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Angel is the first album by the rock band Angel. "Tower", the keyboard-heavy opening track, [3] was used widely during the late 1970s and early 1980s by album rock radio stations in the US for various advertising purposes. The track is also on K-SHE radio's Classic List. [4]
An American version of the album was released in 1989 under the band name The Angels from Angel City. "Dogs Are Talking" – 3:23 "Rhythm Rude Girl" – 5:58 "Let the Night Roll On" – 4:58 "City Out of Control" – 5:35 "Junk City" – 6:23 "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" – 3:56 "I Ain't the One" – 2:24 "Who Rings the Bell" – 3:26
Angel's image of dressing in all white was a deliberate contrast to Kiss, who wore black. Angel sported an androgynous image and elaborate stage sets. Frank Zappa wrote a satirical song about Punky Meadows, with Punky's approval titled "Punky's Whips". [3] Angel never achieved mass commercial success but acquired a following as a cult band. [1]
Angel formed after the two met Gregg Giuffria and then Barry Brandt and Frank Dimino, choosing the name "Angel" after the song by Jimi Hendrix, [1] of whom Meadows was a fan. Angel released studio albums from 1975 to 1979 and the live album Live Without a Net in 1980, and disbanded not long thereafter after not achieving mass critical or ...
In 1976, the Angels signed a recording deal with the Albert Productions label, [2] [4] upon the recommendation of Bon Scott and Malcolm Young (from AC/DC). The group dropped "Keystone" from their name to become the Angels and relocated to Sydney with the line-up of Neeson on lead vocals and bass guitar, King on drums, Rick on lead guitar and John Brewster on lead vocals and rhythm guitar.
The band then relocated to Los Angeles where they became a local fixture into the 1990s. In 1986, Bobby St. Valentine changed his name to Bobby Durango, and actor Johnny Depp, also from South Florida, joined the band as a rhythm guitarist before debuting as an actor on the police procedural television series 21 Jump Street.
The band's debut album, Hammer of Gods, was released in 1996, after which rhythm guitarist Bill Taylor joined, playing on second album Exterminate (1998). [2] Drummer Tony Laureano joined shortly after its release but Taylor left. [2] The band's third album, The Inexorable, was released in the fall of 1999, after which Taylor rejoined. [2]
The band's initial lineup consisted of Ted Pilot (vocals), James Byrd (lead guitar), Ed Archer (rhythm guitar), Ken Mary (drums) and Kenny Kay (bass). [1] This line up went into Steve Lawson Productions studio in late 1983 with Terry Date as producer/engineer and recorded a four-song demo that consisted of "Fade to Flames", "Fifth Angel", "In ...