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    Alcatrazz is a heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo, and Gary Shea. They are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun",...
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    Yngwie Malmsteen (category Alcatrazz members)
    instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz, but it ended up featuring vocals by Jeff Scott Soto and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the release of Rising...
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    Graham Bonnet (category Alcatrazz members)
    rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri. He is known for his powerful singing voice but is capable...
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  • Dangerous Games is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz. It marked a drastic departure from the band's two previous albums with...
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  • Born Innocent is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Alcatrazz, released in 2020 by the label Silver Lining Music. This is the band's first studio...
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    Steve Vai (category Alcatrazz members)
    has released eight solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such...
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  • originally planned as an instrumental side-project of his then-current band Alcatrazz, but due to singer Jeff Scott Soto's appearance on the album, Malmsteen...
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    Blackmore's Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Praying Mantis, Tank and Alcatrazz. White was born in Motherwell. He formed La Paz with guitarist Chic McSherry...
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    melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and in 2021 he joined Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz as well. He left Arch Enemy in 2023. As a solo artist he has released...
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  • Disturbing the Peace (album) (category Alcatrazz albums)
    the Peace is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz, released in 1985. It is the band's only album to feature guitarist Steve...
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  • No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (category Alcatrazz albums)
    Parole from Rock 'n' Roll is the first album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz led by veteran singer Graham Bonnet, released in 1983. It spent seven...
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  • Head East's version of this song was their highest charting single. Alcatrazz, also fronted by Graham Bonnet, covered the song on the album Live Sentence...
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  • Live Sentence (category Alcatrazz albums)
    (1984) is the only live album released by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz featuring the band's original line-up. The live concert recorded for the...
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    press. p. 226. ISBN 9780857120533. "GRAHAM BONNET Talks RAINBOW, MSG And ALCATRAZZ in New Interview". blabbermouth.net. 19 November 2010. Archived from the...
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    1980 playing with Frank Zappa and has since recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth, and Public Image Ltd. Since 1983 Vai also...
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  • Chrysalis Formats: LP, MC 19 — — — — 34 — 151 No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Alcatrazz Released: 15 October 1983 Label: Rocshire Formats: LP, MC — — — — — —...
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    include Roger Daltrey, Yes, The Smashing Pumpkins, INXS, Santana and Alcatrazz. "Archaic Hall, Amagasaki, Japan Concert Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved...
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    Nile watershed until much later. A song from American heavy metal band Alcatrazz called Jet to Jet from 1983's No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll contains the...
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  • Richard Allen Podolor (January 7, 1936 – March 9, 2022) was an American musician, record producer and songwriter. His career started as a session musician...
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    the 1984 Alcatrazz Japan Tour. A live recording of his performance at the Sun Plaza Tokyo was released on the "Metallic Live" DVD of Alcatrazz. Takeshi...
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  • print albums, Vai’s recordings with Frank Zappa and with early bands Alcatrazz and The Classified, acoustic piano interpretations of Vai songs, even...
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  • released the band broke up. Guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen joined the band Alcatrazz, bassist Rik Fox would form Sin, drummer Mark Edwards signed on with Lion...
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  • virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai, who had played with Frank Zappa, PiL, and Alcatrazz. Roth later said that the songs written for the album were originally...
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    Various artists – Randy Rhoads Tribute (2000) Mari Hamada - Gracia (2018) Alcatrazz - Born Innocent (2020) "Fastest Guitar Shredders". Phil Brodie Band. Archived...
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    currently drums for Ghost Ship Octavius, musical project Pure Sweet Hell, and Alcatrazz. Williams played drums for Nevermore between 1994 and 2011, and played...
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  • Jan Uvena (category Alcatrazz members)
    notable rock bands, including Alice Cooper's backing band, Iron Butterfly, Alcatrazz, and Signal. Uvena retired from the music business in 2000 and, as of...
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  •  227–229. ISBN 978-1846097577. "GRAHAM BONNET Talks RAINBOW, MSG And ALCATRAZZ in New Interview". Blabbermouth.net. 19 November 2010. Archived from the...
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  • featuring then-emerging guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, who left to form Alcatrazz shortly after the self-titled album and launch a solo career. The original...
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  • Malmsteen made a name for himself in 1984 by playing in the popular band Alcatrazz, and then by releasing his debut solo album Rising Force later that year...
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    Swedish neoclassical metal musician. After tenures in the bands Steeler and Alcatrazz, he started his solo career in 1984 with the release of Rising Force,...
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