Samantha 7

Last updated
Samantha 7
Also known asThe Stepmothers
Genres Pop punk, [1] glam rock, alternative rock
Years active1998–2004
Labels Sony
Past members C.C. DeVille
Krys Baratto
Francis Ruiz
Ty Longley
Michael Lardie

Samantha 7 was an American rock band founded in 1998 by C.C. DeVille, lead guitarist from the rock band Poison. They released the self-titled album Samantha 7 in 2000 and C.C. Deville performed lead vocals and guitar on the album. [2] The band also included bassist Krys Baratto (who has worked as session musician with many artists and bands, from Thomas Dolby to Guns N' Roses), ex-Cynical Side drummer Francis Ruiz and for live dates Great White's guitarists Ty Longley and Michael Lardie. The band's tour manager Paul Woolnough also played drums in 2001 after drummer Francis Ruiz was run over by a car in Florida and he stepped in for the last shows of the tour.

Contents

History

The band's original name was the Stepmothers, but the band was forced to change their name following a legal dispute with another band of the same name. Their debut gig was at the Woodstock 1999 festival. Bassist Krys Baratto had been offered the gig whilst DeVille was back out on the road with a Poison reunion tour. The bassist flew out to catch the tail end of the Poison tour to inform the guitarist of the news, leaving the fledgling band just two days to rehearse for the gig. [3] Following the release of their debut album "Samantha 7" in 2000 on John Kalodner's imprint label "Portrait Records" / Sony, the band completed a tour of the US and the UK.

From 2000-2001, bassist Krys Baratto and drummer Francis Ruiz also did double duties touring as members of Great White.

2004 saw C.C. DeVille back on the road with Poison, opening for a Kiss nationwide tour. That same year, Baratto worked with Modify in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Samantha 7 was put on permanent hold after just one album. There have been various rumours about a second album, which to this date never materialized.

Musical style

Samantha 7 was named after a giant female robot on the Japanese children's TV program 8 Man and the songs which C.C. Deville starting working on four years earlier were inspired by '70s AM radio hits as DeVille's heavy metal heritage. [4]

Discography

Studio albums

The self-titled debut album "Samantha 7" was released in May, 2000.

Production and Marketing

Signed by A&R guru John Kalodner to Columbia Records, the album was engineered by Andrew Murdock of Godsmack fame and produced by Jack Blades.

Track listing

  1. "Framed"
  2. "Hanging onto Jane"
  3. "I Wanna Be Famous" ( The Surreal Life Fame Games theme)
  4. "Slave Laura"
  5. "Cover Girl"
  6. "Golden Days and Rain"
  7. "Good Day"
  8. "Bury Me"
  9. "Bonnie Bradley"
  10. "Seane Girl"
  11. "Hollywood and Vine"

Singles

The Samantha 7 song "I Wanna Be Famous" released as a single for the album was also used in the opening of the reality show The Surreal Life Fame Games , which C.C.Deville starred in.

C.C. Deville on lead vocals for Poison

Following the Samantha 7 album C.C. Deville performed lead vocals on the following Poison songs.

Band Members

Touring

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poison (band)</span> American glam metal band

Poison is an American glam metal band formed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist Bobby Dall and lead guitarist C.C. DeVille. The band achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and sold over 40 million records and DVDs worldwide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great White</span> American rock band

Great White is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band peaked with several albums during the mid-to-late 1980s, including the platinum-selling records Once Bitten (1987) and ...Twice Shy (1989), and those albums' singles "Rock Me" and "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" received considerable airplay through radio and MTV. They charted two Top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "The Angel Song." They continued to release new material into the 1990s. The band is named after both the shark with the same name, and guitarist Mark Kendall's former stage nickname.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warrant (American band)</span> American glam metal band

Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989) and one of its singles, "Heaven", which reached No. 1 in Rolling Stone and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band's success continued in the early 1990s with the double platinum album Cherry Pie (1990), which provided the hit song of the same name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">C.C. DeVille</span> American guitarist (born 1962)

Bruce Anthony Johannesson, known professionally as C.C. DeVille, is an American guitarist who is a member of rock band Poison. The band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, including 15 million in the United States. In 1998 he formed a band called Samantha 7.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bobby Dall</span> Musical artist

Robert Harry Kuykendall, also known as Bobby Dall, is an American musician best known as the bassist for the rock band Poison.

<i>Hollyweird</i> 2002 studio album by Poison

Hollyweird is the sixth studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released on May 21, 2002, through Cyanide Music and debuted at No. 103 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 8 on the Independent Albums chart and sold 11,000 copies in its first week. As of 2023, it is the band's most recent album of original material.

Adam Hamilton is a Los Angeles-based music producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Hamilton was the bassist of glam metal band L.A. Guns from 2001 through 2007, again from June to September 2018 as their rhythm guitarist, and again as their studio drummer since 2020. He also played drums for 1990s alternative rock band Joe 90, and worked as session drummer for alternative/neo-psychedelic band The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

<i>Power to the People</i> (Poison album) 2000 live album with studio tracks by Poison

Power to the People is an album by the American rock band Poison, released on June 13, 2000, on the band's independent label, Cyanide Music. It marked the return of the original lineup, together for the first time since 1991's Swallow This Live with the return of C.C. DeVille who replaced Blues Saraceno.

<i>Poisons Greatest Hits: 1986–1996</i> 1996 greatest hits album by Poison

Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 is the first greatest hits compilation CD from the glam metal band Poison. The album was released on November 26, 1996, by Capitol Records. The album contains 16 tracks from the band's first four studio albums and also the live double-album Swallow This Live.

<i>The Surreal Life: Fame Games</i> American TV series or program

The Surreal Life: Fame Games is an American reality television series originally broadcast on the VH1 cable network. A spin-off of the VH1 show, The Surreal Life, the show assembled ten alumni of the show's six prior seasons to compete in a ten-week competition that takes place in Las Vegas, with the winner taking home a prize of $100,000 provided by the online gaming site Golden Palace.net. Robin Leach was the host. The contestants also competed in a game show format elimination round in each episode called "Back to Reality" that saw the losers, in the first three weeks of the competition, sent to "the B-List" which consisted of living in a less luxurious wing of the mansion than the rest of the housemates, who were designated as "the A-List". In the later weeks, when the teams were split evenly, they competed in team competitions where the losing team must send three members to play "Back to Reality" to eliminate one person from the competition entirely.

<i>Poisond!</i> 2007 studio album (part compilation) by Poison

Poison'd! is the seventh studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released June 5, 2007. The 14-track album features recordings of Poison's favorite rock classics. Nine new tracks and five previously released covers make up the album.

<i>Glitter 4 Your Soul</i> 2003 studio album by Rikki Rockett

Glitter 4 Your Soul is the debut studio album by Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, released in 2003. The record features former Poison band member Blues Saraceno on guitars also Poison front man Bret Michaels provides lead vocals for "Tear it Down" and Rikki Rockett himself sings his first lead vocal on "Life's a Gas".

Swallow This Live: Flesh & Blood World Tour is a Poison concert video, recorded May 19th 1991 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA. The live performance was taken from Poison's 1990/91 world tour in support of the band's third studio album Flesh & Blood.

<i>Nothing But a Good Time! Unauthorized</i> 2003 video by Poison

Nothing but a Good Time! Unauthorized is a documentary film centered around U.S. hard rock/glam metal band Poison that was released in 2003 following the distribution of the band's studio album Hollyweird. Taking its title from the 1988 Poison single "Nothin' But a Good Time", it features interviews with related musicians such as Bret Michaels and C.C. DeVille

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Last Song (Poison song)</span> 2000 single by Poison

"The Last Song" is a power ballad by American hard rock band Poison. It was the second and final single from their 2000 album, Power to the People.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shooting Star (Poison song)</span> 2002 single by Poison

"Shooting Star" is a song by American rock band Poison. It is the third and final single released from Poison's 7th studio album Hollyweird, which debuted at #103 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the Independent Albums chart. The song was released as a single in November 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ratt</span> American heavy metal band

Ratt was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum and multi-platinum by the RIAA. The group is perhaps best known for hit singles such as "Round and Round" and "Lay It Down", tracks that ranked on Billboard's top 40 at No. 12 and No. 40, respectively, as well as other songs such as "Wanted Man", "You're in Love" and "Dance". Along with bands such as friendly rivals Mötley Crüe, Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles glam metal scene, also known as "hair metal" or "pop metal".

<i>Double Dose: Ultimate Hits</i> 2011 greatest hits album by Poison

Poison - Double Dose: Ultimate Hits is a double disc greatest hits compilation album released May 3, 2011 by the hard rock band Poison to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary. The career-spanning collection features thirty-five of the multi-platinum band's top hits and fan favorites. The album charted at #23 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums chart and #17 in Canada.

"Rockstar" is a song by American rock band Poison. It was released as the first single from their then upcoming album Hollyweird.

References

  1. ↑ "Poison's C.C. DeVille Returns with Samantha 7". Rolling Stone . 9 June 2000.
  2. ↑ "Poison's C.C. DeVille Returns With Samantha 7". Rolling Stone. 9 June 2000. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  3. ↑ "MusicMight". Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Samantha 7". VH1. Archived from the original on September 25, 2004.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.