(STEELER-S/T)-Yngwie Malmsteen/Ron Keel-G9-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: STEELER  
TITLE: STEELER
COUNTRY PRINTED: USA
CAT No: Shrapnel Records 1007/ ORIGINAL (1983)
COVER: (Grade at EXCELLENT+) crease front top left cnr & bottom right cnr
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT-)
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+ to NEAR MINT-)
TRACKS:
Side one
"Cold Day in Hell" (Ron Keel) - 4:17
"Backseat Driver" (Keel, Mark Edwards) - 3:24
"No Way Out" (Keel, Edwards, Yngwie Malmsteen) - 5:18
"Hot on Your Heels" (Keel) - 6:35

Side two
"Abduction" (Keel, Malmsteen, Rik Fox) - 1:10
"On the Rox" (Keel, Edwards) - 2:54
"Down to the Wire" (Keel, Edwards) - 3:52
"Born to Rock" (Keel, Edwards) - 3:06
"Serenade" (Keel) - 6:15

"Hot on Your Heels", contains a three-and-a-half-minute-introduction played by Yngwie Malmsteen
"Abduction", is an instrumental serving as an introduction to "On the Rox".
  COMMENT: Wikipedia
Steeler was an early 1980s American heavy metal band originally formed in Nashville, TN by Ron Keel in 1981. Original band members included: Ron Keel on vocals and guitar, Michael Dunigan on lead guitar, Bobby Eva on drums and Tim Morrison on bass. In 1982, they released the single "Cold Day in Hell".

  Eva left the band after a short while and was replaced by drummer Mark Edwards. This line-up did not last long and released no albums or singles. The band was now based in east Los Angeles, CA, living and rehearsing in a large warehouse.

  In February, 1983, 19-year-old Swedish guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen completed the new line-up, after Dunigan and Morrison left the band. Rik Fox was now on bass and this classic line-up released the band's first and only album, Steeler. It saw moderate commercial success and is now a sought after album for many fans of Malmsteen and Keel. Malmsteen left soon after the record's completion and joined Graham Bonnett to form Alcatrazz. Mitch Perry was brought in as his replacement.

  The final line-up of Steeler saw the departure of Perry, Fox and Edwards who were all replaced by Kurt James on lead guitar, Greg Chaisson on bass and Bobby Marks on drums. This line-up recorded five singles, two of which appear on the 2005 Steeler Anthology. After the loss of Malmsteen in the summer of 1983, and due to the constant change in band members, Steeler never signed with a major record label and Keel decided to split up the band and start a new project.

  During Steeler's short time in the world of Heavy Metal, the band became quite popular in LA and even performed to some sold out venues.

  In 2005 a compilation album with songs from the single, album, live show bootlegs and unreleased tracks was released. This album was titled Metal Generation: The Steeler Anthology.

  Legacy
Steeler's self-titled debut is considered critics and fans alike as "groundbreaking". Much of the themes, style and structure of the music would go on to dominate towards the late 1980s. The futuristic guitar work of Malmsteen was also incredibly[weasel words] important in bringing shred guitar to prominence.

  Ron Keel later formed his own project, Keel, with moderate commercial success later in the 1980s.

  Yngwie Malmsteen became the guitarist for the newly formed band Alcatrazz, including Graham Bonnett (vocals), Gary Shea (bass), Jan Uvena (drums) and Jimmy Waldo (keyboards). They released one album under this lineup (No Parole From Rock N' Roll) in October, 1983 and a live release, Live Sentence, recorded in Tokyo, Japan on January 18, 1984. Later, Malmsteen began his solo project, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, which went on to produce numerous albums with a considerably[weasel words] increased commercial success.

  Bassist Rik Fox reminisces:
  “ Steeler was one of those 'groundbreaking' bands of the 1980s Sunset Strip. We were lucky and fortunate to be in that particular place in time and history, look at the awesome results that we left behind! But it was the songs that made it happen, and...the FANS!

  Thanks for keeping the faith.[1] ”

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