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(1988 – 1992)
There is more than one artist with this name:
1) British hardrock band
2) Dutch guitarpop band
3) British folk group
1) Blue Murder was the hard rock brainchild of ex-Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes. The original 1988 lineup of the band, also included ex-The Firm bass player Tony Franklin and drummer Cozy Powell (although he was almost immediately replaced by Carmine Appice). Ray Gillen was also briefly in the 1988 line-up before Sykes decided to take the vocal duties himself in addition to guitar.
Hoping to capitalize upon the success of Whitesnake’s multi-platinum 1987, Geffen Records signed Sykes to form a new band. After auditioning several vocalists (including Tony Martin and Ray Gillen), Sykes was encouraged to handle vocal duties himself.
Their self titled debut did moderately well, peaking at #69 on the Billboard Top 200, and spawned the singles “Jelly Roll” (#15, Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks) and “Valley of the Kings”, which received substantial airplay on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball.
In 1993, the follow-up Nothing But Trouble was released. While the original lineup recorded much of the album, Sykes’ hesitancy at handing the vocal chores resurfaced; he recruited Baton Rouge singer Kelly Keeling. After spending more than a year laying down the vocal tracks for the album, John was not convinced that the vocals were to his liking. He proceeded to go over the lead vocal tracks with his own until Kelly had only one lead vocal track left, “I’m On Fire”.
1) British hardrock band
2) Dutch guitarpop band
3) British folk group
1) Blue Murder was the hard rock brainchild of ex-Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes. The original 1988 lineup of the band, also included ex-The Firm bass player Tony Franklin and drummer Cozy Powell (although he was almost immediately replaced by Carmine Appice). Ray Gillen was also briefly in the 1988 line-up before Sykes decided to take the vocal duties himself in addition to guitar.
Hoping to capitalize upon the success of Whitesnake’s multi-platinum 1987, Geffen Records signed Sykes to form a new band. After auditioning several vocalists (including Tony Martin and Ray Gillen), Sykes was encouraged to handle vocal duties himself.
Their self titled debut did moderately well, peaking at #69 on the Billboard Top 200, and spawned the singles “Jelly Roll” (#15, Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks) and “Valley of the Kings”, which received substantial airplay on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball.
In 1993, the follow-up Nothing But Trouble was released. While the original lineup recorded much of the album, Sykes’ hesitancy at handing the vocal chores resurfaced; he recruited Baton Rouge singer Kelly Keeling. After spending more than a year laying down the vocal tracks for the album, John was not convinced that the vocals were to his liking. He proceeded to go over the lead vocal tracks with his own until Kelly had only one lead vocal track left, “I’m On Fire”.
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MeTaLeX_ReeVeS wrote:
i just got the first albulm today ...that's killing!
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Bicycle-Racer wrote:
tomba93, that's a great news!!! Can't wait for this to happen. :-))
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tomba93 wrote:
Mike Portnoy & John Sykes are trying to write songs for collaboration! they've also said they'll perform Blue Murder songs live!! :D
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MikeySchenker wrote:
@switch625DL: First album is a Hard Rock classic... not as catchy as the 2nd one, bit more serious. But each their own, love both albums, prefer the first one...
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Helvetegyt wrote:
Underrated band. [3]
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TSupporter wrote:
Valley Of The Kings o/
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LefterisDel wrote:
beautiful band and great voice!!!
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melanthaamar wrote:
I have the tape (Blue Murder) from back in the day. :-)
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thrashedlife wrote:
Just found out about these guys today when I discovered the self-titled tape at a local store. I didn't know what to expect, but it's pretty good! I'm glad I bought it.
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steelironmaiden wrote:
Save my love
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BLUE MURDER vote for http://rockstage.com.ua/plugins/bander/bands.php?0.item.1.4.304
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THGF wrote:
underrated band[2]
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maxiforthemax wrote:
underrated band
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MikeySchenker wrote:
@gatesofbabylon: Indeed that was the only reason I could think of too :D...
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maiden_fanatic wrote:
what a sound, what a band...134,671 plays (16,466 listeners) -> LACK OF TASTE
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MrLefty91 wrote:
Jelly Roll never gets old
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MikeySchenker wrote:
"Black-Hearted Woman..."...
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CapralYasya wrote:
I Need An Angel... i love it.
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Samson11 wrote:
nothing but trouble a peaice of hard rock!
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Idiots-Rule wrote:
I love the debut and I own it as well. John Sykes is one of my favorite guitarists ever. The 80's and early 90's were the shit. Too bad I was born in 1990 ...
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