Format: 12"
Label: Flying Fist FFEJ11001
Year: 1985
Origin: Niagara Falls, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Genre: rock hard
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Value of Original Title: $25.00
Make Inquiry/purchase: email ryder@robertwilliston.com
Release Type: 12"
Websites:
https://brightonrock.ca/album/brighton-rock/
Playlist:
Ontario, Rock Room, 1980's
| Track Name | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young, Wild and Free | 03:36 | |
| 2 | Assault Attack | 04:12 |
| Track Name | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barricade | 03:02 | |
| 2 | The Fools Waltz | 03:24 |
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Brighton Rock is our debut self-titled EP, released in 1985. While three tracks from the EP were re-recorded on our debut full length album, Young, Wild and Free, the fourth track “The Fool’s Waltz” remains unreleased anywhere else.
Formed in Niagara Falls by guitarist Greg Fraser and bassist Stevie Skreebs in 1982, the band also included vocalist Gerry McGhee, keyboardist Martin Victor and drummer Mark Cavarzan. After their song "Barricade" was selected for CILQ's Q107 Homegrown album in 1984, they independently released a self-titled EP the following year.
They subsequently signed to WEA for their full-length debut, Young, Wild and Free, in 1986, adding Johnny Rogers on keyboards replacing Martin Victor. That album spawned the Canadian hit singles "We Came to Rock" and "Can't Wait for the Night". The band followed up with Take a Deep Breath in 1988 which sold 70,000 copies in Canada. While writing for 1991's Love Machine, Rogers left the band. Gerry McGhee stated, "We didn't really feel that keyboards were part of us anymore. There's really no place for them in our musical direction now." Rogers was replaced for touring purposes by a second guitar player, Greg Bioleau, who previously played with McGhee in his first band, The Rockers. The band broke up after the tour to support Love Machine. The band regrouped for a reunion tour in 2001, releasing the live album A Room for Five Live in 2002.
Gerald McGhee: vocals
Greg Fraser: lead guitar
Stevie Skreebs: bass
Mark Cavarzan: drums
Martin Victor: keyboards
Words and music by Gerald McGhee and Greg Fraser
Produced by Jack Richardson (track B2) and Steve Vaughan (tracks A1, A2, B1)
Engineered by Ed Stone (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Joe Primeau (track B1), and Steve Vaughan (track B1)
Art Direction by Dale Heslip
Album design by Dale Heslip
Photography by Anne Pike
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