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In 1974, percussionist Laudir de Oliveira was added as an eighth member of the band after contributing to Chicago VI and VII as a guest musician. [3] On January 23, 1978, however, the band suffered its first personnel loss when Kath accidentally killed himself with a gunshot to the head. [4]
Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) was an American guitarist and singer who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago.He played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on many of the band's early hit singles alongside Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera.
In Real Life was a pop boy band that experimented with other sounds such as pop rap, dance-pop, teen pop and Latin pop. [11] [12] They cite One Direction as their main influence and are compared to them for both starting off on reality television. [13] They also cite Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men and The Jackson 5. [14]
Robert William Lamm (born October 13, 1944) is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Chicago.He is best known for his songwriting, vocals, and keyboard melodies, most significantly on the band's debut studio album, Chicago Transit Authority (1969).
James Carter Pankow (born August 20, 1947) is an American trombone player, songwriter, and brass instrument arranger who is a founding member of the rock band Chicago. [2] He is best known for his brass arrangements, and for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider.
In 1997, Real Life reemerged as a duo with Sterry and new member George Pappas on keyboards. Following the release of their fourth studio album, Happy , the band embarked on an extensive tour of the US, Germany and Australia, and were invited to perform at Salt Lake City 's Synthstock2000 with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Berlin .
Lee David Loughnane was born in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, to Philip and Juanita Loughnane.Lee is the second-oldest of five children. He began playing trumpet at age 11, using the same instrument played by his dad when he was in the Army Air Force. [3]
Seraphine and Bonilla initially put the band together to play charity benefit shows. Their repertoire included several Chicago songs. The response from the public was strong enough to persuade Seraphine to continue and write original material with the other band members. Bill Champlin's son, Will Champlin, later joined the band as vocalist.