Open letter to Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain

[Maro]

I'm sure you'll read this...

I think it's a common knowledge now that you won't seriously consider Hugo or Kevin Chalfant for the JOB.

Dave Bickler, Jimi Jamison, Mickey Thomas, Freddy Curci and Fergie Frederiksen are also out of question for various reasons.

Steve Perry, Steve Augeri and JSS are obviously only a past for you, and you won't return on any of them.

You've dropped Jeremey Hunsicker, and you are now experimenting with Arnel Pineda, but somehow I feel that in the end you won't be happy with him either.

Put an end to this misery, and consider this guy... TERRY BROCK... he's a proven professional, he could pull it off anytime... and he won't take you too much spotlight...

He's currently in band Le Roux, but if you ask him, I doubt he'll refuse...


Info about Terry Brock from his current band, Le Roux:

http://www.laleroux.com/HTMLPages/terry.html

Samples from albums featuring Terry Brock on lead vocals:

http://www.melodicrock.com/showcase/strangeways.html (he's not on first album Strangeways, only on Native Sons and Walk In The Fire)
http://nehrecords.com/shop/BrockBack.htm#FRCD061
http://nehrecords.com/shop/SlamerNowhere.htm#FRCD276
http://nehrecords.com/shop/SignSigns.html#FRCD042 - he's not lead on all songs
http://nehrecords.com/shop/SignSecond.htm#FRCD219 - he's not lead on all songs
http://nehrecords.com/shop/PhantomsIV.htm#ESM083

two songs from Tribute To Boston cd:
Rock 'n' Roll Band
http://nehrecords.com/Audio/MP3Files/Bo ... 20%202.mp3
It's Easy http://nehrecords.com/Audio/MP3Files/Bo ... 20%208.mp3


Reviews of albums featuring Terry Brock on lead vocals:

on melodicrock.com:
http://www.melodicrock.com/reviews/frterrybrock.p3
http://www.melodicrock.com/reviews/slam ... ereland.p3
http://www.melodicrock.com/reviews/thes ... flife.html
http://www.melodicrock.com/reviews/thes ... dcoming.p3
http://www.melodicrock.com/reviews/phan ... -act4.html

on heavyharmonies.com
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... ative+Sons
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... n+the+Fire
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... ck+to+Eden
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... where+Land
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... ns+of+Life
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... ond+Coming
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/g ... ame=Act+IV


Interviews with bands featuring Terry Brock:
http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/p ... opera.html
http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/mikeslamer.html

[strangegrey]

Why on earth would you wish such a horrendous fate on Terry!?

[Maro]

Why on earth would you wish such a horrendous fate on Terry!?

Somehow I have a feeling he would beat the crap of them if they would pull the games with him like with other guys...

[StoneCold]

Last year on MR, I saw a list of AOR singers. Included a dude called Jim Jidhed. I picked up a cd from him, (FULL CIRCLE) and it was pretty good.

Were you the one that posted it? I remember Terry Brock being on it.

If that was you, repost that list if you can. I'd like to check out some others.

I printed it but can't find it now.

[Maro]

Last year on MR, I saw a list of AOR singers. Included a dude called Jim Jidhed. I picked up a cd from him, (FULL CIRCLE) and it was pretty good.

Were you the one that posted it? I remember Terry Brock being on it.

If that was you, repost that list if you can. I'd like to check out some others.

I printed it but can't find it now.

This list?

STEVE AUGERI:
Tall Stories - Tall Stories
Tyketto - Shine
Tyketto - Take Out & Served Up Live
Armageddon soundtrack - Journey song Remember Me
Journey - Arrival
Journey - Red 13
Journey - Generations
Tall Stories II

MICHAEL BADAGLIACCO:
Arrival - Delayed (99)

DAVE BALDWIN:
Voices - Anything Can Happen (92)
Tradia - Welcome To Paradise (95)
Dave Baldwin - Time (97)
Departure - Open Your Mind (99)
Tradia - From The Basement (01)
Tribute To Foreigner (02) - on song Feels Like the First Time with band Departure
Norway - Rising Up From The Ashes (06)

MARTY BALIN (famous for singing in Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship; here is selection of his more AOR work):
KBC Band - KBC Band (86)
Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane (89)
Marty Balin - Better Generation (91)
Marty Balin - Freedom Flight (97)

DAVE BICKLER:
Survivor - Survivor (79)
Survivor - Premonition (81)
Rocky III soundtrack (82) - on song Eye of the Tiger with band Survivor
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (82)
Survivor - Caught In The Game (83)
Rocky IV soundtrack (85) - on song Eye of the Tiger with band Survivor
The Rocky Story soundtrack (90) - on song Eye of the Tiger with band Survivor
Survivor - Greatest Hits (93) - on some songs
Survivor - Prime Cuts (98) - on some songs
Survivor - Fire in Your Eyes: Greatest Hits (01) - on some songs
Survivor - Ultimate Survivor (04) - on some songs

KIMMO BLOM:
Heartplay - The Album (01)
Urban Tale - Urban Tale (01)
Urban Tale - Signs Of Times (03)
Radioactive - Yeah (03) - on song
Heartplay - Where The Deadends Meet (04)
Michael Riesenbeck - Shouting Silence (05) - on song Call To Glory
Northern Light - Northern Light (05) - on one song

TERRY BROCK:
National Lampoon's European Vacation soundtrack - on song Back To America with band Network
Strangeways - Native Sons (87)
Strangeways - Walk In The Fire (89)
The Suits - Ties That Bind (95) - vocals on songs Love Is What You Make It, Can't Go Lookin' and No Business For A Lady
The Sign - Signs Of Life (00) - on most of songs
Strangeways - Greatest Bits (00) - on some songs
Terry Brock - Back To Eden (01)
Strangeways - Living in the Danger Zone (03) - on some songs
Phantom's Opera - Act IV (03)
The Sign - The Second Coming (05) - on most of songs
Slamer - Nowhere Land (06)

KEVIN CHALFANT:
707 - Mega Force (82)
Steel Breeze - Heart On The Line (83)
Karate Tiger soundtrack (87) - on song Hold On To The Vision In Your Eyes
The VU - Phoenix Rising (00) reissued as VU - VU
The Storm - The Storm (91)
The Storm - Eye Of The Storm (96)
Kevin Chalfant - Running With The Wind (97)
Two Fires - Two Fires (00)
Two Fires - Ignition (02)
Jim Peterik and World Stage - Rock America: Smash Hits Live (03) - on songs I Can't Hold Back, I've Got A Lot To Learn About Love and The Sum Of Our Hearts
Kevin Chalfant - Back To Square One (04) march
Shadows Fade featuring Kevin Chalfant - Shadows Fade (04) oct
Kevin Chalfant - Christmas With All My Friends (04) dec
Shooting Star - Circles (06)
Shooting Star - Anthology (07) - on song George's Song
Kevin Chalfant - Fly 2 Fr33dom (07)

FREDDY CURCI:
Sheriff - Sheriff (82)
Alias - Alias (90)
Don't Tell Mom Babysitter's Dead soundtrack (91) - on song Perfect World with band Alias
Son In Law soundtrack (93) - on song Perfect World with band Alias
Freddy Curci - Dreamer's Road (94)
Freddy Curci - Then And Now (00)
Joe Dirt soundtrack (01) - on song When I'm With You with band Sheriff
Zion - Zion (06)

DAVID GLEN EISLEY (here is selection of his more AOR work)
Giuffria - Giuffria (84)
Giuffria - Silk + Steel (86)
Dirty White Boy - Bad Reputation (89)
David Glen Eisley - Stranger From The Past (00)
David Glen Eisley - The Lost Tapes (01)

ANDREAS EKLUND:
House Of Shakira - Lint (98)
House Of Shakira - On The Verge (98)
Sayit - Sayit (99)
House Of Shakira - Best Of Two (00)
House Of Shakira - III (00)
House Of Shakira - First Class (04)
House Of Shakira - Retoxed

MARC ENGERAN:
Rokbox - Rokbox (97)
Absolute Zero - Never Surrender (00)

FERGIE FREDERIKSEN:
Trillion - Trillion (79)
David London - David London (81)
Le Roux - So Fired Up (83)
Toto - Isolation
Frederiksen/Phillips - Frederiksen/Phillips
Fergie Frederiksen - Equilibrium
Le Roux - AOR Live (00)
Mecca - Mecca (02)
Radioactive - Ceremony Of Innocence
Radioactive - Yeah
Radioactive - Taken
Northern Light - Northern Light
AOR - Nothing But The Best (04)
Frederiksen-Denander - Baptism By Fire (07)

HUGO (HUGO VALENTI):
Valentine - Valentine (90)
Don't Tell Mom Babysitter's Dead soundtrack (91) - on song Keep The Faith with band Valentine
Open Skyz - Open Skyz
Hugo - Hugo
Hugo - Time On Earth
Street Talk - Restoration - on two songs
Street Talk - Destination - on same two songs
Hugo - Fire In The Night (04)
Avalon - The Ritchie Zito Project - on two songs
Ramos/Hugo

JIMI JAMISON (selection of his aor work):
Cobra - First Strike (83)
Karate Kid soundtrack (84) The Moment of Truth - Survivor
Survivor - Vital Signs (84)
Rocky IV soundtrack (85) Burning Heart - Survivor
Survivor - When Seconds Count (86)
Survivor - Too Hot To Sleep (88)
Lock Up soundtrack (89) - Ever Since The World Began
The Rocky Story soundtrack (90) Burning Heart - Survivor
Jim Jamison - When Love Comes Down (91)
Jersey Girl soundtrack (92) on Taste Of Love
Survivor - Greatest Hits (93)
Baywatch soundtrack (94) on song I'm Always Here
Survivor - Prime Cuts (98)
Jimi Jamison - Empires (00)
Spy Game soundtrack (01) - on I'm Always Here
Survivor - Fire in Your Eyes: Greatest Hits (01)
Survivor - Ultimate Survivor (04)
Survivor - Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (04)
Survivor - Reach (06)

JIM JIDHED (here is selection of his more AOR work on english)
Alien - Alien (88) ?+?
Jim - Jim (90)
Alien - Best and Rare (97)
Radioactive - Ceremony Of Innocence
Sayit - Again
Jim Jidhed - Full Circle
Alien - Dark Eyes (05)

STEPHAN KAEMMERER:
Frontline - The State of Rock (94)
Frontline - Acoustics (95)
Frontline - Heroes (97)
Frontline - Right Attitude (00)
Frontline - Against the World (02)
Frontline - Almost Unreleased (03)
Frontline - The Seventh Sign (04)
Frontline - Circles (06)

TIMOTHY LEWIS:
Timothy Lewis - Timothy Lewis
Departure - Corporate Wheel (03)

ALEXANDER J. LIGERTWOOD (here is selection of his more AOR work):
Santana - Marathon
Santana - Zebop!
Santana - Shango
Santana - Beyond Appearances

EARLE LORD:
Savannah - Savannah (98)
Savannah - Salem's Lot (99)
Savannah - Forever's Come and Gone (00)
Lord Grey - Lady of the Lake (02)

JOHN DAVID MARTIN:
Artica - As It Shoud Be

TONY MILLS (here is selection of his more Journeyesque work):
Tony Mills - Cruiser (02)
Shy - Unfinished Business (02)
Shy - Reflections: The Anthology 1983-2005 (05)
Shy - Sunset And Vine (05)
Northern Light - Northern Light
China Blue (07)

ROB MORATTI:
Moratti - Desolation (96)
Moratti - Legends Of Tomorrow (96)
Rob Moratti - Rob Moratti
Rob Moratti - Modern Influence
Final Frontier - The First Wave
Final Frontier - The Second Wave
Final Frontier - High Tension Wire
Final Frontier - Freelight

TED POLEY:
Danger Danger - Danger Danger
Danger Danger - Screw It!
Danger Danger - Down And Dirty Live!
Danger Danger - Cockroach
Bone Machine - Dogs
Bone Machine - Search And Destroy
Bone Machine - Disappearing Inc.
Melodica - Long Way From Home
Melodica - Acoustica
Melodica - US Acoustica
Melodica - Love Metal
Poley/Pichler - Big
Danger Danger - Rare Cuts
Ted Poley - Collateral Damag
Ted Poley - Smile

PETER SUNDELL:
Promotion - Not for Sale (97)
Promotion - Yeah, Yeah (98)
Grand Illusion - The Book Of How To Make It
Grand Illusion - View From The Top
Grand Illusion - In the Beginning (01) - compilation of two Promotion albums
Grand Illusion - Ordinary Just Won't Do (04)
Northern Light - Northern Light
Deacon Street - II (06)
Decoy - Call Of The Wild

MICKEY THOMAS:
Jefferson Starship - Freedom At Point Zero
Mickey Thomas - Alive Alone (81)
Jefferson Starship - Modern Times (81)
Jefferson Starship - Winds Of Change
Jefferson Starship - Nuclear Furtniture (84)
The Heavenly Kid soundtrack (85) - Two Minute Love - Mickey Thomas
Youngblood soundtrack (85) - Stand in the Fire - Mickey Thomas, Cut You Down to Size - Starship
Starship - Knee Deep In The Hoopla
Mannequin soundtrack - Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us!
Starship - No Protection
Cocktail soundtrack (88) - Wild Again - Starship
Dream a Little Dream soundtrack (89) - Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mickey Thomas
Sing soundtrack (89) - Sing - Mickey Thomas
Gross Anatomy soundtrack (89) I'll Be There - Starship
Starship - Love Among The Cannibals
Starship - Greatest Hits (Ten Years And Change) 1979-1991
Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship - Hits
Starship - Greatest Hits (Brilliant) (03)
OVER THE EDGE featuring Mickey Thomas - s/t

BILLY TRUDEL:
The City - Foundation (86)
Warpipes - Holes In The Heavens
War Pipes - War Pipes (00) rerelease of Warpipes - Holes In The Heavens
Public Domain - Radio Nights (97)

MARK WEITZ:
Ramos - Living In The Light

PIERRE WENSBERG:
Sayit - Sayit (99)
Prisoner - Blind (00)
Sayit - Again (01)
Prisoner - II (01)
Heartbreak Radio - Heartbreak Radio (05)

GARY WEST:
Shooting Star - Shooting Star (80)
Shooting Star - Hang On For Your Life (81)
Shooting Star - III Wishes (82)
Shooting Star - Burning (83)
Shooting Star - Silent Scream (85)
Shooting Star - Best Of (89)
Shooting Star - Best Of, Vol. 2 (01)
Shooting Star - Anthology (07)

[StoneCold]

That list should be a static post on MR.

[StoneCold]

Real Men of Genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGDZdYGAYAE

Aye Carumba

[larocque6689]

It's amazing that Ritchie Blackmore auditioned at least two of these singers for Deep Purple after he fired Ian Gillan.

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

It's amazing how many of these singers Ritchie Blackmore wanted in Deep Purple after he fired Ian Gillan.

Yeah he wanted to boost them in the American market - would have been VERY interesting had he got his way - i always thought Rainbow were better then Purple..........

[Escape Artist]

No one knows if they dropped Jeremey, or Arnel or whoever....

[Maro]

No one knows if they dropped Jeremey, or Arnel or whoever....

Well... we'd have to wait and see... do we?
Like Van Halen used to say on their website... "No news is good news."

[Escape Artist]

No one knows if they dropped Jeremey, or Arnel or whoever....

Well... we'd have to wait and see... do we?
Like Van Halen used to say on their website... "No news is good news."

No news is par for the course with Journey, Yes my friend we will just have to wait and see.

[Monker]

Why on earth would you wish such a horrendous fate on Terry!?

Somehow I have a feeling he would beat the crap of them if they would pull the games with him like with other guys...

LOL...that's what people said about JSS!