Alcatrazz
Alcatrazz is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea. They are best known for their song "Island In The Sun".
History
The band's initial line-up consisted of former Rainbow frontman Graham Bonnet, young Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, who had recently left American band Steeler, Gary Shea and Jimmy Waldo from New England and Clive Burr of Iron Maiden fame. Burr was reportedly only in the band for a week, and left upon discovering the band was going to be based in the United States, as opposed to his native England. Burr was soon replaced by former Iron Butterfly drummer Jan Uvena, who had just left Alice Cooper's backing band. Shea dubbed the group "Alcatrazz". For the first album, the bulk of the material was written by Bonnet and Malmsteen, with Waldo contributing to several tracks.
The band's debut album, No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll surfaced in late 1983 on Rocshire Records. Decent support was given by MTV to the lead single, Island In The Sun, which showed a heavy Rainbow influence. Despite the commercial nature of the song, it received little radio play. The album nonetheless spent 18 weeks on the Billboard charts and peaked at No. 128. A second video released in 1984 for Hiroshima Mon Amour became popular in Japan.
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ALBUMS
- No Parole From Rock'n'Roll released: 2011
- The Best of Alcatrazz released: 1996
- Disturbing the Peace released: 1995
- Dangerous Games released: 1986
- Hiroshima Mon Amour released: 1984
- Live Sentence released: 1984
- 1983-10: Live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA, USA released:
No Parole From Rock'n'Roll
Released 2011- Island in the Sun
- General Hospital
- Jet to Jet
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Kree Nakoorie
- Incubus
- Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live
- Big Foot
- Starcarr Lane
- Suffer Me
- Kree Nakoorie (instrumental demo)
- Starcarr Lane (instrumental demo)
- Island in the Sun (instrumental demo)
- Big Foot (instrumental demo)
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (instrumental demo)
- General Hospital (instrumental demo)
- Incubus (instrumental demo)
- Suffer Me (instrumental demo)
- Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live (instrumental demo)
- Jet to Jet (instrumental demo)
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Live In Tokyo
by: AlcatrazzSee the man in the busy street He's almost incomplete He takes his pleasure in strange ways And the lady of the library She's just like you and me You wanna know her at all She takes the train up to the great big city She knocks the door and steps right in He's just a fool that someone likes to pity They work it out in the house of sin
Night Games They pay for their night games They were two lovers They dont use names It says in the rules I's strictly for the fools To play night games They pay for their night games Always play one last frame Games of the night
Every room has a different scene Everyone has a different dream They make it any way they choose You can get anything you need Anyone at the price agreed And it's up for grabs for you to lose It's entertainment for the lost and lonely A cabaret for those who dare Full entertainment of the one and only It's got to be if it gets you there
Night Games They pay for their night games They were two lovers They don't use names It says in the rules It's strictly for the fools To play their night games They pay for their night games Always play one last frame It says in the rules It's strictly for the fools Night Games