Year : 2012
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 153 mb
Bio:
Kane Roberts (born Robert William Athas; January 16, 1962) is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his tenure in Alice Cooper's band during the late 1980s. He has performed as a solo act.Roberts is notable for his Rambo-like appearance and physique and his usage of an electric guitar shaped like a machine gun.Roberts was the guitarist who played on Alice Cooper's Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell and their respective tours. He is the man responsible for Alice's metal years in the late '80s as he co-wrote nearly every track from those albums. Just by being on stage, he was a part of the show with his huge physique and rocket shooting guitars.After "Raise Your Fist", Roberts released his first solo album, Kane Roberts, which featured Cooper's lyrics on Full Pull. He then guested on Trash, playing guitar on Bed of Nails. He then released a second solo album, Saints and Sinners, which contained the Bon Jovi-penned Does Anybody Really Fall in Love Anymore?, previously recorded by Cher as well.While he is primarily a guitar player, Roberts is also a skilled vocalist, capable of extreme high range, as is evident on his solo projects. He has contributed backing vocals on several albums, including Steve Vai's Sex & Religion, Desmond Child's Discipline, and the song Shocker by the Dudes of Wrath, which served as the title track from the 1989 film of the same name.He also played on the Bob Ezrin produced Count Three & Pray album by Berlin, and the 1986 Rod Stewart album Every Beat of My Heart. He also co-wrote Take It Off with Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin, which appeared on Kiss' Revenge album.Roberts took a long hiatus from music after his second solo album, but returned in 1999 with a band called Phoenix Down, named for a life potion in the PlayStation video game Final Fantasy VII, one of Roberts' favorite games. Phoenix Down recorded only one album, entitled Under A Wild Sky. Fans of both say that much of the record is inspired by the game.After several years away from the music industry, working in graphic arts and as a video game programmer, Roberts began work on a new album, Touched, in 2006.On October 23, 2011, Roberts performed with Talon at Firefest VIII, marking his first live performance in over twenty years.In 2012, Roberts released Unsung Radio, a collection of previously unreleased tracks.
Album:
We have already featured here KANE ROBERTS last album "Unsung Radio" in its FireFest double-CD limited edition pack, but Roberts released the album as well via his own label Unsung Records.
This version is quite different, including 3 new tracks and a jewel case housing detailed artwork.These songs are all material recorded by Kane Roberts during the '80s after and before playing in the Alice Cooper Band, some '90s tapes and some new material.A little cat named Jim 'Jimbo' Peterik - Survivor & Pride Of Lions main man - was completely involved into these recordings co-writing, playing, producing and mixing.Other renowned melodic hard rock man engineering & mixing is no other than talented Michael Wagener.The exclusive tracks on this "Unsung Radio - Unsung Records version" are 'House Burning Down', 'Dirty Blonde' and 'White Trash', all mid-80s recorded tunes and among my favorites.Despite part of the material here are pre-production songs, the sound quality is very good with that classy '80s melodic hard rock feel.You can't go wrong with the session musicians accompanying Robert such as Kip Winger, Mike Slammer (Seventh Key), Bill Syniar (Survivor, Mecca) and many more, with Peterik adding his magic in keyboards, arrangements and overall production.Unfortunately "Unsung Radio - Unsung Records version" was a quite limited edition CD as well, now out of print and a collector's item.
Line-Up:
Kane Roberts – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar (Ex-Alice Cooper)
John McCurry – guitar
Chuck Kentis – Keyboards
Steve Steele – bass
Myron Grombacher – drums
Tracklist:
01. Reckless
02. House Burning Down *
03. Walk
04. Dirty Blonde *
05. One Step To Heaven
06. Guns Of Paradise
07. Wrong
08. In Another Life
09. The City Of Pain
10. White Trash *
11. I Bleed For You
12. Louise
13. Rain
* exclusive to this version
+ Video "Rock Dolls" (Official Video)
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