Year : 2022
Style : Hard Rock , Glam Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 75 mb
Bio:
Keel is an American heavy metal band founded in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. They are known for their rock anthem "The Right to Rock." The band was active until 1989, with a brief reunion in 1998. Keel reunited again in 2008 and toured in 2009 for their 25th anniversary.Keel was formed by former Steeler vocalist Ron Keel. The original members were Ron Keel on vocals, former Icon / Schoolboys member David Michael Phillips on guitar, Marc Ferrari on lead & rhythm guitars, Bobby Marks on drums and Kenny Chaisson on bass guitar. Within months, Phillips left to join King Kobra and was replaced by ex-Sexist guitarist Bryan Jay.This was the lineup for their 1984 debut album Lay Down the Law.After the album's release, Marks left and was replaced by Steven Riley, who subsequently left early in the recording of the band's second album to join W.A.S.P., and was in turn replaced by Dwain Miller, forming a lineup which would remain stable for almost 4 years. Their debut album caught the eye of KISS' Gene Simmons, resulting in his production of their second album, The Right To Rock, released on March 26, 1985. Their next and also Simmons-produced third album The Final Frontier was released on April 30, 1986. It included the single "Because the Night", a song that was co-written by Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen and had been a hit for Smith in 1978.In 1986, Keel won the Best Band of the Year award in the 2nd annual Metal Edge magazine reader's poll, beating such noted bands as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.In 1987, the song "Rock & Roll Outlaw" (a cover from the 1978 self titled debut of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo) appeared on the soundtrack of the movie Dudes. Their fourth album, Keel, was released on June 21, 1987, recorded with producer Michael Wagener. An unreleased track from the album, Ferrari's "Proud To Be Loud", would eventually wind up on Pantera's Power Metal album, which Ferrari produced early in 1988.Ferrari & Jay both left in 1988, after touring in support of the Keel album. They were replaced by keyboardist Scott Warren, later in Dio, and Baton Rouge guitarist Tony Palmucci.Their fifth album, Larger Than Live, was released in 1989 with six new studio recordings, including a cover of the 1980 Humble Pie song "Fool for a Pretty Face". Also on the album were six live tracks recorded in March 1989. Following the shooting of the music video for the song "Dreams Are Not Enough" on that same year, Ron Keel announced the disbandment of Keel. In the 1990s, Ferrari wrote a gear column for Metal Edge magazine entitled "Power Sources", and went on to form Cold Sweat with among others ex-UFO guitarist Erik Gamans, who would release the album Break Out in 1990. After the demise of that group, Ferrari appeared in both Wayne's World movies (as the guitarist for Tia Carrere's band "Crucial Taunt") and formed the band Medicine Wheel, which released three CDs. In addition, he released two solo CDs and started a music publishing company called MasterSource, employing Ron Keel to write material for the library. Ferrari also recently wrote a book titled Rock Star 101.Bryan Jay and Dwain Miller went from Keel to forming a band called Dogbone, with ex-Riot vocalist Rhett Forrester, bassist Rob Thiessen and vocalist Eddie Salz.In 1998, members of Keel got together to release their sixth album Keel VI: Back in Action. It mainly consisted of unreleased material from their previous albums, including the aforementioned "Proud To Be Loud".The band's song "Speed Demon" (from The Right to Rock) is briefly heard on the 2002 movie Men in Black II, and appears on Mike Varney's U.S. Metal Vol. IV compilation.Ron Keel has pursued numerous musiefore forming the country metal band IronHorse in 2001. In 2006, Ron left IronHorse and formed K2 Featuring Ron Keel a year later.On November 2008, Keel reunited in time to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary. All the members from The Right to Rock era have rejoined except for Chaisson. The new bassist is Ron Keel's longtime friend, Geno Arce. Their first reunion show was held in Hollywood, CA, on January 24, 2009.In addition, the band played at the third annual Rocklahoma festival on July 2009.A reunion album, Streets of Rock & Roll was released in 2010, as well as a 25th anniversary edition of The Right to Rock featuring a brand new re-recorded version of the title song as a bonus track.
Ron Keel (born 1961) is a Hard Rock / Heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day, including the glam metal band Keel.Ron Keel started his music career with a Tennessee-based band known as Lust. He came to Los Angeles with his band Steeler, which later on featured Yngwie Malmsteen, Rik Fox and Mark Edwards. Steeler became one of many of L.A.'s '80's rock acts who could not withstand the test of time. Malmsteen was the first to leave, opting to play with the band Alcatrazz (featuring Graham Bonnet) before achieving success with his own band. However, Steeler was able to record one self-titled album, released in 1983 on Shrapnel Records.After the demise of Steeler, Ron formed a new band and simply called it Keel. The band secured a record deal with Gold Mountain / A&M Records. From 1984 to 1989, Keel toured the world and sold 2 million records. KISS vocalist/bassist Gene Simmons produced two of Keel's albums: The Right to Rock and The Final Frontier. The band regrouped in 2008 and toured to celebrate their 25th anniversary.In 1990, Ron formed the band "Fair Game", a project Keel fronted with four female backup musicians. Although the band played gigs they never got beyond the demo stage. Two of the songs recorded by the band were featured on the soundtrack to the movie Bad Channels. Their complete recording sessions finally emerged in 2000 on the Metal Mayhem label billed as 'Beauty & The Beast'.Ron returned to the heavy metal music scene in 1997, when he collaborated with Japanese guitarist Akihito Kinoshita on “Project One”, the major label debut album from Kinoshita’s band Saber Tiger.In 2000, Ron formed IronHorse, which mixed country with hard rock. He left the band in 2007 to focus on other aspects of his career.He also performed as part of a Brooks & Dunn tribute band in the Country Superstars Tribute at the Fitz Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.Prior to reforming Keel, Ron formed a band in 2008 called K2 Featuring Ron Keel, which performed many of the songs throughout his career.Ron currently resides in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. He remains active with Keel and tours with them, but also has a number of musical projects going on in the Vegas Valley. Amongst these are a "Las Vegas Stripped" open mic night (which has been held at various venues around the valley in recent years, often with special guests), and his new country group, the aptly-named Cowboy Band. He also occasionally performs acoustic shows at Joe's Crab Shack restaurants.
Album:
Eighties singer/songwriter RON KEEL continues active solo or with his RON KEEL BAND releasing new music and performing live. ‘When This Is Over : Keeled‘ includes new material and featuring the Ron Keel Band versions of ’80s Keel classics.
While Ron has released albums / singles with acoustics in the mix and even some heavy-country on it, he never lost the ‘rock’ nerve. ”When This Is Over” is a song from the upcoming new album ‘KeelWorld’ (2023), and we find Ron Keel Band‘s powerful new take on “Here Today Gone Tomorrow,” never before heard or released.Also featured are the stellar remakes of “Tears Of Fire” and “The Right To Rock” (using some original ’80s multi-track takes remixed), a medley of hits “Because The Night / Somebody’s Waiting”, and more.Regarding the song ”When This Is Over”, Ron said; “I received a very nice email from a fan overseas during the pandemic. This guy said he loves what we do and can’t wait to see us on tour… when this is over. The song was born in that moment… and the lyrics quickly evolved as an echo of that fan’s hope. In the song, I don’t define what ‘this’ is – it could be World War III or just a bad day at work – but we gotta believe that when this is over, everything’s going to be okay”.“Along with anthems like ‘The Right To Rock’ and ‘Wild Forever,’ ‘When This Is Over’ is one of the defining songs of my career,” Keel insists.An added bonus on this release is “Calm Before The Storm” recorded live on the 2020 Australia tour. The song was recorded by Ron with his cell phone, and while sound quality isn’t perfect, he decided to release it because “it’s like a fan capture, and I like how I played the song that night’.The album KEELWORLD is set for release in 2023 and includes all new music from Ron Keel Band, KEEL, Steeler, IronHorse, Fair Game, and more.
Line Up:
Ron Keel – Lead Vocals / Guitar
Dave “DC” Cothern – Lead Guitar / Vocals
Geno Arce – Bass / Vocals
Jeff Koller – Drums / Vocals
Dakota Scott Schmitt – Keyboards / Vocalsrn
Tracklist:
01. When This Is Over
02. The Right To Rock (Remixed)
03. Here Today Gone Tomorrow
04. Tears of Fire (Remastered)
05. Medley; Because The Night / Somebody’s Waiting
06. Calm Before The Storm (Live In Australia)
07. Dead Man Rockin’ (Remastered)
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