Lay Down the Law is the debut album by the 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...

. It was the only album to feature original drummer Bobby Marks. Also, both "Speed Demon" and the Rolling Stones cover "Let's Spend the Night Together

Let's Spend the Night Together

"Let's Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released as a single by The Rolling Stones in 1967...

" were re-recorded for their next album The Right to Rock

The Right to Rock

The Right to Rock is the second studio album by heavy metal band Keel. It was the first to be produced by Kiss's Gene Simmons under their new label Gold Mountain Records . When the band started recording the album, drummer Bobby Marks left...

, although the version of Let's Spend The Night Together on this album ends with reprises of earlier album tracks.

The album was released on November 1984 by Shrapnel Records

Shrapnel Records

Shrapnel Records is a guitar-oriented record label started in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney. Guitarist Marty Friedman , one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album Unsung Guitar Heroes II in 1980 with the band Vixen. Vixen would later change their name to Hawaii...

 to rave reviews, despite the band signing to Gold Mountain Records

Gold Mountain Records

Gold Mountain Records was a record label that was distributed by A&M Records between 1983 and 1985. Since 1985, the distributor has been MCA Records.Gold Mountain Records changed its name in 1989 to Gold Castle Records....

 a few months prior. It was not released on CD

Compact Disc

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 format until 2008.

Track listing

1. Thunder and Lightning
2. Lay Down the Law
3. Speed Demon
4. Princess of Illusion
5. Born Ready
6. Metal Generation
7. Till Hell Freezes Over
8. Tonight You're Mine
9. Let's Spend the Night Together
   Let's Spend the Night Together
   "Let's Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released as a single by The Rolling Stones in 1967...
   
   

Personnel

• Ron Keel
  Ron Keel
  Ron 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
• 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...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Bryan Jay - Guitars
• Kenny Chaisson - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Bobby Marks - Drums
  Drum kit
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