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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = XYZ| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Los Angeles , California , United States | genre = Glam metal Heavy metal music|Heavy metal Hard rock | years_active = 1986& ndash;1992 2002& ndash;present| label = Enigma Records Axe Killer Records Capitol Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =Terry Ilous Patt Fontaine Mark Diglio Paul Monroe| past_members = Bobby Pieper Joey Pafumi Tony Burnett Joey Shapiro JK Northrup XYZ is a hard rock band, formed in the late 1980s. XYZ started off as the unofficial house band of " The Whiskey ", a nightclub in Los Angeles . The original members were, Terry Ilous (vocals), Bobby Pieper ( guitar s), Patt Fontaine (bass) and Joey Pafumi (drums). A tour of the US with Enuff Z'Nuff and Alice Cooper followed the success of their 1989 Enigma Records|Enigma released debut album, and they were signed by major label Capitol Records|Capitol for their second.cite web | title = NME artist biographies and discographies| url= http://www.nme.com/artists/xyz#biography| work= NME |accessdate= 2009-05-15
History
The band played clubs throughout the mid 1980s and first got a record deal in 1989 with Don Dokken as their producer. Terry Ilous's vocal style on the band's first album was very similar to Dokken's. Ilous and Fontaine then recruited Mark Diglio ( guitar s) and Paul Monroe (drums) to record a debut album, produced by Don Dokken . The album was released in 1989 and contained the hits "Inside Out" and "What Keeps Me Loving You". Videos for both songs received reasonable airplay, however, the album itself was not an overall success, managing to reach only #99 on the Billboard charts . Single " Maggy (song)|Maggy " was used in the 1990 Dolph Lundgren movie I Come in Peace . The next album, Hungry (XYZ album)|Hungry , released in 1991, had even less commercial success—not charting at all. Diglio and Monroe left the band and were replaced by Tony Burnett and Joey Shapiro, respectively. After the next tour was finished, band members went separate ways once again. They have reunited in various incarnations several times since then.
XYZ performed at Rocklahoma Festival in 2008 and the M3 Rock Festival in 2012.
Recent Events
While XYZ is gaining success again in USA and Europe doing several festvals and shows, Terry Ilous is currently on vocals for Great White , replacing Jack Russell.
Terry was recently interviewed by argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon , where the singer talked about a recent charity event called '80's Rockers for Japan' organized by Ilous to raise money for the Red Cross from Japan, to help victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In the event many hard rock celebrities appeared like ex- Toto (band)|Toto Bobby Kimball , Paul Shortino , Rudy Sarzo , Michael T. Ross , John Payne (singer)|John Payne , Carmine Appice , Vinny Appice , Lorraine Lewis and others.
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak positions
US
1989
XYZ (XYZ album)
Release date: October 17, 1989
Label: Enigma Records
99
1991
Hungry (XYZ album)
Release date: September 3, 1991
Label: Capitol Records|Capitol / EMI America
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2003
Letter to God
Release date: May 13, 2003
Label: MTM Music
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2005
Rainy Days
Release date: May 14, 2005
Label: self-released
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums
Year
Album details
2005
Forbidden Demos
Release date: November 14, 2005
Label: self-released
2008
Best of XYZ
Release date: October 7, 2008
Label: Perris Records
Live albums
Year
Album details
1995
Take What You Can Live
Release date: 1995
Label: self-released
Notes
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External links
http://www.officialxyz.com Official website of XYZ
http://www.paisajeselectricos.com/material/entre_terry-ilous.htm Interview with Terry Ilous at Paisajes Eléctricos Magazine (Spanish)
Category:American hard rock musical groups Category:Heavy metal musical groups from California Category:Glam metal musical groups Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles, California
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