Asphalt Ballet is an American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

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 band formed in San Diego, California

California

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. Their style is rooted in blues rock and incorporates elements of hard rock

Hard rock

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 and Southern rock

Southern rock

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. The band consists of vocalist Gary Jeffries, bassist Terry Phillips, drummer Mikki Kiner, and guitarists Danny Clarke and Julius J. Ulrich.

History

Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 signed the band and released their self-titled debut album

Album

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 in 1991. Jeffries left due to pressure from the label to change their style to sound more like grunge. Their second album, Pigs

Pigs (Asphalt Ballet album)

-Personnel:*Tommy Dean - Vocals*Terry Phillips - Bass*Julius Ulrich - Guitar*Danny Clarke - Guitar*Mikki Kiner - Drums...

, was released in 1993 with Tommy Dean on lead vocals. The band split up shortly after the release of Pigs.

Information about recording new material is on the band's MySpace page. There are long periods between updates on the page with the last in February 2011.

Members

• Gary Jeffries - Vocals and harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Terry Phillips - Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Julius Ulrich - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Danny Clarke - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Mikki Kiner - Drums
  Drum kit
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Studio albums

Date of Release	Title	Label
1991	Asphalt Ballet Asphalt Ballet (album) - Personnel :* Gary Jeffries - Vocals and harmonica* Terry Phillips - Bass* Julius Ulrich - Guitar* Danny Clarke - Guitar* Mikki Kiner - Drums- Additional Personnel :* Charles Judge - Keyboards* Greg Edward - Percussion, keyboards, vocals...	Virgin Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
1993	Pigs Pigs (Asphalt Ballet album) -Personnel:*Tommy Dean - Vocals*Terry Phillips - Bass*Julius Ulrich - Guitar*Danny Clarke - Guitar*Mikki Kiner - Drums...	Virgin

EPs

Date of Release	Title	Label
1991	Blood on the Highway Blood on the Highway (EP) -Personnel:*Gary Jeffries - Vocals and Harmonica*Terry Phillips - Bass*Julius Ulrich - Guitar*Danny Clarke - Guitar*Mikki Kiner - Drums...	Virgin

Singles

Date of Release	Title	Label
1991	"Unlucky Mr. Lucky Unlucky Mr. Lucky Unlucky Mr. Lucky is a song and a single by Asphalt Ballet released by Virgin Records in 1991. As with some promotional releases, this single lacks front cover art.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Gary Jeffries - Vocals and Harmonica*Terry Phillips - Bass... "	Virgin