Alcatrazz
Sign in to saveAlcatrazz is an American rock band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo, and Gary Shea. They are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun", "Hiroshima Mon Amour", and "God Blessed Video". They are also notable for featuring a previously unknown Yngwie Malmsteen as their lead guitarist for a year, who was then replaced by Steve Vai, with whom they recorded one album.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Alcatrazz
- Musical artist.image
- Alcatrazz - 2024215140214 2024-08-02 Wacken - Sven - 5DS R - 0083 - 5DSR1148.jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- Alcatrazz in 2024
- Musical artist.origin
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Musical artist.genre
- Hard rock, heavy metal
- Musical artist.spinoff_of
- New England
- Musical artist.spinoffs
- Blackthorne
- Musical artist.current_members
- Waldo-Shea lineup:Giles LaveryJimmy WaldoGary SheaJoe Stump Graham Bonnet lineup:Graham BonnetJeff LoomisVan Williams
- Musical artist.past_members
- Yngwie MalmsteenJan UvenaSteve VaiDanny JohnsonDoogie White
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Band members
- Current members
- Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz
- Former members
- Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet
- Timeline
- Lineups
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilations
- Singles
- Videos
- References
- External links
Alcatrazz is an American rock band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo, and Gary Shea. They are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun", "Hiroshima Mon Amour", and "God Blessed Video". They are also notable for featuring a previously unknown Yngwie Malmsteen as their lead guitarist for a year, who was then replaced by Steve Vai, with whom they recorded one album.
Following an internal disagreement and split in 2020, there are currently two separate and distinct Alcatrazz lineups, one featuring Bonnet, and another featuring Waldo and Shea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alcatrazz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.