Blue Murder
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- This article is about the heavy metal band. For other uses, see Blue Murder (disambiguation).
Blue Murder was the brainchild of guitar virtuoso John Sykes. It was a melodic heavy metal band from England, founded by ex-Whitesnake guitarist Sykes, ex-The Firm bass player Tony Franklin, and ex-Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice in late 1985. Upon Sykes' firing from the most successful version of Whitesnake, the former Thin Lizzy and Tygers Of Pan Tang axe-man set out to create a similar sounding bluesy hard rock band. They released three studio albums and one live album before breaking up in 1994.
The late Ray Gillen, most famous for singing for Black Sabbath and Badlands, sang for an early version of Blue Murder, and reportedly the band recorded demos with him, but no albums. Another interesting thing to note is that John Sykes was himself once in a different band also called Badlands.
[edit] Personnel
Until 1991:
- John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- Tony Franklin - Bass guitar, keyboards
- Carmine Appice - Drums and percussion
- Nik Green - Keyboards
1991 / 1993:
- Kelly Keeling - Lead Vocals
- John Sykes - Guitars, vocals
- Marco Mendoza - Bass
- Tommy O'Steen - Drums
[edit] Discography
- Energise (1985)
- Blue Murder (1989)
- Nothin' But Trouble (1993)
- Screaming Blue Murder (1994) (Live album)
