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Biography
About|the American heavy metal bandRefimprove|date=January 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Steeler| image =| caption =| image_size = 200| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , Tennessee , United States | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal , glam metal , hard rock | years_active = 1981–1984| label = Shrapnel Records | associated_acts = Keel (band)|Keel Alcatrazz W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P. Stryper Die Happy (band)|Die Happy Badlands (American band)|Badlands | website =| current_members =| past_members = Yngwie Malmsteen Ron Keel Michael Dunigan (musician)|Michael Dunigan Tim Morrison (musician)|Tim Morrison Bobby Eva Mark Edwards Rik Fox Mitch Perry Kurt James Greg Chaisson Bobby Marks | notable_instruments = Steeler was an early 1980s American Heavy metal music|heavy metal band from Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville . Band members included: Ron Keel on Singing|vocals and guitar , Michael Dunigan on lead guitar , Bobby Eva on Drum kit|drums and Tim Morrison on bass guitar|bass . In 1982, they released the single Cold Day in Hell|"Cold Day in Hell" .
Eva left the band after a short while and was replaced by drummer Mark Edwards . This new line-up did not last long and released no albums or singles.
Soon, Dunigan and Morrison left Steeler and were replaced by Rik Fox on bass guitar|bass and an 18 year old Sweden|Swedish guitarist , Yngwie Malmsteen . The new line-up released the band's first album, Steeler, it saw moderate commercial success and is now a sought after album for many fans of Malmsteen and Keel. Malmsteen subsequently left and was replaced by Mitch Perry.
The final line-up of Steeler saw the departure of Perry, Fox and Edwards who were all replaced by Kurt James on lead guitar, Greg Chaisson on bass and Bobby Marks on drums. This line-up also released no albums or singles. Due to constant change in band members, Steeler never got the major record label it required and Keel decided to split up the band and start a new project.
During Steeler's short time in the world of Heavy Metal, the band became quite popular in LA and even performed to some sold out venues.
In 2005 a compilation album with songs from the single, album, live show bootlegs and unreleased tracks. This album was titled 'Metal Generation: The Steeler Anthology.'
Legacy
Steeler's self titled debut is consideredbywhom|date=May 2012 'groundbreaking'. Much of the themes, style and structure of the music would go on to dominate towards the late 80s. The futuristic guitar work was also incrediblyweasel-inline|date=May 2012 important in bringing Shred guitar to prominence.
Ron Keel later formed his own project, Keel (band)|Keel , with moderate commercial success later in the 1980s.
Yngwie Malmsteen was also lead guitarist for the band Alcatrazz , including Graham Bonnett (vocals), Gary Shea (bass), Jan Uvena (drums) and Jimmy Waldo (keyboards). They released one album under this lineup (" No Parole From Rock N' Roll ") and a live release, " Live Sentence ". Later, Malmsteen began his solo project, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, which went on to produce numerous albums with a considerablyweasel-inline|date=May 2012 increased commercial success.
Bassist Rik Fox reminisces: cquote|Steeler was one of those 'groundbreaking' bands of the 1980s Sunset Strip. We were lucky and fortunate to be in that particular place in time and history, look at the awesome results that we left behind& #33; But it was the songs that made it happen, and...the FANS! Thanks for keeping the faith. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=MaibHJuZhSE Youtube - Steeler - Backseat Driver There is a misprint vinyl where side B has the label for a band called Christian Death.fact|date=May 2012
Discography
Studio:
Steeler (American album)|Steeler (1983)
Metal Generation: The Steeler Anthology (2005)
Single:
" Cold Day in Hell " (1982)
References
Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Tennessee Category:Glam metal musical groups Category:American hard rock musical groups Category:Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee
