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White Lion
White Lion is an American glam metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, they released their debut album ''Fight to Survive'' in 1985. The band achieved success with their No. 8 hit Wait (White Lion song), "Wait" and No. 3 hit "When the Children Cry" from their second album, the double platinum selling ''Pride (White Lion album), Pride''. The band continued their success with their third album, ''Big Game (album), Big Game'' which achieved Gold status and their fourth album ''Mane Attraction'' which included a supporting tour. White Lion disbanded in 1992 and not long afterwards, their first compilation album, ''The Best of White Lion'' was released. Mike Tramp reformed White Lion with all new musicians in 1999 and again in 2004, following a failed attempt to reform the original line up. The new White Lion released Rocking the USA, a live album in 2005 and a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of White Lion
''The Best of White Lion'' is the first greatest hits compilation album from the glam metal band ''White Lion'', released in September 1992. The compilation features all of White Lion's charted singles from their three most successful albums: ''Pride'', '' Big Game'' and ''Mane Attraction''. Overview The album features live versions of "Lady of the Valley" and "All You Need Is Rock'N Roll". "Broken Heart" was initially released on the band's debut album ''Fight to Survive'' but later re-recorded on the ''Mane Attraction'' album. In some countries, "You're All I Need" (from the band's last studio album ''Mane Attraction'') is included as the first track of the compilation, sometimes as a hidden (unlisted) track. In 2000 a second best of album was released titled "White Lion Hits" which was also re-released as "When the Children Cry and Other Hits" in 2007 and In 2002 an updated compilation was released titled "The Essential White Lion". Track listing # "You're All I Need" (Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocking The USA
''Rocking the USA'' is the first White Lion live compilation album released in 2005, now better known as Tramp's White Lion or White Lion 2, with all new band members again but still features original lead singer Mike Tramp. Background and recording Following the release of five solo albums in the last seven years ending with the album '' Songs I Left Behind'' in 2004, Tramp continued with the reformation of White Lion. The album '' Last Roar'' which was also released in 2004 featured new re-recorded versions of White Lion classic tracks and with the new line up Tramp went on tour in 2005. The album was produced by engineer and producer Michael Wagener, who also produced the band's studio albums ''Pride'' and ''Big Game'' and features the band's live set. All the songs on ''Rocking the USA'' are taken from the recent tour with the new line up and features all of White Lion's charted singles from their first four studio albums. Release and promotion The live versions of " Wait" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mane Attraction
''Mane Attraction'' is the fourth studio album by the glam metal band White Lion. It was released in 1991 by Atlantic Records, and reached No. 61 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 31 in the UK. Overview After a year of writing and recording, White Lion released ''Mane Attraction'' in the spring of 1991, which was received well by the fans. Unfortunately, the album failed to reach the top 20 like the last two albums. It received little airplay due to the rising popularity of grunge. The album featured the singles " Love Don't Come Easy" which peaked at number 24 on the Mainstream Rock chart, "Lights and Thunder", an eight-minute heavy rock epic with a complex structure inspired by Led Zeppelin's " Achilles Last Stand" and a re-recorded version of the band's debut single "Broken Heart", all of which had music videos. The song "Out with the Boys" was released as a rare promo single. The album also contained White Lion's only instrumental song, "Blue Monday", a tribute to Stevie R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glam Metal
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music, heavy metal that features pop music, pop-influenced Hook (music), hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat arena rock, rock anthems, and slow Sentimental ballad#Power ballads, power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock. Early glam metal evolved directly from the glam rock movement of the 1970s, as visual elements taken from acts such as David Bowie, T. Rex (band), T. Rex, and New York Dolls (and to a lesser extent, the Punk rock#New York City, punk and New wave music, new wave movements taking place concurrently in New York City) were fused with the decidedly more heavy metal leaning and theatrical acts such as Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss. The first examples of this fusion began appearing in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene. Early glam metal bands include Mötley Crüe, Hanoi Rocks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel (American Band)
Angel is an American rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in the mid-1970s by Punky Meadows, Mickey Jones, and Gregg Giuffria. They were primarily known for their flamboyant glam stage presence and white satin outfits. History Angel was discovered by Kiss bass player Gene Simmons performing at a nightclub and was eventually signed to the same label as Kiss, Casablanca. Angel's image of dressing in all white was a deliberate contrast to Kiss, who wore black. Angel sported an androgynous image and elaborate stage sets. Frank Zappa wrote a satirical song about Punky Meadows, with Punky's approval titled "Punky's Whips". Angel never achieved mass commercial success but acquired a following as a cult band. Their first album was the self-titled ''Angel'' (1975) and consisted of guitarist Punky Meadows, bassist Mickie Jones, vocalist Frank DiMino, keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, and drummer Barry Brandt. This lineup would hold for the following two albums, '' Helluva Band'' (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staten Island
Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at ; it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city. A home to the Lenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was City of Greater New York, consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel (band)
Mabel was a Danish pop music group from Stenløse, Denmark. They came to prominence after winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix song contest with the song " Boom Boom" in 1978, and represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest the same year. The band were successful in Denmark and Spain. Mabel later became the metal band Studs, and disbanded in late 1982. Lead singer Mike Tramp went on to form White Lion in 1983. History Mabel were originally a band called The Cops formed by Chris Have, Otto Kulmbak (Andy Larsson), and Peter Nielsen while they were still in school in Stenløse. The band became the Mabel in 1972 and they released two singles with lead singer Gert Von Magnus. Mike Tramp (originally name Michael Trempenau) from Vesterbro, Copenhagen was in a local youth club band called Vesterbro Ungdomsgård, and he also recorded a single at the age of 15 in 1976. Later that year he joined Mabel as their lead singer after Gert Von Magnus left. They released an album ''Ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of White Lion
''Songs of White Lion'' is a trilogy of albums by Mike Tramp's White Lion featuring new re-recorded versions of White Lion songs, released via Frontiers Music. Volume 1 was released on 14 April 2023, Volume 2 was released on August 23, 2024 and Volume 3 is set for a 2025 release. As the title implies, the new albums sees Tramp re-imagining select cuts from White Lion's catalog, including the bands biggest hits: " When the Children Cry", " Wait", and " Little Fighter". Background ''Songs of White Lion Volume 1'' comes out only one year after his most recent release in 2022, ''For Første Gang'', the album which Tramp sung a full set of songs entirely in Danish for the first time in his career. ''Songs of White Lion'' sees Tramp bringing his version of White Lion back, and follows Tramp's previous release of re-recorded White Lion songs when he was first attempting to reform White Lion in 1999, on the album '' Remembering White Lion''. To avoid legal issues with former members, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return Of The Pride
''Return of the Pride'' is the fifth and final studio album featuring original material by White Lion. The album was released in 2008 on March 14 (Europe), April 9 (Japan), April 29 (North America). The album was produced by singer Mike Tramp and bassist Claus Langeskov and recorded during 2007 in both Australia and Copenhagen, Denmark. Background and recording ''Return of the Pride'' is the first original White Lion studio album since their 1991 album ''Mane Attraction'' and is the only studio album with the new-line up which still features original lead singer Mike Tramp. The album is a sequel to the band's 1987 album ''Pride''. Following the release of the compilation album ''The Best of White Lion'', the band was mostly known as Tramp's White Lion or White Lion 2 for legal reasons with former members but is now once again simply known as White Lion. Following the release of ''Return of the Pride'', Tramp faced a tumultuous time of professional indecision as he tried to decid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Game (album)
''Big Game'' is the third studio album by the American glam metal band White Lion. It was released on June 5, 1989, by Atlantic Records, reaching #19 on The ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, #28 in Canada and #47 In the UK. The album contains the MTV hits, " Little Fighter", "Radar Love" and "Cry for Freedom". This album has a lighter sound than previous albums. Overview In the first half of 1989, still riding high on the multi platinum success of ''Pride'', White Lion re-entered the studio following the completion of their ''Pride'' tour to record the next album, a decision the group later came to regret due to the effects of fatigue from the heavy touring. A musically eclectic follow-up to ''Pride'', the album featured the single " Little Fighter", in Memory of The Rainbow Warrior, a Greenpeace boat which was intentionally sabotaged and sunk by the French Secret Service while docked in an Auckland harbour, New Zealand in 1985 and served as the inspiration for the Steven Seagal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride (White Lion Album)
''Pride'' is the second studio album by the American-Danish Glam Metal, glam-metal band White Lion, released on June 22, 1987, by Atlantic Records. The album featured the two top ten hits "Wait (White Lion song), Wait" and "When the Children Cry". It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and remained in the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Top 200 for a full year, selling two million copies in the US alone. Overview The recording process of the album took six weeks and the album was produced by Michael Wagener. The album's first single, "Wait", was released on June 1, 1987, but did not make waves until MTV began airing the music video in January 1988, seven months after its release, pushing the single to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. In August 1988, more than a year after the album's release, the second single "Tell Me (White Lion song), Tell Me" also featuring a music video hit #58. ''Pride''s third single, a gentle acoustic ballad titled "When the Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
