Inspiration is the ninth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 14 October 1996. It is a tribute album consisting entirely of covers of various bands who influenced Malmsteen. Featured on vocals are Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals and Joe Lynn Turner, all of whom performed on Malmsteen's first four studio albums.
Marcel Karl Jacob was a Swedish musician, best known as the founder, chief songwriter, and bassist of the hard rock band Talisman. For a brief period, he also played in the band Europe and with Yngwie Malmsteen. Jacob was also a skilled lead guitarist, occasionally playing guitar solos on albums where he felt the guitarist did not perform to his standards.
Jeff Scott Soto is an American rock singer and songwriter of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sang lead vocals in the band Eyes as well as Sons of Apollo. He also had a long tenure as the front man of hard rock band Talisman. Currently he works as a solo artist, with his self-named band SOTO and as the vocalist of supergroups W.E.T. and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In 2020, Jeff joined forced with the band Art of Anarchy and their debut together drops in 2024.
Soul SirkUS was a band that initially featured singer Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Marco Mendoza, and drummer Deen Castronovo, later replaced by Virgil Donati.
Talisman was a Swedish hard rock band. Founded in 1989 by the songwriting bassist Marcel Jacob and fronted by the American singer Jeff Scott Soto, the band released seven studio albums from 1990 to 2006, before going on a farewell tour in 2007. While mainly described as hard rock and heavy metal, the band's sound had also been influenced by a variety of genres outside the rock music scope, such as rhythm and blues, soul, and funk in particular.
Cats and Dogs is the sixth studio album by Swedish hard rock band Talisman released on 12 May 2003 on Frontiers Records.
Talisman is the first studio album by hard rock band Talisman, released in 1990 through Airplay/Vinylmania. It has been reissued three times: first in 1993 through Dino Music; followed by a remastered edition in 2003 through Dino/Empire Records, containing a bonus disc with demos and live recordings from 1990; and once again on 12 September 2012, as a deluxe Digipak edition with further bonus material.
Genesis was the second studio album by hard rock band Talisman released on 7 July 1993 on Dino Records.
7 is the 7th and last studio album by hard rock band Talisman released on 20 October 2006 on Frontiers Records.
Truth was the fifth studio album by Swedish hard rock band Talisman released on 27 December 1998 by Point Music.
Humanimal is the third studio album by hard rock band Talisman released on 25 May 1994 and 19 October 1994 on Polydor Records.
Takara was an American rock band, formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California. Takara recorded 5 studio albums for several different record labels in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Founding member and lead guitarist Neal Grusky, and bassist Carl Demarco remained permanent fixtures in the band since its early days.
Five out of Five (Live in Japan) is a live album by hard rock group Talisman, recorded in Kawasaki, Japan on September 27, 1993. A deluxe edition was also released in 2012, in digipak packaging and remixed.
Heavy Hitters is a 2005 album of cover songs by the Michael Schenker Group. Originally planned by Schenker as a collection of covers featuring himself and a "revolving all-star cast of guest musicians," the album was labeled and marketed as an MSG album, with the result that Schenker received only a flat fee.
Last Autumn's Dream is a hard rock band formed in 2002 by vocalist and keyboardist Mikael Erlandsson from Sweden and guitarist Andy Malecek from the German hard rock band Fair Warning.
Five Men Live is a double CD live album by Talisman, released in 2005 on Frontiers Records.
Live at Sweden Rock Festival was the second live album by Swedish hard rock band Talisman released on Empire Records in October 2002. It charted at number 18 the first week in Sweden.
Humanimal was a musical project featuring Pontus Norgren and Marcel Jacob (Talisman).
Nine Lives is the ninth studio album by hard rock band Last Autumn's Dream released by Marquee Avalon in Japan on December 14, 2011 and was scheduled to be released in Europe on January 20, 2012.
Human Clay were a Swedish / American international side project / supergroup / band consisting primarily of Talisman members Marcel Jacob and Jeff Scott Soto.
