Snowball of Doom 2

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Official Bootleg: Snowball of Doom 2
RacerX-SnowballOfDoom2.jpg
Live album by Racer X
Released December 18, 2002
Genre Heavy metal
Length1:23:50
Label Universal Japan
Producer Paul Gilbert
Racer X chronology
Getting Heavier
(2002) Getting Heavier2002		Snowball of Doom 2
(2002)

Official Bootleg: Snowball of Doom 2 is a double album released by Racer X. It is the band's fourth live album, and was recorded in Japan. It was initially released alongside Getting Heavier .

A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium. Recording artists often think of double albums as comprising a single piece artistically; however, there are exceptions such as John Lennon's Some Time in New York City and Pink Floyd's Ummagumma and OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Another example of this approach is Works Volume 1 by Emerson Lake and Palmer, where side one featured Keith Emerson, side two Greg Lake, side three Carl Palmer, and side four was by the entire group.

Racer X were an American heavy metal band formed in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. The group has gone through a hiatus, and a few lineup changes with bassist Juan Alderete and vocalist Jeff Martin being the sole constant members. The band is signed to Shrapnel Records.

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Superheroes"
  2. "Phallic Tractor"
  3. "Fire Of Rock"
  4. "The Executioner's Song"
  5. "King of the Monsters"
  6. "Dead Man's Shoes"
  7. "Sunlit Nights"
  8. "Into the Night"
  9. "Y.R.O. (and guitar solo)"
  10. "Let the spirit Fly"
  11. "Waiting"

Disc two

  1. "Hammer Away"
  2. "Bass Solo" (John Alderete)
  3. "Miss Mistreater"
  4. "That Hormone Thing"
  5. "Scarified"
  6. "Drum Solo" (Scott Travis)
  7. "Motor Man"

Personnel

Jeff Martin (American musician) American musician

Jeffery Louis Martin is an American musician, singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Racer X, Bad Dog, Surgical Steel and St. Michael and played drums for the bands Badlands, the Michael Schenker Group, Blindside Blues Band, Red Sea, St. Michael and The Electric Fence, a side project with Paul Gilbert and Russ Parrish. Jeff Martin played drums for Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Dokken, and P.K. Mitchell.

Paul Gilbert American musician

Paul Brandon Gilbert, is an American hard rock/heavy metal guitarist. He is best known for being the co-founder of the band Mr. Big. He was also a member of Racer X, with whom he released several albums. Following Mr. Big's disbandment in 1996, Gilbert launched a solo career, for which he has released numerous solo albums, and featured in numerous collaborations and guest appearances on other musicians' albums.

Scott Travis American drummer

Mark Scott Travis is an American rock musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, and the American heavy metal band Racer X.

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