Contraband (band)
Contraband | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Hard rock,[1] glam metal[2] |
| Years active | 1990–1993 |
| Past members | Richard Black Michael Schenker Tracii Guns Share Pedersen Bobby Blotzer |
Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Shark Island, Michael Schenker Group, Ratt, L.A. Guns, and Vixen.
Contraband came to be after a Vixen and Ratt unplugged session on MTV.
The band released only one self-titled album in 1991 which received lukewarm reviews. The album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after, while touring with Ratt. The song "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars, and Wild, Wild Livin'" was included in the movie If Looks Could Kill soundtrack. In the US, the album charted at number 187. Their cover version of "All the Way from Memphis" appeared on the UK record chart in July 1991.[3]
Band members
- Richard Black – vocals
- Michael Schenker – guitars[1]
- Tracii Guns – guitars
- Share Pedersen – bass guitar
- Bobby Blotzer – drums[4]
Contraband (1991)
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
Track Listing
- "All the Way from Memphis" (Ian Hunter) – 4:56
- "Kiss by Kiss" (Michael Thompson, Mark Spiro) – 4:19
- "Intimate Outrage" (Spiro, Dann Huff, Phil Naish) – 4:57
- "Bad for Each Other" (Richard Black, Spencer Sercombe, Steve Diamond) – 4:28
- "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" (Gregg Fulkerson, Michael Spears, Black) – 4:26
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) – 3:23
- "If This Is Love" (Steven Pasch, Anthony Krizan, Black) – 5:03
- "Stand" (Tim Feehan, Brian Macleod) – 4:04
- "Tonight You're Mine" (Pasch, Krizan) – 4:43
- "Hang On to Yourself" (David Bowie) – 2:47
Credits
- Spencer Sercombe – guitars, backing vocals, musical director
- Steffan Presley – keyboards
- Kevin Beamish – backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
- Randy Nicklaus – producer, mixing
- Joe Barresi – engineer
- Steve Hall – mastering
See also
References
- ^ a b Saulnier, Jason (23 January 2009). "Michael Schenker Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-76034-546-7.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 118. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Biography by Doug Stone". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Contraband Contraband review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
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