''The Right to Rock'' is the second studio album by American rock band

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. It was the first to be produced by

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under their new label

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(which was distributed by

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at the time). When the band started recording the album, drummer Bobby Marks left. He was replaced by different drummers:

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(who went on to join

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(of

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) and Steve Riley (who plays on the entire album but subsequently left to join the band W.A.S.P.). Dwain Miller eventually became the band's permanent drummer right before the album was released. The band had only written three songs when the label sent them to the studio, therefore Keel covered three Gene Simmons demos and re-recorded three songs from their debut album – "Tonight You're Mine" was renamed to "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" for this album.

Track listing

;Side one # "The Right to Rock" ''(

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, Marc Ferrari, Kenny Chaisson)'' – 3:35 # "Back to the City" ''(R. Keel, Chaisson)'' – 3:47 # "

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" ''( Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)'' – 3:41 # "Easier Said than Done" ''(

, Mitch Weissman)'' – 3:25 # "So Many Girls, So Little Time" ''(Simmons, Howard Rice)'' – 3:15 ;Side two #

"Electric Love" ''(R. Keel, Chaisson)'' – 4:05 # "Speed Demon" ''(R. Keel)'' – 3:39 # "Get Down" ''(Simmons, Rice)'' – 5:02 # "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" ''(R. Keel, Chaisson, Bobby Marks)'' – 2:59 The remastered version of the album features two bonus tracks – a remixed version of "Easier Said than Done", and a "reunion" version of "The Right to Rock".

Personnel

;Band members *

– vocals and guitar *

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– guitar and vocals * Bryan Jay – guitar and vocals * Kenny Chaisson – bass and vocals * Steve Riley – drums and vocals ;Production *

– producer *Mike Davis – engineer, mixing *Paul Wertheimer, Sebastian Thoner, Bruce Smith, Eddie Delena, Craig Engel – assistant engineers *Greg Fulginti – mastering *Aaron Rapoport – photography *Chuck Beeson – art direction, design *

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– illustrations *Ron Keel – liner notes

In popular culture

*The song "Speed Demon" by

was used in the 2002 movie, ''

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'' at the post office scene, when Agent J shows Agent K an alien inside a mail sorting machine.

References

External links

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