Samantha 7
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Samantha 7 was a short-lived band founded in 1998 by C.C. DeVille, lead guitarist from the rock band Poison
. They released the self titled album Samantha 7 in 2000. C.C. Deville performed lead vocals and guitar on the album. The band also included bassist Krys Baratto (who has worked as session musician with many artists and bands, from Thomas Dolby
to Guns N' Roses
), ex-Cynical Side drummer Francis Ruiz and for live dates Great White
's guitarist's Ty Longley
and Michael Lardie. The band's original name was The Stepmothers but the band was forced to change their name following a legal dispute with another band of the same name. Their debut gig was at the Woodstock 1999
festival. Bassist Krys Baratto had been offered the gig whilst DeVille was back out on the road with a Poison reunion tour. The bassist flew out to catch the tail end of the Poison tour to inform the guitarist of the news, leaving the fledgling band just two days to rehearse for the gig. Following the release of their first album "Samantha 7" in 2000 the band completed a tour of the US and the UK.
2004 saw C.C. DeVille back on the road with Poison, opening for a Kiss
nationwide tour. That same year, Baratto worked with Modify in Minneapolis, Minnesota
and Samantha 7 was put on permanent hold after just one album. There have been various rumours about a second album, which to this date never materialized.
guru John Kalodner
to Columbia Records
, the album was engineered by Andrew Murdock
of Godsmack
fame and produced by Jack Blades
.
Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...
. They released the self titled album Samantha 7 in 2000. C.C. Deville performed lead vocals and guitar on the album. The band also included bassist Krys Baratto (who has worked as session musician with many artists and bands, from Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", and 1984 single "Hyperactive!", he has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician.-Early life:Dolby was born in London, England, contrary to information in early 1980s...
to Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
), ex-Cynical Side drummer Francis Ruiz and for live dates Great White
Great White
Great White is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s. The band released several albums in the late 1980s and gained airplay on MTV with music videos for songs like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"...
's guitarist's Ty Longley
Ty Longley
Ty Longley was an American guitarist and vocalist. He was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Ohio....
and Michael Lardie. The band's original name was The Stepmothers but the band was forced to change their name following a legal dispute with another band of the same name. Their debut gig was at the Woodstock 1999
Woodstock 1999
Woodstock 1999, also called Woodstock 99, performed July 22–25, 1999, was the second large-scale music festival that attempted to emulate the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. Like the previous Woodstock festivals it was performed in upstate New York, this time in Rome, New York, around 200...
festival. Bassist Krys Baratto had been offered the gig whilst DeVille was back out on the road with a Poison reunion tour. The bassist flew out to catch the tail end of the Poison tour to inform the guitarist of the news, leaving the fledgling band just two days to rehearse for the gig. Following the release of their first album "Samantha 7" in 2000 the band completed a tour of the US and the UK.
2004 saw C.C. DeVille back on the road with Poison, opening for a Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
nationwide tour. That same year, Baratto worked with Modify in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and Samantha 7 was put on permanent hold after just one album. There have been various rumours about a second album, which to this date never materialized.
Musical style
Samantha 7 was named after a giant female robot on a Japanese children's TV program and the songs which C.C. Deville starting working on four years earlier were inspired by '70s AM radio hits as DeVille's heavy metal heritage.Production and Marketing
Signed by A&RA&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
guru John Kalodner
John Kalodner
John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R executive. His achievements included signing Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins to Atlantic Records in the seventies....
to Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, the album was engineered by Andrew Murdock
Andrew Murdock
Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres.He is best known for producing Godsmack's Godsmack and Awake albums...
of Godsmack
Godsmack
Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...
fame and produced by Jack Blades
Jack Blades
Jack Martin Blades is an American musician. He has worked in several bands: Rubicon, Night Ranger , and Damn Yankees . He also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw/Blades, and has done work alongside TMG, the Tak Matsumoto Group...
.
Surreal Life theme
The Samantha 7 song "I Wanna Be Famous" released as a single for the album was also used in the opening of the reality show The Surreal Life Fame Games, which C.C.Deville starred in.Track listing
- "Framed"
- "Hanging onto Jane"
- "I Wanna Be Famous" (The Surreal Life Fame Games theme)
- "Slave Laura"
- "Cover Girl"
- "Golden Days and Rain"
- "Good Day"
- "Bury Me"
- "Bonnie Bradley"
- "Seane Girl"
- "Hollywood and Vine"
C.C. Deville on lead vocals for Poison
- I Hate Every Bone in Your Body but Mine - on Power to the PeoplePower to the People (Poison album)Power to the People is a music album from the American rock band Poison, released on June 13, 2000 on the band's independent label, Cyanide Music. It marked the return of the original lineup, together for the first time since 1991's Swallow This Live with the return of C.C...
- "Emperor's New Clothes" - on HollyweirdHollyweirdHollyweird is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Poison, released on March 21, 2002 through Cyanide Music and debuted at #103 on The Billboard 200 chart and #8 on the Independent Albums chart.-Musical style:...
- "Livin' in the Now - on Hollyweird
- Home (CC's Story) - on Hollyweird