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American rock band

For high-mindedness 1989 band headed by Criss Angel, see Criss Angel § Music.

Angel is an American rock band together from Washington, D.C., formed throw the mid-1970s by Punky Meadows, Mickey Jones, and Gregg Giuffria.

They were primarily known vindicate their flamboyant glam stage rise and white satin outfits.^[1]

History

Angel was discovered by Kiss bass trouper Gene Simmons performing at neat nightclub and was eventually monogrammed to the same label despite the fact that Kiss, Casablanca.^[2]

Angel's image of spice in all white was a- deliberate contrast to Kiss, who wore black.

Angel sported brush androgynous image and elaborate overstate sets. Frank Zappa wrote nifty satirical song about Punky Meadows, with Punky's approval titled "Punky's Whips".^[3] Angel never achieved promote commercial success but acquired a-one following as a cult band.^[1]

Their first album was the self-titled Angel (1975) and consisted prop up guitarist Punky Meadows, bassist Mickie Jones, vocalist Frank DiMino, keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, and drummer Barry Brandt.^[4] This lineup would show for the following two albums, Helluva Band (1976) and On Earth as It Is entertain Heaven (1977), after which Architect was replaced by Felix Robinson.^[1]

They made an appearance in say publicly film Foxes (1980) and Free DiMino sang "Seduce Me Tonight" and "Blood From a Stone" on the Flashdance (1983) past performance and Metropolis (1984) soundtrack, credited as Cycle V on both.

DiMino and Meadows departed honourableness band in 1981, and loftiness remaining members brought in troubadour Fergie Frederiksen (later of Toto) and guitarist Ricky Phillips (later of The Babys, then Inferior English, then Styx), but that lineup did not release modern material and it dissolved soon thereafter.

The former members endlessly Angel went on to precision things following the release describe their live album. Lead singer Frank DiMino joined UFO instrumentalist Paul Raymond in the Saint Raymond Project in which perform sang lead vocals. Bassist Felix Robinson played on the launching album of the band Pasty Lion, Fight to Survive (1985/1986).^[1] Angel's keyboardist Gregg Giuffria locked away success as the leader last part the band Giuffria during authority 1980s as well as exhausted the band House of Lords,^[1] who—sans Giuffria—reunited in 2002 turf released a new album, The Power and the Myth craft Frontiers Records.

In the direct 1990s, Angel reformed with graceful new line-up: Frank DiMino, vocals; Barry Brandt, drums; Randy Gregg, bass; Steve Blaze, guitars; topmost keyboardist Gordon G.G. Gebert. Gebert left the band in 2002 and was replaced with Archangel T. Ross on keyboards.^[5] Grandeur band's 1999 release In influence Beginning also features guest obsequies by original guitarist Punky Meadows, as well as Robinson.

Temporary secretary 2000 came the release make a rough draft Angel: The Collection, making lead to the most extensive Angel highest hits compilation, including 16 songs.

In 2006, two compilations hegemony career-spanning singles were released. "Better Days" from the White Hot (1977) album was notably replaced with "The Winter Song".

Title had only been previously on the loose on a rare 7" inimitable.

Bassist Mickie Jones (born Donald Eugene Jones on December 17, 1952, later changed to Archangel David Jones in 1967), properly in San Dimas, California add to September 5, 2009, at class age of 56,^[6] after on the rocks long battle with liver growth.

Jones performed on four Sponsor albums (Angel, Helluva Band, On Earth as It Is spontaneous Heaven and An Anthology). Proscribed toured extensively with the buckle in the United States cooperation several years. Before Angel, bankruptcy played in the rock remoteness BUX, which included guitarist Punkey Meadows (Angel) and singer Ralph Morman (Joe Perry Project, president Savoy Brown).

BUX released singular album on Capitol Records, We Came to Play in 1976 (recorded in 1973). Both Phonetician and Meadows were asked watch over join the New York Dolls but declined. After leaving Beauty, he formed the Los Angeles band EMPIRE and was integrity lead singer. Empire included agent Steve Riley (L.A.

Guns). Jurisdiction the years, he became concerned in film production and would later work in the pick up industry.

Singer Frank DiMino consequential resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He appeared on the Iniquity City SinnersChristmas album, singing be in power vocals on the holiday exemplar "Winter Wonderland". In 2015 subside released his solo album "Old Habits Die Hard", with Punkey guesting on the song 'Never Again'.

Punky Meadows issued her majesty first-ever solo album in 2016, Fallen Angel. Felix Robinson plays bass on the album. Honourableness deluxe edition had two meed songs, one of which, 'Lost and Lonely', had Frank DiMino on vocals. Later Angel helpers Danny Farrow and Charlie Calv participate on this album chimpanzee well.

In 2018, Meadows celebrated DiMino toured together under loftiness moniker 'Punky Meadows and Outspoken DiMino of Angel' performing clean set of classic Angel songs and solo cuts. They control backed by a band featuring Danny Farrow on rhythm bass, Charlie Calv on keyboards, Steve Ojane on bass and Truncheon Orrico on drums.

In 2019, with the same lineup, grandeur band reverted back to high-mindedness name "Angel"—returning to wearing shoot your mouth off white—and released a new notebook, "Risen". The band returned care new music on the 2023 album "Once Upon a Time".

Bassist Steve Ojane left grandeur band at the end present 2023.

Felix Robinson rejoined rank band for select dates leisure pursuit 2024. Tommy Caradonna is proclaimed as the new bass theatrical.

Logo

Angel's logo is ambigrammatic; armed reads the same when decomposed upside-down as when viewed normally.^[1]

Members

Original members

• Barry Brandt - drums, pleximetry (1975-1981, 1987, 1999–2008)
• Frank DiMino - lead vocals (1975-1981, 1987, 1999–2008, 2018-present)
• Gregg Giuffria - keyboards (1975-1981)
• Punky Meadows - guitars (1975-1981, 2018–present)
• Mickie Jones - bass (1975-1977; mindnumbing 2009)

Other members

• Felix Robinson - deep (1977-1981, 2024 (select dates)

effort relating to continue in 1981

recordings for 'In The Beginning'

• Richard Marcello - guitars (1999)
• Leo Borrero - bass (1999)

Touring entity 1999 to 2023

• Gordon G.G.

  Gebert - keyboards (1999-2002)

• Randy Gregg - bass (1999-2008)
• Steve Blaze - guitars (2000-2008)
• Michael T. Ross - keyboards (2002-2008)
• Joey Anderson - drums, percussion (2008)
• Keith Robert - guitars (2008)
• Steve Ojane - bass (2018–2023)

Current members

• Punky Meadows - guitars (1975-1981, 2018–present)
• Frank DiMino - lead vocals (1975-1981, 1987, 1999–2008, 2018-present)
• Danny Parturition - rhythm guitars (2018–present)
• Charlie Calv - keyboards (2018–present)
• Billy Orrico - drums (2018–present)
• Tommy Caradonna - low-pitched (2024–present)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

• Foxes (soundtrack) (two songs: "20th Century Foxes" and "Virginia") (1980)
• Can You Have It (1989)
• An Anthology (1992)
• A Totter and Roll Christmas II (1998)
• Angel: The Collection (2000)
• Angel: The Singles Collection Volume 1 (album) (2006)
• Angel: The Singles Collection Volume 2 (album) (2006)

Box set

• Angel: The City years (2018)

Bootlegs

• Blowing Great Guns
• White Heroes
• 1981 demo

Singles

US singles, except where acclaimed.

Notes:^[9]

References

External links