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Q5
 

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Steel The Light   1984


Tracklist


1        Steel The Light
2        Lonely Lady
3        Come And Gone
4        Ain't No Way
5        Pull The Trigger
6        In The Night
7        Rock On
8        The Runaway
9        Missing In Action

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LINEUP


Bass – Evan Sheeley
Drums – Gary Thompson
Guitar – Floyd Rose, Rick Pierce
Vocals – Jonathan Scott Palmerston

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When The Mirror Cracks   1986

 

Tracklist


Livin' On The Borderline    4:42
Your Tears (Will Follow Me)    3:50
Never Gonna Love Again    4:57
Stand By Me    3:40
When The Mirror Cracks    3:33
Runaway    3:50
In The Rain    3:54
I Can't Wait    4:10
Cold Heart    3:42
Let Go    4:07

TRACKLIST


Evan Sheeley - Bass, Keyboards,
Gary Thompson - Drums
Floyd Rose - Guitar
Rick Pierce - Guitar
Jonathan K.* (Jonathan Scott Palmerston) - Vocals

New World Order  2016

 

Tracklist


We Came Here To Rock    4:24
One Night In Hellas    4:22
The Right Way    5:15
New World Order    4:34
Tear Up The Night    3:22
Halfway To Hell    3:00
A Prisoner Of Mind    7:15
Unrequited (A Woman Of Darkness And Steel)    4:55
Just One Kiss    5:09
Fear Is The Killer    3:25
Land Of The Setting Sun    5:07
A Warrior’s Song    5:01
Mach Opus 206    5:35
Bonus Track:    
Get Next To You    3:36

 

LINEUP


Turner Williams - Backing Vocals
Evan Sheeley - Bass, Backing Vocals

Jeffrey McCormack - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Rick Pierce - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
Dennis Turner - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jonathan Scott K. - Vocals, Backing Vocals

 

For some reason I always thought Q5 was a wimpy, mainstream rock band (more on that later).  What we have, on Steel The Light and New World Order, on the contrary, is some enjoyable 80's power rock.  I was pleasantly surprised.  Their second album, however, is a different story.  This is the radio friendly crap I thought Q5 was.  

Guitarist Floyd Rose is  known for inventing a Guitar attachment - The following is from Wikipedia:

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The Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo, or simply Floyd Rose, is a type of locking vibrato arm for a guitarFloyd D. Rose invented the locking vibrato in 1976, the first of its kind, and it is now manufactured by a company of the same name. The Floyd Rose gained popularity in the 1980s through guitarists like Eddie Van HalenNeal SchonBrad GillisJoe SatrianiSteve Vai, and Alex Lifeson, who used its ability to stay in tune even with extreme changes in pitch. Its tuning stability comes through the double-locking design that has been widely regarded as revolutionary; the design has been listed on Guitar World's "10 Most Earth Shaking Guitar Innovations" and Guitar Player's "101 Greatest Moments in Guitar History 1979–1983."

 

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Rose's other invention, the Guitar Flux Capacitor, was not as successful.

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