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| Great White - Discography (1984-2012) Great White Great White is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band gained popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s. Thy released several albums in the late 1980s and gained airplay on MTV with music videos for songs like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy". The band reached their peak popularity with the double platinum album ...Twice Shy in 1989.
While one infamous nightclub fire incident in 2003 eclipses their previous achievements, the hard rock/heavy metal band Great White would much rather you remember their Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance and the over six million records they sold.
Unlike many of the other acts of its genre to emerge from the Southern California scene, Great White never had to rely on a glam image or outlandish gimmicks to get noticed. Soulful, bluesy songs with tenacious grooves - brought to life by the inimitable vocals of Jack Russell and signature fretwork of Mark Kendall - were all that was needed to make a lasting impression.
The band's distinctive bluesy rock got the attention of fans looking for something different thae typical 80's hard rock of Aerosmith or Van Halen.
Band History
The 1980's
Vocalist Jack Russell met guitarist Mark Kendall in 1977, and Kendall asked Russell to join his band. The next year in 1978, the two formed Dante Fox, with bassist Don Costa (later a one-time member of Ozzy Osbourne) and drummer Tony Richards (later a member of W.A.S.P.). They played their first gig in 1981 at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California. After recording several demos, the band chose as manager Alan Niven, who had worked for the independent distributor Greenworld in Torrance, California and had dealt with Mötley Crüe's debut self-release. Niven suggested the name change from Dante Fox after seeing singer Jack Russell introduce Mark Kendall during his solo as "Mark Kendall, the Great White", due to his naturally white-blonde hair, white Fender Telecaster guitar, white jumpsuit, and white Capezio shoes. In 1982, founding members Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, drummer Gary Holland, and bassist Lorne Black recorded and released a 5-song EP, Out of the Night, on the independent label Aegean formed by Niven. Niven then convinced the Los Angeles radio station KMET to begin adding songs from the EP to its playlist in heavy rotation. KLOS-FM soon did the same.
The band suddenly went from drawing 100 people to a local club to drawing thousands in L.A. concert halls such as Perkins Palace in Pasadena, The Palace in Hollywood and the Country Club in Reseda. As an unsigned act, Great White headlined at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia playing to 6,250 people. Near the end of 1983, EMI America signed the band and subsequently released Great White's eponymous debut album in early 1984. The band immediately toured the UK supporting Whitesnake's Slide It In tour and the entire US and Canada opening for Judas Priest's Defenders of the Faith tour. Shot in the Dark, their follow-up independent release, marked the arrival of drummer Audie Desbrow.
By the time Capitol Records signed the band and reissued Shot in the Dark, keyboardist-guitarist Michael Lardie had come aboard. After the release of Shot in the Dark, Great White hit the road with Dokken and was on the verge of even bigger success.
The band hit the mainstream in 1987 when they released Once Bitten..., which featured the hits "Rock Me" and "Save Your Love". Once Bitten... was certified platinum in April 1988.
The band followed up with ...Twice Shy in 1989. The album included their biggest hit, "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", a cover of a UK hit single by Ian Hunter. They received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album was certified platinum in July 1989 and then double platinum in September of that same year. The model Bobbie Brown (also known for being in Warrant's "Cherry Pie" video) appeared in the video for "Once Bitten, Twice Shy". They finished off the 80s touring in support of ...Twice Shy as headliners and with some best known bands, such as Bon Jovi.
The 1990's
The band continued into the next decade performing the song "House of Broken Love" at the American Music Awards in January 1990. In March, Great White embarked on their first tour of Japan. They returned to the United States for the Memorial Day weekend festival dubbed The World Series of Rock, which featured Whitesnake, Skid Row, Bad English, and Hericane Alice.
Great White recorded two more albums for Capitol Records, Hooked, which was certified gold, and Psycho City. In support of Hooked, Great White did a tour as headliner tour, had a guest slot with German metal band Scorpions and travelled to Europe and Japan. During this tour Mark Kendall was hospitalized for an esophageal hemorrhage due to alcoholism, and was sent to a rehab facility in Tucson Arizona. Guitarist Al Petrelli replaced Mark during his absence. Psycho City was followed by a US tour with Kiss.
Great White kept up the pace once Sail Away was released on Zoo Records in 1994, touring the US several times over the following year and a half. Their next release, Let It Rock, was released in 1996 through yet another label, Imago Records.
In 1999, the band released Can't Get There from Here and embarked on a tour with Ratt, Poison, and L.A. Guns. Before recording this album, Jack Russell had Desbrow replaced by Myron Grombacher who was unable to perform because of his chronic Methamphetamine addiction. The album featured the single "Rollin' Stoned", which managed to chart at No. 8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Station nightclub fire
The band returned to the national spotlight on 20 February 2003. At the beginning of a Jack Russell's Great White performance at The Station night club in Rhode Island, pyrotechnics used by the band's crew created a spray of sparks that ignited the foam soundproofing material in the ceiling around the stage. One hundred people, including guitarist Ty Longley, died in the fire that followed. In 2008, the band agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives of the fire while admitting to no wrongdoing. This amount also covers former tour manager Daniel Biechele along with the band members, record label, and management as it existed at the time of the fire. The settlement was the maximum allowed under the band's insurance plan. Victims had previously received $3.8 million raised by United Way of America.
They've been continously releasing albuns in the 00's, with good quality consistency, even though the band's rock style is not as popular as in the 80's.
Their complete full-length discography is featured in this torrent.
[1984] Great White (320 kbps)
[1986] Shot In The Dark (320 kbps)
[1987] Once Bitten (192 kbps)
[1989] ...Twice Shy (192 kbps)
[1991] Hooked (192 kbps)
[1992] Psycho City (192 kbps)
[1994] Sail Away (320 kbps)
[1996] Let It Rock (320 kbps)
[1999] Can't Get There From Here (128 kbps)
[2007] Back To The Rhythm (256 kbps)
[2009] Rising (256 kbps)
[2012] Elation (256 kbps)
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