Thursday, January 31, 2019

Alcatrazz

































Artist:  Alcatrazz
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Original line-up:

Graham Bonnet:  Lead Vocals
Yngwie Malmsteen:  Guitar
Gary Shea:  Bass
Jimmy Waldo:  Keyboards, Synthesizer, Keytar, Backing Vocals
Clive Burr:  Drums, Percussion

Alcatrazz was an American Heavy Metal Band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet (Lead Vocals Ex Rainbow), Yngwie Malmsteen (Guitar Ex Steeler), Gary Shea (Bass Ex New England), Jimmy Waldo (Keyboards Ex New England), and Clive Burr (Drums Ex Iron Maiden).  They are best known for their songs "Island In The Sun" and "God Blessed Video".














Title:  Parole Denied - Tokyo 2017 (Deluxe Edition Box Set 2 CD+DVD) (2018)
Genre:  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Label:  Frontiers Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  CD:   Parole Denied - Tokyo 2017:

 1.  Night Of The Shooting Star  (1:01)
 2.  Ohayo Tokyo  (3:23)
 3.  Too Young To Die Too Drunk To Live  (4:46)
 4.  Suffer Me  (5:12)
 5.  God Blessed Video  (3:29)
 6.  Will You Be Home Tonight  (5:17)
 7.  Jet To Jet  (4:41)
 8.  Witchwood  (3:12)
 9.  Skyfire  (4:25)
10. Hiroshima Mon Amour  (4:05)
11. Island In The Sun  (4:24)

Disc 2:  CD:  Unheard Evidence:  Demos And Rarities:

 1.  Emotion (1985 Steve Vai - Guitar)(Studio Demo) (3:20)
 2.  No Imagination (1985 Studio Demo) (3:29)
 3.  Losing You Is Winning (1985 Studio Demo) (3:07)
 4.  Please Call Me (1985 Studio Demo) (3:43)
 5.  Blue Boar (1985 Studio Demo) (3:20)
 6.  Ohayo Tokyo (1985 Studio Demo) (2:23)
 7.  Set Me Free (Rehearsal/ Studio Demo) (4:04)
 8.  Rider (Rehearsal/ Studio Demo)  (4:18)

Disc 3:  DVD:  Parole Denied - Tokyo 2017:

 1.  Night Of The Shooting Star  (1:01)
 2.  Ohayo Tokyo  (3:23)
 3.  Too Young To Die Too Drunk To Live  (4:46)
 4.  Suffer Me  (5:12)
 5.  God Blessed Video  (3:29)
 6.  Will You Be Home Tonight  (5:17)
 7.  Jet To Jet  (4:41)
 8.  Witchwood  (3:12)
 9.  Skyfire  (4:25)
10. Hiroshima Mon Amour  (4:05)
11. Island In The Sun  (4:24)

Personnel:

Graham Bonnet:  Lead Vocals
Gary Shea:  Bass
Jimmy Waldo:  Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Conrado Pesinato:  Guitar
Mark Benquechea:  Drums

Parole Denied - Tokyo 2017 is a live album by Alcatrazz, released on December 7, 2018 by Frontiers Records.  It is the founding Alcatrazz members, Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea, reunited after 33 years for a unique series of shows in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan in March 2017, including one song "Emotion" with a young Steve Vai on Guitar.

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