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Gillen was born on May 12, 1959, in New York, but was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. [1] He was an only child and started singing while in high school. He played the New Jersey club circuit with various bands, including club bands Quest (1978–80), the punk rock influenced F-66 (1980–81), Savage, and, most notably, Vendetta and Harlette.
Badlands (1989) and Voodoo Highway (1991) were released before Gillen left and was briefly replaced by singer John West. Gillen's death in 1993 effectively ended any hopes of reuniting the project. The album Dusk (a demo recorded in 1992–1993) was released in 1998 with then-recently deceased Gillen on vocals.
He had brief stints replacing Ray Gillen in both Badlands and Sun Red Sun in the mid-1990s, also lending his voice to Cozy Powell's final solo album, Especially For You during this period. In lesser known projects, he also sang one track on Marc Ferrari 's solo album Guest List in 1995, also handling vocal duties on self-titled albums by Many ...
Stoner metal band Sleep on Masters of Misery-Black Sabbath: The Earache Tribute [25] and later on a re-issue of their album Sleep's Holy Mountain. Rock band Pigboat on their 2009 release Float. [26] Finnish Black Sabbath tribute band Sapattivuosi covered this song on their debut album in Finnish as 'Hankikanto'. John Frusciante
Sun Red Sun was an American heavy metal project created by guitarist Al B. Romano.It also featured several prominent musicians: vocalists Ray Gillen of Badlands and Black Sabbath, and John West of Artension and Royal Hunt; drummer Bobby Rondinelli of Rainbow; bassists Mike Starr of Alice in Chains and John McCoy of Gillan; and lead guitarist Chris Caffery of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
The injury interfered with Hughes' ability to sing, and the band brought in vocalist Ray Gillen to continue the tour with W.A.S.P. and Anthrax, although nearly half of the U.S. dates would be cancelled because of poor ticket sales. [115] Black Sabbath began work on new material in October 1986 at AIR Studios in Montserrat with producer Jeff ...
Ryan Reynolds has paid tribute to longtime Marvel production designer Ray Chan, who has died at 56.. Chan was known for his work as an art director in the production department for Avengers ...
Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath is a series of two Black Sabbath tribute albums, released in 1994 and 2000 respectively. The albums feature various heavy metal groups performing cover versions of Black Sabbath songs in tribute to the band.