Giuffria was an American rock band from

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, formed in 1981 by

Gregg Giuffria Gregg Giuffria (born July 28, 1951) is an American rock musician and businessman. He was the keyboardist for AOR bands Angel, House of Lords, and Giuffria. Career Giuffria is originally from Gulfport, Mississippi, where he graduated from hi ...

after his departure from the band

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History

Giuffria was formed as

's side project in 1982 after Angel disbanded. The band's classic line-up consisted of Gregg Giuffria on keyboards,

David Glen Eisley David Glen Eisley (born September 5, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor. Personal life Eisley was born in Los Angeles, California and is the son of actor Anthony Eisley and Judith Tubbs Eisley. While in high school, he ...

(lead vocalist),

Craig Goldy Thomas "Craig" Goldy (born November 6, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Dio (band), Dio and Giuffria. Early musical life Goldy was born in San Diego, California. Before Dio, he played in the bands Ve ...

(guitar),

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(bass), and Alan Krigger (drums). Eisley had recently been vocalist for

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–based band

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. Goldy had briefly been a member of

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band

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, while Wright had guested on 2 tracks on

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's album, ''

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'', although not an official member at the time. Giuffria was signed to

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by Irving Azoff in 1984. Their debut album ''

Giuffria Giuffria was an American rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1981 by Gregg Giuffria after his departure from the band Angel. History Giuffria was formed as Gregg Giuffria's side project in 1982 after Angel disbanded. The band's clas ...

'' soon followed, peaking at No. 26 on the album charts, while spawning two hit singles, "Call to the Heart" (Hot 100 No. 15) and "Lonely in Love" (Hot 100 No. 57). The band was a special guest act for

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on the latter's 1984 reformation US tour. Throughout that tour, despite receiving rave reviews as the opening act, the members of Giuffria were subjected to mistreatment by Deep Purple lead guitarist

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, who cut the band's set from 45 minutes to 25. They also were forbidden to perform guitar solos and encores, and had to play with the arena lights on. The band toured as opener on Foreigner's "Agent Provocateur" Tour, enjoying considerable success. The band then toured in Japan in June 1985 and a live video was released as ''Giuffria Japan Tour '85''. Giuffria was also featured on the '' Gotcha!'' soundtrack, with "Never Too Late" and "Say It Ain't True". A third track, "What's Your Name?", featured Gregg Giuffria and David Glen Eisley, but was listed under the name Camelflage. Gregg also produced several of the album's tracks. Giuffria's next album, '' Silk and Steel'', was released in 1986, following some lineup changes: Goldy had joined Dio and was replaced by guitarist

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, while Wright returned to

(this time joining the band as an official member) and was replaced by Rick Bozzo and later David Sikes. The first single "I Must be Dreaming" fell short of the Top 40, peaking at No. 52, with the album peaking at No. 60 on the ''

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''. The second single "Love You Forever" failed to chart even though the single was promoted with an appearance on American Bandstand. Giuffria left MCA in 1987; Gregg then teamed up with Gene Simmons, where they reconfigured a new lineup, including James Christian on vocals, the return of bassist Chuck Wright and the debut of drummer Ken Mary, who had replaced Alan Krigger. Some of these demos would eventually appear on David Glen Eisley's album The Lost Tapes while three of the songs ("Pleasure Palace", "Jealous Heart", and "Slip Of The Tongue") were recorded for the

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debut album, released on Gene Simmons's new label Simmons/RCA Records. In 2015, Eisley, Goldy, and Krigger reunited for a one concert event at Rock City, Nottingham, England.

Members

Past: *

– lead vocals, harmonica (1983–1987, 2015), guitar *

– keyboards, synthesizers, keytar, piano, backing vocals (1983–1987) *Alan Krigger – drums, percussion (1983–1987, 2015) *

– guitars, backing vocals (1983–1985, 2015) *

– bass, backing vocals (1983–1985, 1987) *

– guitars (1985–1987) *Rick Bozzo – bass (1985–1986) *David Sikes – bass (1986–1987) *

Ken Mary Ken K. Mary is an American musician who has worked as a drummer, producer, engineer, and record executive on over thirty-five albums. He has worked in genres from heavy rock to choral music. Mary is best known for his work with acts such as ...

– drums, percussion (1987) * Adam Emmons - keyboards (2015) * Dario Saixas - bass (2015)

Discography

Albums

*''

'' (1984, MCA Records) *'' Silk + Steel'' (1986, MCA Records)

Singles

Other appearances

*'' Gotcha! OST'' (1985, MCA Records)

References

Bibliography

* *

External links

Discography at ''MusicMight''

Interview with Drummer Alan Krigger
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