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Similar Artists:

Dokken, Whitesnake, Y&T, Ratt, L.A. Guns

Influenced By:

Van Halen
  • Formed: 1985
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "XYZ", "Hungry", "Take What You Can Live, 1997

Biography

After playing a lot of shows in Hollywood since their beginning in 1985, XYZ were signed to a major label and were lucky enough to have their debut album produced by ex-Dokken vocalist Don Dokken. ~ John Book, All Music Guide
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XYZ
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Hard rock
Glam metal
Years active 1986–1992
2002–present
Labels Enigma Records
Axe Killer Records, Capitol Records
Members
Terry Ilous
Mark Diglio
Patt Fontaine
Paul Monroe
Former members
Bobby Pieper
Joey Parfumi
Tony Burnett
Joey Shapiro

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 (guitars), Patt Fontaine (bass) and Joey Pafumi (drums). A tour of the US with Enuff Z'Nuff and Alice Cooper followed the success of their debut album, and they were signed by major label, Capitol for its second. [1]

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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 (guitars) and Paul Monroe (drums) to record a new album, which was 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 were made and got reasonable airplay. However, the album wasn't an overall success, managing to reach only #99 on the billboard charts. Single "Maggy" was used in a Dolph Lundgren movie in 1990 named I Come in Peace. The next album, Hungry, released in 1991, had even less commercial success. Diglio and Monroe left the band and were replaced by Tony Burnett and Joey Shapiro, respectively. After the next tour was finished, the band went its separate ways once again. They have reunited in various incarnations several times since then.

XYZ recently played the Rocklahoma Festival 2008.

Discography

XYZ has released five independent albums.[2][3]

  • XYZ (1989)
  • Hungry (1991)
  • Letter to God (2003)
  • Forbidden Demos (2005)
  • Rainy Days (2005)

Notes

  1. ^ "NME artist biographies and discographies". NME. http://www.nme.com/artists/xyz#biography. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  2. ^ "XYZ - Discography - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/xyz/discography. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  3. ^ "XYZ > Discography > Main". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifixqr5ldfe~T2. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 

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