered in 1993 on Restless Records with two additional bonus tracks.
Stylistically, the album contains punk rock and gothic rock influences, and is representative of the deathrock genre. While not straight horror punk, it utilizes tongue-in-cheek lyrics (such as on "Riboflavin") and sound effects and audio excerpts from horror films (evident on "Slice O' Life"). The album is often considered a landmark in deathrock and American gothic rock and one of finest examples of its genre.
Personnel
Dinah Cancer - Vocals
Paul Cutler - Lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Paul Roessler - keyboards, backing vocals
Rob Graves - Bass, backing vocals
Don Bolles - drums, backing vocals
Joseph "Joe" Dolce, born 1947 in Painesville, Ohio, is an American-born, Australian singer/songwriter who achieved fame with his multi-million-selling song, "Shaddap You Face", released under the name of his one-man show, Joe Dolce Music Theatre, in 1980. The single reached number one in 15 countries, it has sold more than 350,000 copies in Australia, remaining the most successful Australian produced single in music history for thirty-one years and selling an estimated six million worldwide. It reached No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for eight weeks from November 1980. The track kept Ultravox's "Vienna" off the number one singles spot in the United Kingdom.
Dolce was born in 1947 in Painesville, Ohio and formed various bands including Headstone Circus. with Jonathan Edwards (musician) who subsequently went on as a solo artists to have a charting hit song in the US 'Sunshine'. Dolce relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 1978 and his first single there was "Boat People"-a protest song on the poor treatment of Vietnamese refugees-which he donated to the fledgling Vietnamese community starting to form in Melbourne. His one-man show, Joe Dolce Music Theatre, performed in cabarets and pubs with various line-ups including Lin Van Hek as singer/performance artist.
In July 1980 he recorded the self-penned "Shaddap You Face", for Full Moon Records label at Mike Brady's new studios in West Melbourne. When in Ohio, Dolce would sometimes visit his Italian grandparents-they supplied the inspiration with "What's the matter, you?" and "Eh, shaddap". He wrote the song about Italians living in Australia and first performed it at Marijuana House, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 1979. Dolce paid A$500 for the recording and spent $1000 on the music video clip, which was created by Melbourne filmmaker, Chris Lofven. It became a multi-million-selling hit, peaking at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for eight weeks from November 1980, in UK from February 1981 for three weeks, also No. 1 in Austria, New Zealand and Switzerland. Dolce received the Advance Australia Award in 1981.
Follow up single, "If You Want to Be Happy" charted in Austria (No. 7) and New Zealand (top 40) but not in Australia. Dolce's subsequent singles included "Pizza Pizza", "Christmas in Australia" and "You Toucha My Car I Breaka You Face" and he released two albums during this period, 'Shaddap You Face' and 'The Christmas Album'. With Lin Van Hek, he formed various performance groups including Skin the Wig, La Somnambule (1984) and the ongoing Difficult Women (1993). Van Hek and Dolce co-wrote "Intimacy", for the 1984 film, The Terminator's soundtrack. He has continued to perform solo shows and with his longtime partner, Van Hek, as part of their music-literary cabaret Difficult Women. Over the last two years Dolce has begun achieving recognition as a serious poet, winning the 25th Launceston Poetry Cup in Tasmania and having sixteen poems and lyrics selected by Les Murray for Quadrant Magazine as well as being published in Meanjin, Island, Cordite, and Divan. His first book of poetry Hatbox was released in 2010.
Discography & Books
Albums
Shaddap You Face (Full Moon, 1981)
Christmas in Australia (Hammard, 1981)
Memoirs of a Mouth Organ (1997)
Difficult Women (1998)
Steal Away Home (1999)
FreeLoveDays (2000)
Flower (2001)
The Wind Cries Mary (2007) Singles
"Boat People" (1979)
"Shaddap You Face" (Full Moon, 1980)
"If You Want to Be Happy" (Full Moon, May 1981) AUT No. 7,[8] NZL No. 33[9]
"Reggae Matilda" (1981)
"Christmas in Australia" (November 1981)
"You Toucha My Car I Breaka You Face" (June 1982)
"Pizza Pizza" (Fable, 1984)
"Vaffanculo Polka" (February 1989) Books
"Hatbox (poetry)" (2010)
01. Flashdance... What a Feeling (Radio Edit) [03:59]
02. Why Me? (12" Mix) [07:05]
03. Breakdance (Radio Edit) [03:29]
04. The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream) [04:51]
05. You Took My Life Away [03:55]
06. Keep On [03:31]
07. Romance '83 [03:58]
08. Cue Me Up [03:26]
09. Receiving [03:44]
10. You Were Made for Me [04:23]
11. Talk Too Much [04:03]
12. Breakdance (Extended Remix) [05:27]
13. The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream) (Extended Remix) [06:51]
14. Flashdance... What a Feeling (Extended Remix) [07:12]
15. Flashdance... What a Feeling (Instrumental) [08:04]
Irene Cara (born March 18, 1959) is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling." She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and she also starred in the 1980 film Fame.
The 1980 hit movie Fame catapulted Irene Cara to stardom. Cara was originally cast as a dancer, and when production heard her voice they re-wrote the role of Coco Hernandez. As Coco Hernandez, she sang both the title song "Fame" and the film’s other single "Out Here on My Own". These songs helped make the film's soundtrack a chart-topping, multi-platinum album. Further history was made when at the Academy Awards that year: It was the first time two songs from the same film were nominated in the same category and both sung by the same artist. Thus, Cara had the opportunity to be one of the few singers to perform more than one song at the Oscar ceremony. "Fame", written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford, won the award that year.
Cara earned Grammy nominations in 1980 for Best New Female Artist and Best New Pop Artist, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical. Billboard Magazine named her Top New Single Artist, while Cashbox Magazine awarded her both Most Promising Female Vocalist and Top Female Vocalist.
Asked by the Fame TV series' producers to reprise her role as Coco Hernandez, she declined so as to focus her attention on her recording career. As a result, Erica Gimpel assumed the role.
What a Feelin' is Irene Cara's second album and most successful to date. Unlike her R&B heavy debut, this album is dominated by Dance-pop and Euro disco songs produced by the legendary producer Giorgio Moroder. Many of the songs were co-written by Cara herself. Includes the major hit singles, "Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" (US #37), "Flashdance... What a Feelin'" (her only #1 hit in the US), "Why Me?" (US #13), "You Were Made for Me" (US #78) and "Breakdance" (which was her third and last Top 10 single in the US, reaching #8).
Cara lives in Florida and works with her band Hot Caramel. Their album called Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel was released on April 4th, 2011.
A1Niagara Falls 3:42
A2Twenty-Seven Shirts3:55
A3Ants In Your Pants3:12
A4Llamas 1:55
A5The Missing Link1:50
A6Block Party 3:53
B1Jet Lag 3:00
B2Beep Beep 1:41
B3Bee System 4:31
B4Voyage Into Space 3:43
B5Let There Be Lights 3:54
Greg Hawkes (born October 22, 1952) is a musician best known as the keyboardist for the Rock band The Cars.
Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth. He then attended Berklee College of Music for two years, majoring in composition and flute. He left to play in various bands, including Martin Mull and his Fabulous Furniture, where he played flute, saxophones and clarinet. He also played in a band called Richard and The Rabbits, which included future Cars bandmates Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr.
Greg Hawkes' most notable involvement is with The Cars. Hawkes pushed the limits of available technology and sequencing helping to forge the sound of the 1980s. While The Cars were known commercially as a Rock and New wave band, he had the biggest impact on the Synthpop and New wave sound of The Cars hits such as Drive. His signature sounds include the Prophet-5 "touch sync" sound heard on "Let's Go" and "Hello Again" as well as arpeggiated and syncopated synth lines such as on "Shake it Up" and "Heartbeat City".
In 2010, Hawkes reunited with the surviving original members of The Cars to record their first album in 24 years, titled Move Like This, which was released May 10, 2011.
Hawkes also played with Ric Ocasek as a solo artist, often playing both keyboards and bass guitar. He released a solo album, Niagara Falls, in 1983. He also plays guitar, percussion instruments, saxophone, clarinet and ukulele. He recently came out with a solo album on the ukulele, The Beatles Uke.
Hawkes received a writing credit for "Service with a Smile" on Virginia-based progressive rock band Happy the Man's second LP Crafty Hands in 1978.
Hawkes lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he works as a session musician. He was a member of The New Cars, a quasi-reformation of The Cars that also featured original guitarist Elliot Easton. Filling in for other original Cars members were singer/guitarist Todd Rundgren, Utopia bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton and former Tubes drummer Prairie Prince. Atom Ellis filled in at bass when Kasim was touring with Meat Loaf. The band toured through the 2006–2007 season. A live album with three new studio tracks, It's Alive!, was released in June 2006.
Before The Cars reunited in 2010, Hawkes played with The Turtles (starring Flo and Eddie) and Todd Rundgren.
1 Tyranny
2 (If I) Found Rome
3 I Don't Need the Pain
4 Now I Hear You
5 One Simple Thing
6 Underground
7 Does Your Love Lie Open?
8 Place to Hid
9 You Pull Me Down
The Stabilizers were an American pop/rock duo founded in the early 1980s by musicians Dave Christenson and Rich Nevens. With Christenson on lead vocals and Nevens on guitars and occasional keyboards, they spent the first few years touring the Pennsylvania area and recording original compositions on a 4-track recorder. Then, in 1985, they were signed to Columbia Records and in 1986, released Tyranny, their first and only album.
The guitar and synth-laced album followed in the style of other 1980s bands such as a-ha, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears and Mr. Mister. The first single from Tyranny was "One Simple Thing," which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1986 and number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, helped by the band's performance of the song on American Bandstand. Two music videos were released to promote the album: "One Simple Thing", which was directed by David Fincher - who would go onto greater success directing the feature films Alien 3, Se7en and Fight Club - and "Tyranny", directed by David Hogan.
The "Tyranny" single failed to chart, and for the next five years, The Stabilizers disappeared from view. However, in 1991, an unreleased track from the Tyranny sessions, "Maybe This Time," surfaced on the soundtrack to the film If Looks Could Kill. Although no additional music has been released from the band since then, Tyranny has been re-released digitally via the iTunes Store.
"Maybe He'll Know"
"I Had a Love"
"Fade"
"Anna Blue"
"Can't Blame Me"
"Late"
"Cut Out"
"Take a Chance"
"Just the Other Day"
"I'm Gonna Be Strong"
"Lorraine"
"Everybody's Got an Angel"
Blue Angel was a retro-rockabilly band that featured Cyndi Lauper before her rise to fame as a solo singer. The lineup also included John Turi on keyboard instrument and saxophone, Arthur "Rockin' A" Neilson (guitar), Lee Brovitz (bass guitar) and Johnny Morelli (drums). Lauper and Turi wrote the bulk of their material, and the group also covered pop standards, such as Mann/Weil's "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (which Lauper covered again in a 1994 album). Blue Angel was briefly popular on the New York club scene.
The band reformed without Lauper in 1987 under the name "Boppin' the Blues". Lauper joined them on stage for a one-time performance at New York's Lone Star Cafe. The band has since disbanded completely.
Their only album, the self-titled Blue Angel, was released in 1980. It featured a sparse punk rock and New Wave-styled cover in primary red and floating band member photos. The sales for the album were more successful overseas than in America. The only track to achieve high chart status was "I'm Gonna Be Strong", which reached #37 in the Netherlands. Another song from the album, "Maybe He'll Know", was rerecorded by Lauper on her second solo album, True Colors, in 1986.
In 1980 Blue Angel recorded a second album for Polydor that was never released due to a change in management at Polygram Germany; they, along with other artists, were dropped from the label. The band continued to gig around New York until 1982 with their final concert that fall at Studio 54.
A1 Luminary
A2 Images
A3 Sometimes My Love is Like a Shooting Star
A4 Standing in the Line of Fire
A5 ThemeSong
B1 Ahead of Your Time
B2 Listen to the Sky
B3 Perpetual motion
B4 exerpt from Tentative Conclusion
B5 ElectroSynphonia
Composed By, Synthesizer, Percussion [Electronic], Programmed By, Vocoder, Lead Vocals [Human Voice] – John Brock
Engineer [Technical] – Peter J. Rojas
Mastered By, Recorded By – David Cheppa
Other [Productions Coordinator] – Jim Johnson, Tom Gorham
Performer – Android A 21st Century Band
Photography [Cover Photos & Android Photos By] – Paul D. Guthrie
Producer, Engineer – Android
Synthesizer, Percussion [Electronic] – Chris Levy, Gary Gotcher
A1 Cardboard Lamb
A2 Crashing Song
A3 Flying Turns
A4 Factory Forehead
A5 Pompeii Spared (Original Demo Version)
Bonus Tracks: 1981 Demos
B1 Near Marineland
B2 Second Glance
B3 It Cost's To Be Austere
B4 No More Hollow Doors
B5 Force The Habit
B6 Jump Over Barrels
Crash Course In Science were a post punk band formed in 1979 in Philadelphia.They avoided the sounds of conventional instrumentation by using toy instruments and kitchen appliances to augment the distorted guitar, drums and synthesised beats. Championed by local radio station WXPN DJ Lee Paris they recorded the single "Cakes In The Home" (with the B-side containing "Kitchen Motors" and "Mechanical Breakdown") for his Go Go label. This was followed by "Signals From Pier Thirteen" in 1981 produced by John Wicks at Third Story Recordings.
Antony Laurence Carey (born October 16, 1953, Turlock, California) is most recognized as the former keyboardist for the band Rainbow.
One of Tony's earliest musical experiences was in a band called "Blessings". Tony was in "Blessings" until 1975 when Ritchie Blackmore discovered and hired him as keyboardist of Rainbow. In 1977 after 2 successful years and 2 world tours Tony Carey left Rainbow.
Since his departure from Rainbow, Tony Carey has maintained an extensive solo career, releasing albums under his own name as well under the moniker of Planet P Project. Beside his own recording career, Tony Carey has been a producer, performer and session musician for numerous acts all over the world.
With the band Rainbow, Carey appeared on the studio album Rainbow Rising (1976) and on the live albums On Stage (1977) and Live in Germany (1994).
He had a minor hit in the early 1980s (1982) with "I Won't Be Home Tonight", and then a bigger hit in 1984 with "A Fine, Fine Day", which reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart. A follow-up single, "The First Day of Summer", reached #33 on the Hot 100 in July 1984. Both songs are featured on the album, Some Tough City, which hit #60 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Carey opened for Night Ranger on many dates of their 1984 tour in support of this album. His 1985 follow-up album, Blue Highway, did not score a hit.
Carey also fronted the space / progressive rock group Planet P Project (initially called just Planet P), which served as a vehicle for his solo work. Planet P Project released two albums in the 1980s, Planet P (on Geffen Records) in 1983 and the concept album, Pink World (on MCA Records) in 1984, for which he wrote the lyrics and music, sang the lead vocals, and played most of the instruments. Session performers on lead guitar, saxophones, programming, and drums on some tracks made up the rest of the group. The first album was released on CD in 1992, retitled Planet P Project. Planet P's biggest hit was 'Why Me'. Planet P Project returned 2003-2009 with a trilogy of albums collectively called "Go Out Dancing" (G.O.D.). The albums were "1931" (2003), "Levittown" (2008), and "Out In The Rain" (2009).
Carey began producing and guesting on many major groups from the US and Europe in the mid 80s. Notables of the many included Jennifer Rush in 1985, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Chicago Line in 1988, keyboards and producer. In 1992 with Joe Cocker - Now That You're Gone, Forest McDonald's Color Blind, and in 2006 from Dire Straits, David Knopfler - Songs For The Siren.
In 2009, Tony Carey and three other ex-members of Rainbow, Joe Lynn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith teamed up with Jürgen Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore's son, to form "Over the Rainbow" to perform Rainbow songs in concerts in Russia and Eastern Europe. Due to illness, however, Tony Carey left Over the Rainbow in the spring of 2009, just prior to the band's live debut at the Sweden Rock Festival, where he was replaced by Paul Morris.
In 2010 it was announced that Tony Carey had formed a new musical racing project called EBC ROXX with (J.R.) Jürgen Blackmore & Ela. Their first single "Silver wheels" was released in March 2010 and was written as the anthem to accompany the first race of Mercedes Formula 1 pilots Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg this season. The project later announced that a full CD entitled "Winners" would be released on September 20, 2010.
Tony Carey was diagnosed with a particularly virulent form of cancer in March 2009. He spent twelve weeks in the hospital, underwent five surgeries, and although his odds of survival were only 10 percent, he beat the odds.
A quote from Tony Carey: "I'm missing some of my organs; you'll be relieved to hear that the Hammond isn't one of them."
Discography
Solo
1982 In the Absence of the Cat (vinyl only) (Reissued on CD [200 copies only] and mp3 download 2011)
1982 I Won't Be Home Tonight / Self titled (Reissued 1987/2003)
1984 Some Tough City (Reissued 1992/2008)
1985 Blue Highway (Reissued 1992/2008)
1987 Bedtime Story (Soundtrack, Reissued 1996)
1988 Wilder Westen Inclusive (Soundtrack)
1989 For You (with Anne Haigis & Eric Burdon)
1990 Storyville
1992 The Long Road
1993 Rare Tracks
1994 Cold War Kids
1999 The Boystown Tapes (Reissued 2007)
2004 Islands and Deserts
2006 Live in Sweden 2006 - Volume #1
2009 The New Machine (Self released)
2009 Roundup - The Ones That Got Away (Self released)
2009 Live In Sweden 2006 - Volume #2
2009 Christmas Hymns (Self released)
2010 Stanislaus County Kid (Self released)
2011 Stanislaus County Kid, Volume II - Crossing the tracks (Self released)
Single Releases only
1981 Jamie (Maxi single)
1988 Midnight wind (B track for Whitney Houston's - 'One moment in time' single, from the 1988 summer Olympic album)
1991 Wenn die Liebe geht - That's not love to me (with Ina Morgan)
1994 Route 66 (Rose T.C.)
1995 Birds in cages
2004 Überall du (Dutch version of 'Room with a view' featuring Mo Casal)
Instrumental
1982 Yellow Power (vinyl only)
1982 Explorer (vinyl only)
1982 Heaven (vinyl only)
1982 No Human (vinyl only)
1984 T.C.P. (vinyl only) (Re-released on CD, 2011)
1999 Gefangen im Jemen (4 vocal tracks, mostly instrumental)
2000 Killing me softly / Anna (unauthorized CD/R release)
2006 The Voyager Files
Compilations
1989 The Story So Far
1993 For You
1997 A Fine, Fine Day
1997 Storyville
2000 Retrospective 1982-1999
2006 The chillout tapes (featuring DJ. Shah) (limited edition release)
2006 Just Ballads
2008 A Lonely Life - The Anthology
2008 Only The Young Die Good
2010 Rewind (limited free download - Slightly different versions of songs taken from, Planet P Project - G.O.D. II & III and Stanislaus County Kid)
Planet P Project
1983 Planet P Project - Planet P Project (Reissued 2009)
1984 Planet P Project - Pink World (Reissued 2008)
2001 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing (unauthorized CD/R promo release)
2005 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing Part 1 "1931"
2008 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing Part 2 "Levittown"
2009 Planet P Project - Go Out Dancing Part 3 "Out in The Rain"
1.The Boys of Summer
2.You Can't Make Love
3.Man With a Mission
4.You're Not Drinking Enough
5.Not Enough Love in the World
6.Building the Perfect Beast
7.All She Wants to Do Is Dance
8.A Month of Sundays
9.Sunset Grill
10.Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
11.Land of the Living
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up. Henley sings lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Desperado", "Best Of My Love", "One Of These Nights", "Hotel California", "Life In The Fast Lane", and "The Long Run". He formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships with Glenn Frey.
After the Eagles broke up in 1980, Henley pursued a solo career and released his debut album in 1982. He has released four studio albums, two compilation albums, and one live DVD. His solo hits include "Dirty Laundry", "The Boys of Summer", "All She Wants to Do Is Dance", "The Heart of the Matter", "The Last Worthless Evening", "Sunset Grill", "Not Enough Love in the World", "New York Minute" and "The End of the Innocence".
Henley has also played a founding role in several environmental and political causes, most notably the Walden Woods Project. Since 1994, he has divided his musical activities between the Eagles and his solo career.
In 1970, Henley moved to Los Angeles to record an album with his early band, Shiloh. Shiloh's album was produced by fellow Texan Kenny Rogers. Shortly thereafter, Henley met Glenn Frey. They both became members of Linda Ronstadt's backup band. Touring with her was the catalyst for forming the group. As a result, two months later they, along with Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, became their own act, Eagles.
After experimenting with synthesizers and a pop sound on his solo debut, Don Henley hits the mark on his sophomore release, Building the Perfect Beast. This album established Henley as an artist in his own right after many successful years with the Eagles, as it spawned numerous hits. While the songs seem crafted for pop radio, it's hard to fault him for choosing arrangements that would get his messages to the masses. Unlike most pop in the 1980s, however, Henley had deep intellectual themes layered beneath the synthesizer sounds and crisp production. In the opening song "Boys of Summer," he talks about trying to recapture the past while knowing that things will never be the same. Henley has a gift for writing about the heart and soul of America and for mixing his love for the country and small-town life ("Sunset Grill") with cynicism about government ("All She Wants to Do Is Dance") and modernization ("Month of Sundays"). Although the politics and the sound of the album make the decade of release easy to place, Henley's earnest delivery and universal messages give many of the tracks a timeless feel, which is no small feat. This is Henley's most consistent album, and it is the place to start for those wanting to sample his solo work. — Vik Iyengar
Lindsey Buckingham - Guitar, Vocals, Harmony Vocals Belinda Carlisle - Vocals, Harmony Vocals Don Henley - Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Chant, Harmony Vocals, Art Direction, Synthesizer Arrangements Randy Newman - Synthesizer, Synthesizer Arrangements Charlie Sexton - Guitar Mike Campbell - Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion, Producer Martha Davis - Vocals, Chant, Harmony Vocals Jim Keltner - Drums Carla Olson - Vocals, Chant Patty Smyth - Vocals, Chant, Harmony Vocals Albhy Galuten - Synthesizer, Synclavier Benmont Tench - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer Arrangements Michael Boddicker - Synthesizer, Programming, Emulator, Sequencing, Synthesizer Arrangements Niko Bolas - Engineer, Mixing Bill Cuomo - Synthesizer, Percussion, Programming, Percussion Programming Tim Drummond - Bass Marie Pascale Elfman - Vocals, Ensemble Mark Ettel - Assistant Engineer Dan Garcia - Assistant Engineer Jerry Hey - Horn, Horn (Alto), Horn Arrangements Maren Jensen - Art Direction Larry Klein - Bass Tom Knox - Engineer Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - Organ, Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Guitar (Synthesizer), Producer, Chant, Omnichord, Synthesizer Arrangements, Percussion Arrangement Greg Ladanyi - Producer, Engineer, Mixing Dominique Mancinelli - Vocals, Ensemble Kevin McCormick - Drums, Drums (African), African Drums Samuel Moore - Vocals Michael O'Donahue - Vocals, Chant David Paich - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer Arrangements Pino Palladino - Bass Steve Porcaro - Synthesizer, Programming Mike Reese - Mastering Doug Sax - Mastering David Schober - Assistant Engineer Duane Seykora - Assistant Engineer Allen Sides - Engineer J.D. Souther - Vocals, Chant Richard Wachtel - Vocals Ian Wallace - Drums Waddy Wachtel - Chant Richard Bosworth - Engineer, Assistant Engineer Sam Moore - Harmony Vocals Jeri McManus - Art Direction, Graphic Coordinator Herb Ritts - Photography
01.Never be the same
02.Right on track
03.Kiss and tell
04.Always be like this
05.Rico Mambo
06.Expressway to your heart
07.Specialty
08.Standout
09.Tongue tied
Breakfast Club was an American New Wave group. Their biggest hit single was "Right On Track," which went to #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The group was formed in New York in the late 1970s, and went through several line-ups including one in which Madonna was the drummer. By the early 1980s, the band included Madonna, Angie Smit on bass, and the Gilroy brothers, Dan and Ed, both on guitar (Dan sang lead vocals as well). Dan Gilroy was also briefly Madonna's boyfriend, and he eventually allowed her to sing some lead vocals. Madonna ultimately left to form a new band Emmy, but the remaining members soldiered on. By the mid 1980s, the band consisted of the Gilroys (with Dan now concentrating exclusively on vocals, while Ed provided all guitars), Gary Burke (bass), Paul Kauk (keyboards), and Stephen Bray (drums). Both Bray and Burke had previously been Madonna's bandmates in Emmy. Bray had also dated Madonna for a while, and reportedly, Madonna had initially suggested him as her replacement in Breakfast Club. They signed with Ze Records and released their eponymous album in 1987, which spawned the U.S. Top Ten hit "Right On Track". Later, Randy Jackson (bass) and E. Doctor Smith (The Drummstick, percussion) joined the band.
A second album was recorded but never released. Their last single was a cover version of The Beatles' song "Drive My Car", used in the film, License to Drive. Shortly afterwards the band broke-up. Bray later co-wrote several big hits with Madonna. They were nominated in the category of Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 1988, losing out to Jody Watley.
Members
Dan Gilroy
Ed Gilroy
Gary Burke
Stephen Bray
Paul Kauk
Hannah Watkins
Megan Watkins
01 New Church 3:32
02 Russian Roulette 3:49
03 Question Of Temperature 2:58
04 Eat Your Heart Out 2:38
05 Portobello 3:01
06 Open Your Eyes 3:30
07 Livin' On Livin' 3:24
08 Li'l Boys Play With Dolls 3:44
09 Apocalypso 3:12
10 Holy War 4:24
11 Dance With Me 3:27
The Lords of the New Church were an English/American post-punk supergroup with a line-up consisting of four musicians from prominent 1970s punk bands. The band reformed with two of its original members in 2003.
Formed in 1982, the band featured punk pioneers Stiv Bators (The Dead Boys), Brian James (The Damned), Dave Tregunna (Sham 69) and Nicky Turner (The Barracudas).
The band recorded three studio albums and one live album in their career together before Bators ended the band onstage after a concert on 2 May 1989, at the London Astoria.
They had one surprise Top 40 hit in Canada in 1982 with the single "Open Your Eyes." A more contrived attempt to have a global hit with a parody cover version of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" in 1985 proved less successful, but ironically remains one of the band's best known single to date.
Bators died after being struck by a car in Paris in 1990.
Founding members Brian James and Dave Tregunna reformed The Lords of the New Church in 2003 with vocalist Adam Becvare of The LustKillers. The lineup recorded the ten-song CD Hang On and toured Europe in spring of that year. Becvare then resurrected Vancouver's The Black Halos in 2004, writing and recording two albums, Alive Without Control and We Are Not Alone, and touring internationally.
The Lords of the New Church fronted by Becvare continue to perform live and write new material when Becvare is not touring with The LustKillers.
Members
Adam Becvare
Brian James
Dave Tregunna
Nick Turner Past members
Stiv Bators
01.Mickey
02.Rock On
03.Shoppin' From A To Z
04.You Gotta Problem
05.Be Stiff
06.Nobody
07.Little Red Book
08.Space Girls
09.Thief On The Loose
10.Time After Time
Toni Basil (born Antonia Christina Basilotta on September 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, filmmaker, film director and choreographer, best-known for her multi-million-selling worldwide #1 hit "Mickey" from 1982.
Word of Mouth is Toni Basil's debut album. It was released in 1982. It was certified Gold by RIAA. It featured the #1 worldwide hit "Mickey". The album also contains three covers of songs by the band Devo who also performed on the songs.
Drums: Rick Parnell, Alan Myers, Ed Greene, Mike Baird
Bass: Doug Lunn, Gerald Casale (credited as Jerry Casale)
Synthesizers: Greg Mathieson, Michael Boddicker, Mark Mothersbaugh, Paul Delph
Guitars: Bob Mothersbaugh, John Goodsall, Robert Casale (credited as Bob Casale), Richie Zito, Trevor Veitch
Violin: Richard Greene
Synthesizer Programming: Dan Wyman
Additional Vocals: Allee Willis, Bruce Roberts, Bob Esty
Vocoder: Ed Greene
