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A melodic pop metal band with majestic vocals, Steelheart hit it big with their debut album and became MTV darlings in the late 80s and early 90s.
Miljenko Matijevic (vocals), Chris Risola (guitar), Frank DiCostanzo (guitar), James Ward (bass) and John Fowler (drums) formed Steelheart in Norwalk, Connecticut in the early 1980's. Matijevic's multi-octave range was what set the band apart from most others in the late stages of the glam era.
After close to a decade of toiling in local bars, the band finally got a record deal. The debut album went platinum behind MTV's heavy rotation of the power ballad "I'll Never Let You Go" (which reached #23 on Billboard's singles chart). But the follow-up, which showed the band could really rock, didn't get the exposure it deserved and didn't have the glossy production of the original album. After the tour the original band disbanded, leaving Matijevic with the Steelheart name.
In 1993 Matijevic began demoing new material and created a revamped Steelheart around Kenny Kanowski (guitar), Vincent Mele Jr. (bass), Alex Makarovich (drums) and Derek Austin (drums). The album did huge business in Asia but never even got an American release, and the band was put on hold again.
Matijevic, at the urging of his friend producer Tom Werman, lent his vocals to the movie Rock Star (starring Mark Wahlberg) as vocalist for the fictional band Steel Dragon. In 2006 Matijevic started working on a new Steelheart album, DVD and tour.
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Web Sites:
www.steelheart.com
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