NRG (rock band)

For the South Korean band of the same name, see NRG (group).

For other uses, see NRG.

NRG
Origin	[USA]
Years active	1986
Members
Les Brown - Vocals Ernie "Burns" Petrangelo - Lead Guitar Lee Mangano - Drums Pat Lynch - Bass Colin Turnbull - Leading Member

NRG was a 1980s rock band most notable for being featured in The Transformers: The Movie.

Formation

NRG originally formed and began writing songs in 1979. At that time the band invested in their own 8 track recording studio to lay down tracks for their original music. The band started out from very humble beginnings, recording in a cellar and rehearsed in a chicken coop that was internally covered wall to wall with rugs to deaden the sound while they practiced.

NRG started when drummer Lee Mangano heard of a local guitar player named Ernie Petrangelo from a mutual friend and tried to contact him^{[citation needed]}. They immediately connected and had exactly the same goals in mind. Now the search began for the singer, and after many auditions in the course of a few years, Les Brown walked into the studio, put on a set of headphones, and started to sing. Les never made it to the first chorus and was asked to be in the band^{[citation needed]}. The final member was bass player Pat Lynch.

NRG

The vocalist of NRG was Les Brown, a native of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Their song "Instruments of Destruction" is included in the compilation The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

NRG has shared the stage with artists such as the Goo Goo Dolls, Extreme, Joan Jett, UFO, Nazareth, Blue Öyster Cult, Kix and Judas Priest.^{[citation needed]}

Post NRG

In 2003, Brown formed Damn Cheetah with members of "Blacklace".

Discography

• NRG2 - Transformed

• DvD Drum School Vol I "The Ultimate Learning Experience"

Featuring: Lee Mangano (NRG) Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project) Jackie Santos (John Cafferty & Tavares) Hirsh Gardner (New England)

• DvD Drum SchoolVol II "Taking It To The Next Level"

Featuring: Lee Mangano(NRG) Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project) Gary Moffatt (38 Special) Sean Shannon (Pat Travers & Molly Hatchet)

References

External links

• NRG2 album
• Damn Cheetah's homepage
• Drum School homepage