Contraband (band)

Contraband
	Cover design by Hugh Syme & Frenchy Gauthier
Studio album by Contraband
Released	May 6, 1991
Recorded	American Recording Studio, Woodland Hills,; Sound City Studios, Van Nuys,; Cornerstone Studio, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California
Length	43:06
Label	Impact/EMI
Producer	Kevin Beamish and Randy Nicklaus
Michael Schenker chronology

Contraband
Contraband
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock[1]; glam metal[2];
Years active	1990–1991
Associated acts	Shark Island; McAuley Schenker Group; Ratt; L.A. Guns; Vixen;
Past members	Richard Black; Michael Schenker; Tracii Guns; Share Pedersen; Bobby Blotzer

Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Shark Island, McAuley Schenker Group, Ratt, L.A. Guns, and Vixen.

Contraband came to be after a Vixen and Ratt unplugged session on MTV.

The band released only one self-titled album in 1991 which received lukewarm reviews. The album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after, while touring with Ratt. The song "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" was included in the movie If Looks Could Kill soundtrack. In the US, the album charted at number 187. Their cover version of "All the Way from Memphis" appeared on the UK record chart in July 1991.[3] "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" was later covered as "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Women" by Blue Tears later in the early 1990s and released for the 2005 album Dancin' On the Back Streets.

Band members

Richard Black (Shark Island) – vocals
Michael Schenker (McAuley Schenker Group) – guitars,[1] backing vocals
Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) – guitars, backing vocals
Share Pedersen (Vixen) – bass guitar, backing vocals
Bobby Blotzer (Ratt) – drums,[4] backing vocals

Contraband (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Way from Memphis"	Ian Hunter	4:56
2.	"Kiss by Kiss"	Michael Thompson, Mark Spiro	4:19
3.	"Intimate Outrage"	Spiro, Dann Huff, Phil Naish	4:57
4.	"Bad for Each Other"	Richard Black, Spencer Sercombe, Steve Diamond	4:28
5.	"Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'"	Gregg Fulkerson, Michael Spears, Black	4:26
6.	"Good Rockin' Tonight"	Roy Brown	3:23
7.	"If This Is Love"	Steven Pasch, Anthony Krizan, Black	5:03
8.	"Stand"	Tim Feehan, Brian MacLeod	4:04
9.	"Tonight You're Mine"	Pasch, Krizan	4:43
10.	"Hang On to Yourself"	David Bowie	2:47

Credits

Spencer Sercombe – guitars, backing vocals, musical director
Steffan Presley – keyboards
Kevin Beamish – backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
Randy Nicklaus – producer, mixing
Joe Barresi – engineer
Steve Hall – mastering

References

Saulnier, Jason (January 23, 2009). "Michael Schenker Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-76034-546-7.
Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 118. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
"Biography by Doug Stone". Allmusic.com. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
Henderson, Alex. "Contraband Contraband review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

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[Music_Legends-1] Saulnier, Jason (January 23, 2009). "Michael Schenker Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved May 6, 2013.

[2] Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-76034-546-7.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 118. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[AMG-4] "Biography by Doug Stone". Allmusic.com. Retrieved January 18, 2009.

[5] Henderson, Alex. "Contraband Contraband review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

[martin-6] Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.