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SOUTHGANG, MEGADEATH, BLIND GAURDIAN, GRAVE DIGGER, TATOO, WILD AMERICA, JAX HOLLOW, DAVID PAICH, CROSSON, SHAKRA, HOUSE OF LORDS, SIR GIBSON, THE HELLICOPTERS, THE HU, SKIDROW
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SOUTHGANG, MEGADEATH, BLIND GAURDIAN, GRAVE DIGGER, TATOO, WILD AMERICA, JAX HOLLOW, DAVID PAICH, CROSSON, SHAKRA, HOUSE OF LORDS, SIR GIBSON, THE HELLICOPTERS, THE HU, SKIDROW
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"(SOUTHGANG BIOGRAPHY)"
"SouthGang was a Los Angeles-based rock band , formed in the late 1980s. It wasn’t long before they headed to the bright lights of L.A.’s Sunset Strip and within a year of their arrival the band was headlining, garnering major label interest. Southgang had been taken under the wing of Desmond Child (after being introduced by Ratt), the legendary 80s song doctor consequently contributing a great deal to the group’s songwriting. The band's original name was Byte the Bullet, but this was changed to SouthGang before they released their first album, Tainted Angel. They had a similar style to many of the other "hair bands" of the era. The band is best remembered for their 1991 single "Tainted Angel," which received some MTV airplay, especially during Headbangers Ball. With a slamming rhythm section in bassist Jayce Fincher and drummer Mitch McLee, a wickedly wild guitarist in Butch Walker, and a powerful and wide-ranging lead singer in Jesse Harte, SouthGang seemed to have everything going for it, including aid from Desmond Child, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers), and Kane Roberts (Alice Cooper), who aided the band either during the songwriting, recording, and production processes. This was no “cookie cutter hair band” of the era, but a group that had not only big-time support, but mastery over its instruments. Plus, the musicians also had a knack for incorporating numerous surprises into each song, whether it be unexpected rhythm breaks or key changes, inventive drum, bass, or guitar fills, or the addition of a brass section, harmonica and cowbells, light Hammond organ and honky-tonk piano, acoustic and slide guitar and the aforementioned talk-box, even one instance of female background vocals, all giving SouthGang that “unpredictable factor” that set it apart from its contemporaries. And with the ultra-catchy choruses, a budding “guitar hero” in its midst, the overall energetic performances and rowdy atmosphere, and slick yet robust studio production, the band truly seemed destined for greatness. After the band's breakup in the mid-1990s, Butch Walker, Jayce Fincher, and Mitch McLee went on to form power pop band Marvelous 3, scoring a minor hit with "Freak of the Week" in 1998. "
692 - BLUE WATER
691 - HORSE & SANDS
690 - SOMETHING ON MY MIND
689 - LOVE AINT COOL
688 - LAST TRAIN TO NOWHERE
687 - ROCK & ROLL CITY
686 - NEW AGE BLUES
685 - I LOVE ROCK & ROLL
684 - BIERSEGEN
683 - HORNS FOR A HALO
682 - GET ALONG
681 - OXYGENE
680 - YOU’LL NEVER BE ALONE
679 - PRAY TO THE HUNTER
678 - THE DARK TOWER
677 - SPEED WARNING #1
676 - JOHNNY BE BAD
675 - DIE ROSE IM WASSER
674 - ROCK ON
673 - LOVE ME TILL IT HURTS
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