Forcefield was a late 1980s
hard rock
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band focused on drummer
Cozy Powell
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and guitarist
Ray Fenwick
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. The band gave them the opportunity to play many covers including tracks from
Jimi Hendrix
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,
Cream
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,
The Kinks
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and
Deep Purple
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. Many other renowned musicians appeared as guests or were members of the band, including
Tony Martin,
Don Airey
Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician. He came to prominence as the keyboardist of the rock band Rainbow during 1979–1982. He has been the keyboardist of Deep Purple, the band from which Rainbow was a spinoff, since 2 ...
,
Jan Akkerman
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,
Laurence Cottle
Laurence Cottle (born 16 December 1961) is a Welsh bass guitarist and composer.
Career
His solo recordings have been mostly in jazz and jazz fusion. He was a member of the fusion quartet The Fents and appeared on their second album, ''The O ...
,
Neil Murray, and
Barry St John.
They released four albums for
President Records and one album of instrumental tracks, taken from the four albums plus previously unreleased tracks.
Album discography
;''Forcefield''
#"Set Me Free"
#"Best Shot"
#"Runaway"
#"Sunshine Of Your Love"
#"Shine It On Me"
#"Whole Lotta Love"
#"Black Cat"
#"White Room"
#"You Really Got Me"
#"Fire In The City"
#"Keep On Running"
#"Smoke On The Water"
;''Forcefield II – The Talisman''
#"The Talisman"
#"Year Of The Dragon"
#"Tired Of Waiting For You"
#"Heartache"
#"Good Is Good"
#"Carrie"
#"Without Your Love"
#"I Lose Again"
#"The Mercenary"
#"Black Night / Strange Kind Of Woman"
#"I Lose Again (Instrumental Version)"
;''Forcefield III – To Oz and Back''
#"Hit And Run"
#"Always"
#"Stay Away"
#"Desire"
#"Tokyo"
#"Who'll Be The Next In Line"
#"Wings On My Feet"
#"Firepower"
#"Hold On"
#"Rendezvous"
;''Forcefield IV – Let The Wild Run Free''
#"Let The Wild Run Free"
#"Can't Get Enough Of Your Love"
#"Money Talks"
#"I Will Not Go Quietly"
#"Women On Wings"
#"Ball Of Confusion"
#"Living By Numbers"
#"The Wind Cries Mary"
#"In A Perfect World"
;''Instrumentals'' (compilation/out-takes)
#"Tokyo"
#"The Talisman"
#"Perfect World"
#"I Lose Again"
#"Secret Waters"
#"Look Don't Touch"
#"Three Card Shuffle"
#"Rendezvous"
#"Osaka"
References
External links
Cozy PowellRay FenwickMo FosterDon Airey
Musical groups established in 1987
Musical groups disestablished in 1990
English rock music groups
1987 establishments in England
1990 disestablishments in England
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