Michael Chetwynd Slamer ( ; born 8 July 1954) is a British guitarist.

Biography

Slamer started his career playing in the UK prog-rock band City Boy. Since then, he has worked as a staff composer for various movies and TV series, has been a session guitarist for numerous recording artists, and played in several bands. He provided the guitar solos on Warrant's first two albums, ''

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''. He also contributed two solos on a Kix record. The songs were “Scarlet Fever” and “Walking Away.” He at different times cooperated with two members of the

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band

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. With Steve Walsh he formed

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, and with

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he created the band

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. Streets released two albums on the Atlantic label, ''

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'' (1983) and ''

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'' (1985). A live Streets album was released on the BMG label in 1997 and features a concert for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show from 1983. Slamer was also credited as a co-writer for the Kansas song "Refugee" from '' The Prelude Implicit'' (2016). Slamer has also released two albums with the group Steelhouse Lane, plus a solo album entitled ''Nowhere Land'', with former Strangeways member Terry Brock on vocals (2006). Slamer released an album entitled ''Devil's Hand'' with

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vocalist Andrew Freeman (December 2018).

Discography

with City Boy

*1976: '' City Boy'' *1977: ''Dinner at the Ritz'' *1977: '' Young Men Gone West'' *1978: ''Book Early'' *1979: ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' *1980: ''Heads Are Rolling'' *1981: ''It's Personal'' *2001: ''Anthology'' (compilation)

with Streets

*1983: ''

'' *1985: ''

'' *1997: '' King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Streets'' or '' Live-Shakedown''

with Shopan Entesari

*1996: ''Cutting Edge Rock''

with Steelhouse Lane

*1998: ''Metallic Blue'' (

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) (guitar) *1999: ''Slaves of the New World'' (Escape Music Ltd.) (producer, guitar)

Chris Thompson and Mike Slamer

*2001: ''Won't Lie Down'' (CD) (guitar)

with Seventh Key

*2001: ''Seventh Key'' (with Billy Greer) (CD) (producer, guitar) *2004: ''The Raging Fire'' (with Billy Greer) (CD) *2005: ''Seventh Key Live in Atlanta'' (with Billy Greer) (CD and DVD) *2013: ''I Will Survive'' (with Billy Greer) (CD)

with Devil's Hand

*2018: ''Devil's Hand'' (with Andrew Freeman) (CD) (producer, guitar)

Album credits

;Kix *1985: ''Midnite Dynamite'' (guitar) ;Angry Anderson *1990: ''Blood from Stone'' (CD) (guitar) ;Steve Walsh *2000: ''Glossolalia'' (CD) (guitar) ;Terry Brock *2010: ''Diamond Blue'' (CD) (producer, guitar)

As solo artist (Slamer)

*2006: ''Nowhere Land'' (Frontiers Records)

References

External links

Official website

Myspace
profile for Mike Slamer
Radio interview
with Mike Slamer about his time with City Boy (August 2006)
"Nowhere Land – Slamer"
English rock guitarists 1954 births English session musicians English film score composers English male film score composers Living people English male guitarists {{UK-guitarist-stub