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1) Blue Murder was the hard rock brainchild of ex-Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes. The original lineup of the band, founded in the late-80’s, also included ex-The Firm bass player Tony Franklin and drummer Carmine Appice.
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”.
Perhaps stemming from Keeling’s ouster, Franklin and Appice left midway through the recording sessions, to be replaced by bassist Marcos Mendoza and drummer Tommy O’Steen.
1) Blue Murder was the hard rock brainchild of ex-Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes. The original lineup of the band, founded in the late-80’s, also included ex-The Firm bass player Tony Franklin and drummer Carmine Appice.
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”.
Perhaps stemming from Keeling’s ouster, Franklin and Appice left midway through the recording sessions, to be replaced by bassist Marcos Mendoza and drummer Tommy O’Steen.
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Billy
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Out of Love
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Sex Child
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RichmondRocks wrote:
YESSSS!!
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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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Zilverdael wrote:
Does anybody remember the dutch band Blue Murder? They were active in the mid-80's and made four great pop records, unfortunately never released on CD. Maybe someone remembers their fantastic single 'Talk Talk Talk'
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Blackneto wrote:
i'm going to have to poison the results and get Ptolemy on top.
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yukihirokato wrote:
sex childのギターソロは最高！
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MikeySchenker wrote:
NWOBHM tag!? You have to be kidding??? Fucking great band though...
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Thanasis159 wrote:
Great band with great songs! :D
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AndersonUndeath wrote:
so perde pra Europe!!
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AndersonUndeath wrote:
muito foda essa banda!!!!
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BurningRemnant wrote:
Black-Hearted Woman is the best song on the debut album IMO
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unbreakable- wrote:
Why is Jelly Roll topping the list? It's not that good when compared to some other songs of theirs.
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RedFox681 wrote:
They're awesome!!
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razzu wrote:
heavy band! nothin but love
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dioivanov wrote:
"Valley of the kings" is written by Tony Martin
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jerry667 wrote:
One of my favorite bands, also John Sykes is one of my favorites guitar players of all time.
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lauriemonk wrote:
Blue Murder, great album and proves that John Sykes was the real driving force behind White Snake's 1987 album.
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takusamadotcom wrote:
"Valley Of The Kings" is a powerful song. One of my favourite of all time!
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hurricane_mario wrote:
sounds like some nice melodic hard rock, will check out further.
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MamaKin34 wrote:
A HUGE BLUE MURDER FAN HERE.....always wished these guys had done better...
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