The Right to Rock
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| Released | January 28, 1985 | |||
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| Length | 39:49 | |||
| Label | Gold Mountain/A&M (US) Vertigo (Europe) King (Japan) | |||
| Producer | Gene Simmons | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
The Right to Rock is the second studio album by American rock band
Barry Brandt (of Angel) 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.[3]
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" (Ron Keel, Marc Ferrari, Kenny Chaisson) – 3:35
- "Back to the City" (R. Keel, Chaisson) – 3:47
- "Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:41
- "Easier Said than Done" (Gene Simmons, 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
- Ron Keel – vocals and guitar
- Marc Ferrari – guitar and vocals
- Bryan Jay – guitar and vocals
- Kenny Chaisson – bass and vocals
- Steve Riley – drums and vocals
- Production
- Gene Simmons – 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
- John Taylor Dismukes – illustrations
- Ron Keel – liner notes
In popular culture
- The song "Speed Demon" by Men In Black IIat the post office scene, when Agent J shows Agent K an alien inside a mail sorting machine.
References
- Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "History". Keelband.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
External links
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