China Sky (USA)

Hard Rock, Melodic Rock , AOR , Blues Rock , Glam & Sleaze Rock , West Coast , Christian Rock
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China Sky (USA)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 16 Aug 2018, 08:52

China Sky - China Sky (1988) (Parc Records Remastered Edition 2014)

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Year : 1988 (Parc Records Remastered Edition 2014)
Style : : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 112 mb


Bio:

This group was formed in Florida, USA, in 1987 by ex-Danny Joe Brown and Molly Hatchet guitarist John Ingram. With the addition of vocalist Ron Perry and bass player Richard Smith, they specialized in rough-edged AOR with a distinctly southern influence. They recorded a self-titled debut in 1988, which attracted attention due to the fact that ‘The Last Romantic Warrior’ was reminiscent of Derek And The Dominos’ ‘Layla’. The band split up soon afterwards. Countless fashion trends have come and gone. The Soviet Union ceased to exist. MTV stopped playing music videos. People began to explore a whole new universe called "the internet", and a forgotten album by a group called China Sky became a cult classic. Things were looking up in September 1988 for a group of young, idealistic rock musicians in Jacksonville, Florida, who had been relentlessly pursuing the dream of becoming the next arena rock powerhouse. This was the moment they had been waiting for. They had come together from all over the eastern United States with one purpose: to make the greatest rock album of the decade. After years spent in a sweat-soaked rehearsal hall writing, recording, submitting demos; being critiqued and rejected; rehearsing eight hours a day, five days a week; they had finally landed that big record deal. The culmination of all their efforts, the fruit of all the years of sweat and toil, the self-titled album, China Sky, was about to be released, on a major label.With its soaring melodies, lush harmonies and flawless production, China Sky seemed destined to be a rock classic from the get-go. Grammy winning Bee Gees producer Karl Richardson headed up a production team that also featured celebrated composer Frank Wildhorn, and a young Bob Marlette, who later went on to work with Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Seether, Shinedown, and dozens of others. How could it go wrong? All of the pieces appeared to be in place: the players, the producers, the music, the management, the record label… Upon release, the album's first single, "The Glory," immediately began to receive radio airplay all over the US and Canada. Records were flying off the shelves in Europe and Japan. Derek Oliver raved in Kerrang Magazine. When the second single, "Some Kind Of Miracle," was released, more and more radio stations began to add China Sky. "Some Kind Of Miracle" was beginning to move into heavy rotation in key markets. The band played one-off gigs in preparation for the coming tour. Success was just around the corner!

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One of the greatest - and short lived - Melodic Rock / AOR acts from '80s was without a doubt CHINA SKY. The band, hailed as 'megastars in the making' by Derek Oliver in Kerrang magazine, broke up just two months after the release of their self-titled debut album in September of 1988, and since then, amassed something of a cult following among fans of the genre, and the album has become a sought-after collectors item.Now, thanks to German label AOR Heaven, CHINA SKY is being reissued in all its glory on a remastered form.But wait, there's more great news: CHINA SKY have reunited again and are back in the studio for the first time in over 25 years!Formed by talented guitarist Bobby Ingram, singer Ron Perry and bassist Richard Smith, China Sky redefined the American AOR sound for the second half of the '80s.Produced by magician Bob Marlette (Alice Cooper, House Of Lords) all the songs on the album are a pot of gold, plenty of guitar hooks, catchy choruses, keyboards galore and heavenly harmony vocals.This record is the golden Holy Grial for any Melodic Rock / AOR fan.Sadly, Ingram and Co. were unhappy with the recording label whom refused to properly promote the album, and China Sky broke-up soon. Bobby Ingram went on to join Jacksonville southern rock outfit Molly Hatchet, singer Ron Perry spent fifteen years recording and touring with his band The Ron Perry Connection and bassist Richard Smith did studio work and played with several popular regional bands in the southeast.No one looked back. China Sky became a distant, painful memory marked with the scars of what might have been… until sometime in the late 2000s, when Perry began to receive strange emails.Requests for China Sky pictures, CDs and memorabilia started to become an increasingly regular occurrence.Collectors begin to inquire about the reissue of the album and unreleased China Sky material. "I thought it was a friend pulling pranks," said Perry, about the renewed interest in a band that had been all but forgotten by its original members, “But the messages kept coming in from all over the world.” "The ball just started rolling on its own," chuckles bassist Richard Smith, "and there was no getting out of the way." With the resurgence in popularity of the Melodic Rock & AOR genre in Europe, Japan and South America, Perry & Smith began to sense an opportunity to finally bring the early promise of China Sky to full fruition.The pair decided the time was right to take what they had started a quarter century earlier and make it right. That haunting feeling of having important unfinished business needed to be addressed.China Sky would be re-born:With Bobby Ingram's full time commitment to Molly Hatchet, the reconstituted 2014 China Sky would need a new guitarist who would fit seamlessly into the band. Someone who had the chops, the passion and the personality to help the band reach its full potential. They found just such a player in Steve Wheeler.Wheeler, a go-to studio musician and respected 'shredder for hire' in Jacksonville, had actually played with Ingram as a member of 'The Danny Joe Brown Band', the former Molly Hatchet lead singer's solo project.Ron Perry recalls, "In the '80s, China Sky ended up just being the three of us. The rest of the musicians were hired guns.We wanted the new incarnation to be an actual band so we were going to need to find people that could lock in with us musically and personally." Enter drummer Bruce Crump (ex Molly Hatchet), a seasoned veteran with numerous gold and platinum records to his credit."Keyboards were an essential part of the China Sky sound in the '80s. They provided the atmosphere and the ambience that made for such a rich sonic landscape," says Richard Smith. "We couldn't trust just anyone with such an important component of our music." Steve Wheeler remembered a Scottish keyboardist with whom he had played a few pickup gigs; Tim McGowan, which actually was a China Sky fan.With all of the pieces firmly in place, China Sky has entered the studio to begin production of their second album, to be released this year!Meanwhile, enjoy this excellent AOR Heaven remaster of this true AOR / Melodic Rock Gem.It's a brilliant piece of music full of magic, do yourself a favour and order a copy before it's too late.

Line-Up:

Bobby Ingram: Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Richard Smith: Bass, Vocals
Ron Perry: Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Turn on the Night
02. The Glory
03. Some Kind of Miracle
04. Winner Takes it All
05. All the Time
06. Only the Young
07. Reckless Days
08. Lost in Your Love
09. Dancin' on the Edge
10. The Last Romantic Warrior

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Re: China Sky (USA)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 22 Aug 2020, 09:23

China Sky - China Sky II (2015)

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Year : 2015
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 160 mb


Bio:

A lot can change in 25 years. Countless fashion trends have come and gone. The Soviet Union ceased to exist. MTV stopped playing music videos. People began to explore a whole new universe called "the internet", and a forgotten album by a group called China Sky became a cult classic.Things were looking up in September 1988 for a group of young, idealistic rock musicians in Jacksonville, Florida, who had been relentlessly pursuing the dream of becoming the next arena rock powerhouse. This was the moment they had been waiting for.They had come together from all over the eastern United States with one purpose: to make the greatest rock album of the decade. After years spent in a sweat-soaked rehearsal hall writing, recording, submitting demos; being critiqued and rejected;rehearsing eight hours a day, five days a week; they had finally landed that big record deal. The culmination of all their efforts,the fruit of all the years of sweat and toil, the self-titled album, China Sky, was about to be released, on a major label.With its soaring melodies, lush harmonies and flawless production, China Sky seemed destined to be a rock classic from the get-go. Grammy winning Bee Gees producer Karl Richardson headed up a production team that also featured celebrated composer Frank Wildhorn, and a young Bob Marlette, who later went on to work with Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Seether, Shinedown, and dozens of others. How could it go wrong?All of the pieces appeared to be in place: the players, the producers, the music, the management, the record label…Upon release, the album's first single, "The Glory," immediately began to receive radio airplay all over the US and Canada. Records were flying off the shelves in Europe and Japan. Derek Oliver raved in Kerrang Magazine.When the second single, "Some Kind Of Miracle," was released, more and more radio stations began to add China Sky. "Some Kind Of Miracle" was beginning to move into heavy rotation in key markets.The band played one-off gigs in preparation for the coming tour. Success was just around the corner!Six weeks later, the band China Sky was no more.Just what happened was never completely clear to anyone. Constant pressure from the record label left everyone feeling that the band had been hijacked by men in suits, who then refused to properly promote the album.Superstars Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen were sucking up most of the label's promotional resources,and there was very little left for unproven new bands. Major blunders by management threw the band into turmoil,and tentative tour dates with major acts started to fall through. When the suits caught wind of what was happening,China Sky was relegated to the back burner. After years of struggling to get to this point, the wheels had come completely off in just a few short weeks. With no tour to support the airplay they were receiving, insufficient promotion, poor management, and simmering disagreements between band members, the situation had become so broken that continuing was futile. The members of China Sky decided to cut their losses and bail out,leaving the promise of everything for which they had worked so hard unfulfilled.Guitarist Bobby Ingram went on to join Jacksonville southern rock outfit Molly Hatchet.Singer Ron Perry spent fifteen years recording and touring with his band, The Ron Perry Connection.Bassist Richard Smith did studio work and played with several popular regional bands in the southeast.No one looked back. China Sky became a distant, painful memory marked with the scars of what might have been… until sometime in the late 2000s, when Perry began to receive strange emails.Requests for China Sky pictures, CDs, and memorabilia started to become an increasingly regular occurrence.Collectors started to inquire about unreleased China Sky material. "I thought it was a friend pulling pranks," said Perry,about the renewed interest in a band that had been all but forgotten by its original members, “But the messages kept coming in from all over the world. ” People started posting China Sky songs on the internet and they were racking up tens of thousands of hits. "The ball just started rolling on its own," chuckles bassist Richard Smith,"and there was no getting out of the way." With the resurgence in popularity of what is now called "Melodic Rock"in Europe, Japan, and South America, Perry and Smith began to sense an opportunity to finally bring the early promise of China Sky to full fruition. The pair decided the time was right to take what they had started a quarter century earlier and make it right. That haunting feeling of having important unfinished business needed to be addressed. China Sky would be re-born.With Bobby Ingram's full time commitment to Molly Hatchet, the reconstituted China Sky would need a new guitarist who would fit seamlessly into the band. Someone who had the chops, the passion, and the personality to help the band reach its full potential. They found just such a player in Steve Wheeler. Wheeler, a go-to studio musician and respected "shredder for hire" in Jacksonville, had actually played with Ingram as a member of "The Danny Joe Brown Band," the former Molly Hatchet lead singer's solo project. He had also co-written material on their self-titled release on Epic Records in 1981, produced by legendary Led Zeppelin producer Glyn Johns.Wheeler was a natural choice for China Sky.The pieces were starting to come together, but things were not yet complete. Ron Perry recalls,"In the 80s, China Sky ended up just being the three of us. The rest of the musicians were hired guns.We wanted the new incarnation to be an actual band so we were going to need to find people that could lock in with us musically and personally." Enter drummer Bruce Crump. A seasoned veteran with numerous gold and platinum records to his credit, Crump spent 15 years pounding the skins in southern rock band Molly Hatchet, with whom China Sky shared management in the 80’s. By 1988, Hatchet’s original members had pretty much had enough,and with the end of that situation looming, Crump actually did a few rehearsals with China Sky amid talk of joining the band. Management, however, wanting to squeeze every last dime out of Molly Hatchet,talked him out of it. Now, with the re-birth of China Sky, it seemed the next logical step would be for the boys to put in a call to their old friend Bruce, who, as it turned out, was itching to get involved in a serious project, and was quick to come on board. It was a perfect fit, but there was still one piece of the puzzle missing."Keyboards were an essential part of the China Sky sound in the 80s. They provided the atmosphere and the ambience that made for such a rich sonic landscape," says Richard Smith. "We couldn't trust just anyone with such an important component of our music." The search was on for a keyboardist who could tie the whole package together.After much networking, scouting, and a couple of disastrous auditions, guitarist Steve Wheeler remembered a Scottish piano player with whom he had played a few pickup gigs. Tim McGowan was a crack keyboardist and an actual China Sky fan. "From the very first time we played with him, we knew he was the guy," said Wheeler. McGowan had played with several popular bands all over Europe, and had etched out a respectable solo career in the world of contemporary instrumental music, having released no less than twelve albums of original material.It seemed he was, indeed "the guy."With all of the pieces firmly in place, China Sky has entered the studio to begin production of their second album.Ron Perry sums it up: "Being back in China Sky feels as comfortable as putting on an old pair of sneakers. We're incredibly lucky to have an opportunity to go back and set things right. We feel the new material is better than anything on the first album, and we're incredibly excited about taking the band in the direction we had originally intended. We are in control of everything this time, and that makes all the difference".A lot can change in 25 years.

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80’s rockers CHINA SKY, best known for their 1988 hits “Some Kind Of Miracle” and “The Glory”, have released a new documentary short film detailing the band’s history, and are back in the studio for the first time in over 25 years.The band, hailed as “megastars in the making” by Derek Oliver in Kerrang magazine, broke up just two months after the release of their self-titled debut album in September of 1988, after numerous bad breaks, and the defection of guitarist Bobby Ingram to southern rock band Molly Hatchet. In the years following, CHINA SKY has amassed something of a cult following among listeners of what is now called “Melodic Rock”, and the album has become a sought-after collectors item.“A few years ago, I began to receive inquiries from all over the world about China Sky”, says lead vocalist Ron Perry. “I had no idea anyone even remembered China Sky, and I was floored by the renewed interest”. Sensing an opportunity to re-visit what he viewed as “unfinished business”, Perry called his old bandmate, bassist Richard Smith, and China Sky was re-born.Perry, a Detroit native, wanted to showcase his Detroit roots in the video for their forthcoming single “One Life”. “A major portion of the video consists of me walking through various landmarks around the United States. It begins at my childhood home, winds through downtown Detroit, follows me across the country, and ends up in Hollywood. The Ren Cen, the giant fist, and several other landmarks are featured prominently”, says Perry.Detroiters may remember Perry as the lead singer for 80’s glam/punk/metal outfit “The Nasties”. “Back in ’86, I wrote the song “Detroit Rocks” as a theme for WLLZ’s campaign to have the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame built in Detroit”, says Perry.“It was kind of a “We Are The World” style thing that featured members of Brownsville Station, Weapons, The Almighty Strut, The Look, Halloween, The Hysteric Narcotics, Blackfoot, and Molly Hatchet, and an impromptu rap from the MC5’s Rob Tyner. To this day, the highlight of my career was working with Rob Tyner… it doesn’t get any better than that”.Buoyed by the new wave of interest in China Sky, Perry and Smith have returned to the studio with a new group of veteran rockers in tow, including original Molly Hatchet drummer Bruce Crump, guitarist Steve Wheeler, and Scottish keyboardist Tim McGowan.The band’s new documentary short film entitled “CHINA SKY – SO HERE’S THE STORY…” tells the behind-the-scenes story of China Sky, and gives a sneak peek at the video for their forthcoming single “One Life”.The new album is expected some time in the summer of 2014.

Line Up:

Ron Perry - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Richard Smith - bass, backing vocals
Steve Wheeler - lead and slide guitars
Tim McGowan - keyboards
Bruce Crump - drums

Tracklist:

01. One Life 3:32
02. The Road Not Taken 3:52
03. You're Not the One 3:17
04. I Believe in You 4:17
05. I Wish I Could Fly 4:40
06. Enemy 3:52
07. I'm a Survivor 4:23
08. The Richest Man in the World 3:51
09. You'll Get Yours 3:10
10. The Darkness 3:00
11. Give It Up 3:42
12. Dreams I'll Never See 4:13

+ Video "One Life" (Official Video)

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