Today in 1983 Alcatrazz released there debut album No Parole from Rock n Roll Los Angeles, California Heavy Metal/Shred Status:Active Years active: 1983-1987, 2007-present Alcatrazz was a heavy metal band formed in 1983 in Los Angeles by Graham Bonnet. The bands initial line-up consited of Graham Bonnet (vocals - ex-Rainbow / Michael Schenker Group), Yngwie J. Malmsteen (guitar - ex-Steeler), Gary Shea (bass - ex-New England), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards - also ex-New England) and Jan Uvena (drums - ex-Alice Cooper / Pointer Sisters). After recording the first two albums musical differences surfaced, and Malmsteen quit in 1985. Against the wishes of the bands management, he was replaced by Steve Vai who also left after recording the album Disturbing The Peace. The band brought in Danny Johnson to replace him, and recorded the album Dangerous Games before finally breaking up in 1987. Graham Bonnett described their sound as The thinking mans heavy metal. Their most famous song is God Blessed Video, a somewhat comic song which makes fun of MTV. It can be heard on the fictional radio station V-Rock in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Polydor Records Graham Bonnet - vocals Yngwie Malmsteen - guitar Gary Shea - bass Jan Uvena - drums Jimmy Waldo - keyboards 1. Island In The Sun (3:56) 2. General Hospital (4:50) 3. Jet To Jet (4:27) 4. Hiroshima Mon Amour (4:01) 5. Kree Nakoorie (6:10) 6. Incubus (1:24) 7. Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live (4:21) 8. Big Foot (4:07) 9. Starcarr Lane (3:54) 10. Suffer Me (4:18) Total Time: 41:32 In Europe and Japan, this album was released in October 1983, and in the United States in January 1984. Tracks 1, 2, & 9 by Bonnet, Malmsteen & Waldo. Track 6 by Malmsteen. Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, & 10 by Bonnet & Malmsteen. A video for Island in the Sun was made to promote this album. Re-released in 2012 by The Store for Music with 10 bonus-tracks, instrumental demo versions: 11 - Kree Nakoorie (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 12 - Starcarr Lane (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 13 - Island in the Sun (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 14 - Big Foot (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 15 - Hiroshima Mon Amour (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 16 - General Hospital (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 17 - Incubus (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 18 - Suffer Me (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 19 - Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) 20 - Jet to Jet (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session) No Parole from Rock n Roll (1983) was the first album released by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz, led by veteran singer Graham Bonnet. It spent seven weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 128. It is considered by many to be the best Alcatrazz release and launched Yngwie J. Malmsteen into a glittering solo career. The album is most famous for the singles Island in the Sun and Jet to Jet. Other notable offerings are Hiroshima Mon Amour, for which a video was shot (an excerpt for which was seen in the UK on the Channel 4 TV programme The Tube), General Hospital and Incubus, a solo by Yngwie J. Malmsteen he continued to play during his solo career. It has always had a strong following in Japan and songs from which can still be found in Karaoke bars today youtube/watch?v=7oWMY8evpak
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:04:01 +0000
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