Roadhouse (band)

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Roadhouse
OriginSheffield, England
Years active1990–1991
Past membersPaul Jackson
Pete Willis
Richard Day
Wayne Grant
Frank Noon
Trevor Brewis

Roadhouse were a British rock band that were signed to Mercury records, and included former Def Leppard members Pete Willis [1] and Frank Noon. [2] According to the band's website, the band recorded a four song demo with Noon as their drummer. However, Noon was no longer in Roadhouse by the time of the recording of their debut album. Roadhouse released their self-titled album in August 1991. [1] The album is often referred to as On a Desert Road, a reference to a line in the song "Time". Several singles and videos were released from the album, with the album charting at 26 and 2 of the singles in the top ten there are also B-sides that are not on the album. The band toured in support of Ian Gillan/No Sweat/Saxon/Two Tribes and recorded four videos for MTV. The single "Hell Can Wait" reached number 9 in the UK Rock Chart, and the single "Tower of Love" was used in the film Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man .Paul Jackson Joined British 70s super group SLADE for a short period as vocalist, and then went on to form a country rock outfit called SMITH&JACKSON the band spent almost 10 years touring the USA with bands like lynyrd skynyrd, Diamond Rio, 38 Special and were managed by ex Kiss producer SEAN DELANEY

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  1. 1 2 Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 299. ISBN   0-85112-656-1.
  2. "Home". Roadhouseband.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2016.