Keel (album)
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Keel is the fourth album by the glam metal
band Keel
, released on June 21, 1987. This was the last album to feature guitarists Marc Ferrari
and Brian Jay, as they left the band a year later. They eventually rejoined Keel in 1998 to release Keel VI: Back in Action
and again in 2008 for the band's 25th anniversary.
This was the band's first album since their 1984 debut Lay Down the Law to be produced by someone other than Gene Simmons
.
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
band Keel
Keel (band)
Keel is an American heavy metal band founded in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. They were known for their rock anthem "The Right to Rock." The band was active until 1989, with a brief reunion in 1998. Keel reunited in 2008 and is currently touring for their 25th anniversary.-History:Keel was...
, released on June 21, 1987. This was the last album to feature guitarists Marc Ferrari
Marc Ferrari
Marc Ferrari is a guitar player famous for his work in bands such as Keel, Cold Sweat, Medicine Wheel and Ferrari. He also had a role in Wayne's World, as the guitarist of Crucial Taunt and guested on Pantera's 1988 album, Power Metal. In the 1990s he wrote the column "Power Sources" for Metal...
and Brian Jay, as they left the band a year later. They eventually rejoined Keel in 1998 to release Keel VI: Back in Action
Keel VI: Back in Action
Keel VI: Back in Action is the sixth album by heavy metal band Keel and the first to feature the classic lineup since their self-titled 1987 album...
and again in 2008 for the band's 25th anniversary.
This was the band's first album since their 1984 debut Lay Down the Law to be produced by someone other than Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
.
Track listing
- "United Nations"
- "Somebody's Waiting"
- "Cherry Lane"
- "Calm Before the Storm"
- "King of the Rock"
- "It's a Jungle Out There"
- "I Said the Wrong Thing to the Right Girl"
- "Don't Say You Love Me"
- "If Love Is a Crime (I Wanna Be Convicted)"
- "4th of July"
Personnel
- Ron KeelRon KeelRon Keel is a Heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day, including the glam metal band Keel.-Biography:...
– vocals, guitar - Marc FerrariMarc FerrariMarc Ferrari is a guitar player famous for his work in bands such as Keel, Cold Sweat, Medicine Wheel and Ferrari. He also had a role in Wayne's World, as the guitarist of Crucial Taunt and guested on Pantera's 1988 album, Power Metal. In the 1990s he wrote the column "Power Sources" for Metal...
– guitars - Bryan Jay – guitars
- Kenny Chaisson – bass
- Dwain Miller – drums