XYZ

Hard Rock / Glam Metal • United States
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XYZ were an impressive hook-laden heavy metal band. They were considered the unofficial house band of the Los Angeles nightclub The Whiskey in the mid 80's, but major success eluded them. XYZ began in Los Angeles, California, with members Terry Ilous (vocals), Bobby Pieper (guitar), Patt Fontaine (bass) and Joey Pafumi (drums). An early development deal with Atlantic records led to the recording of their debut album which quickly got shelved - and wouldn't see the light of day until Rainy Days was released in 2005. After that false start Ilous and Fontaine regrouped with new members Marc Diglio (guitar) and Paul Monroe (drums). Don Dokken produced the debut that included the killer single "Inside Out," but unfortunately few people seemed interested. The follow-up Hungry did even worse commercially then the debut and by 1992 Diglio and Monroe had been replaced by Tony Marcus and Joey Shapiro read more...
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XYZ XYZ album cover 3.83 | 3 ratings
XYZ
Glam Metal 1989
XYZ Hungry album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Hungry
Hard Rock 1991
XYZ Letter To God album cover 3.00 | 2 ratings
Letter To God
Hard Rock 2003

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XYZ Take What You Can... Live album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
Take What You Can... Live
Hard Rock 1995
XYZ Rainy Days album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
Rainy Days
Hard Rock 2005
XYZ Forbidden Demos 1985-1991 album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
Forbidden Demos 1985-1991
Glam Metal 2005
XYZ Best Of album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best Of
Hard Rock 2008

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XYZ XYZ

Album · 1989 · Glam Metal
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Not to be confused with the Jimmy Page's XYZ, this band was actually hailed from LA and became one of the home-band for the Whisky club at Sunset Strip. Don Dokken saw them as a big potential and produced the first album, spawning small hit of "Inside Out" which I think is decent song compared to the other superior tracks such as "Maggy", "Take What You Can", or the soul-cleansing acoustical-thang "After The Rain".

My other fave tracks are "What Keeps Me From Loving You" which sounded very Whitesnake-ish and "Nice Day To Die" that raced the rhythm to the limit, a speedy Dokken-style song. The highlight of the band is on the monster vocal of Terry Ilous whom sounded very close to Don Dokken himself, only better in some aspects. This album is a dazzling and distinctive release in 1989 featuring a whole lotta killer tracks by a superb band.

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