Year : 2012
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 132 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:
On the occasion of his performance at the Firefest Festival, ex- Alice Cooper guitarist KANE ROBERTS in conjunction with the Firefest Records put out a special 2-CD set entitled "Unsung Radio - 2CD Set".The package includes most the material from Kane Roberts' 3rd solo release under the moniker 'Phoenix Down', along with a full CD of 11 unreleased songs that scan his pre-Alice Cooper recordings to some recorded few years ago (several Jim Peterik co-writes) and additional audio commentary.Phoenix Down's 'Under A Wild Sky' was originally published independently and become quite hard to find. It's a strong, classy Melodic Hard Rock album where Roberts explores some more modern sounds than on his previous efforts, still faithful to the traditional stylings of the genre.Now has been remastered and sounds much better.The 2nd CD features new songs and very early tracks recorded during the '80s, some delivered with a really rough sound never heard from him, some with a true AOR sound.Interspersed between, it's really interesting to hear Roberts' commentaries about these previously unreleased tracks about what was happening during the recording sessions.Released during Kane Roberts show at Firefest, "Unsung Radio 2CD Firefest version" was a strictly Limited Edition of 500 copies only, of course, sold out now. There's another version of the album released via Roberts' own label.This is for sure a much sought after Melodic Hard Rock collector's item – and is a damn good double album as well!
Line-Up:
Kane Roberts – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar (Ex-Alice Cooper)
Jim Peterik: vocals, guitars, keyboards
Vinny Burns: guitars, keyboards
Mike Slammer, Dave Jonzz, Gene Allen: guitars
Mike Davis, Danny Boy: bass
Arthur Funaro: keyboards
Steve Deboard, V. Fundell, Greg Morgan: drums
Sam Blue, Steve Steele, Rob Athas: vocals
Tracklist:
CD1: Under A Wild Sky
01. Reckless
02. Walking On Shadows (Remix)
03. Love Gone Wrong
04. Blind
05. Rain
06. Alive And Well
07. Walk
08. I Want It Again
09. In Another Life
10. Rebel Heart
CD2: Unreleased Tracks
01. Commentary #1
02. City Of Pain
03. I Bleed For You
04. Guitar Stroke #1
05. Guns Of Paradise
06. Commentary #2
07. One Step To Heaven
08. Blue Highway
09. Commentray #3
10. Wrong
11. Rain (Demo)
12. Guitar Stroke #2
13. Self Control
14. Commentary #4
15. In Another Life (Demo)
16. Commentray #5
17. I'm Wiating For You
18. Louise
19. Commentray #6
19 - Commentary #6
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