Wild Horses was a band that originally featured former Buster Brown

Buster Brown (band)

Buster Brown were a glam metal band from Louisville, Kentucky. Members included lead vocalist Johnny Edwards, guitarist Allan Phelps, and bassist Kevin Downs....

 and Montrose

Montrose (band)

Montrose was a California-based hard rock band. The band originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar...

 members Johnny Edwards

Johnny Edwards (musician)

Johnny Edwards is a singer who sang for the bands Buster Brown, Montrose, King Kobra, Wild Horses, Royal Jelly and is most famously known as the 2nd lead vocalist of the rock band Foreigner...

 and James Kottak

James Kottak

James Kottak is an American drummer for the heavy metal band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996....

. The band also featured James Kottak's former Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come (band)

Kingdom Come is a hard rock band fronted by Hamburg-born vocalist Lenny Wolf. The group's first album, Kingdom Come was that band's only international hit. It currently consists of an entirely German line-up.-History:...

 bandmate Rick Steier

Rick Steier

Rick Steier is a guitarist who has played in the bands Warrant, Kingdom Come, Wild Horses, and KrunK/Kottak...

. The band went through at least two bassists: Chris Lester and Jeff Pilson

Jeff Pilson

Jeff Pilson is an American bass guitarist, best known for his stint in the heavy metal band Dokken...

.

Johnny Edwards left to sing for Foreigner

Foreigner (band)

Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm...

 and was replaced by former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque before the band recorded their first album Bareback

Bareback (Wild Horses album)

Bareback is the first album by the American rock band Wild Horses.Shortly before the recording of this album, former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque replaced original Wild Horses lead vocalist Johnny Edwards, who left Wild Horses to replace Lou Gramm in the band Foreigner.Apparently, this band...

. John Levesque sang on both of the band's official albums (Bareback and Dead Ahead

Dead Ahead (Wild Horses album)

Dead Ahead is the second album by the American rock band Wild Horses.Apparently, the band had split up after the release of their first album and later reunited to record and release this album.-Track listing:# Can't Get By# Ride On...

).

Johnny Edwards and James Kottak previously played together on Buster Brown's second album Sign Of Victory

Sign of Victory (Buster Brown album)

Sign Of Victory is the second album of the glam metal band Buster Brown. It is the only Buster Brown album to feature drummer James Kottak.After this album, singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak were recruited by guitarist Ronnie Montrose into his band Montrose...

and Montrose's fifth album Mean

Mean (Montrose album)

Mean is the fifth album by the band Montrose. It has much more of a glam metal sound than previous Montrose albums.Singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak had previously played together in the line-up of the glam metal band Buster Brown that played on the second Buster Brown album Sign Of...

.

Rick Steier and James Kottak previously played together on the first two Kingdom Come albums.

Jeff Pilson and James Kottak previously played together on Michael Lee Firkins

Michael Lee Firkins

Michael Lee Firkins is an electric guitar player whose sound fuses bluegrass, country, blues, and jazz elements into his distorted rock sound. He is noted amongst guitarists for his prolific use of hybrid picking at high speeds....

's self-titled album.

After the first Wild Horses album, the band split up. Several years later, Rick Steier and James Kottak joined Warrant

Warrant (American band)

Warrant is an American heavy metal band from Hollywood, California, that experienced success from 1989-1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, and one of its...

, with which Rick Steier played on two studio albums and one live album and James Kottak played on one studio album.

After Rick Steier and James Kottak left Warrant (James Kottak left Warrant first), Wild Horses reunited and released their second album Dead Ahead.

Marty Wilcox from My Demyze and Alan's Wrench replaced James Kottak in 2009.

Discography

• Bareback
  Bareback (Wild Horses album)
  Bareback is the first album by the American rock band Wild Horses.Shortly before the recording of this album, former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque replaced original Wild Horses lead vocalist Johnny Edwards, who left Wild Horses to replace Lou Gramm in the band Foreigner.Apparently, this band...
  
  (1991)
• Dead Ahead
  Dead Ahead (Wild Horses album)
  Dead Ahead is the second album by the American rock band Wild Horses.Apparently, the band had split up after the release of their first album and later reunited to record and release this album.-Track listing:# Can't Get By# Ride On...
  
  (2003)