Steel Dragon

Steel Dragon is the name of a fictitious heavy metal band featuring real musicians, created to appear in the Warner Bros. movie "Rock Star" (2001), inclusively being responsible for the movie's original soundtrack. The members, especially the lead singers, had an over the top look and attitude similar to those seen in some famous heavy metal bands of the '80s.

Formation

The band's formation on-screen included the talents of four musicians and had actors playing the role of the lead singers, who actually were dubbed by vocalists Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Yngwie J. Malmsteen) and Michael Matijevic during their performances.

Also, there were other additional musicians who gave their contribution to help in the process of composing and performing the songs, as listed below:

* Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) - Guitarist "Ghode"
* Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, Dokken) - Bassist "Jörgen"
* Jason Bonham (Foreigner, Led Zeppelin) - Drummer "A.C."
* Jason Flemyng (Actor) - Lead singer "Bobby Beers"
* Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force) - Lead vocals for "Bobby Beers"
* Mark Wahlberg (Actor) - Lead singer "Chris 'Izzy' Cole"
* Michael Matijevic (Steelheart) - Lead vocals for "Chris 'Izzy' Cole"
* Dominic West (Actor) - Guitarist "Kirk Cuddy"

Additional Musicians

* Guy Pratt (Bass)
* Brian McLeod (Drums)
* Myles Kennedy (Lead vocals) - "Thor" (Blood Pollution)
* Blas Elias (Drums) - "Donny Johnson" (Blood Pollution)
* Nick Catanese (Guitar) - "Xander Cummins" (Blood Pollution)While Nick Catanese appeared in the movie as Xander Cummins, a member of the tribute band, he actually played guitar on all of the Steel Dragon songs on the soundtrack, along with Zakk Wylde, who appeared as Ghode, the guitarist that Xander Cummins was playing tribute to.

* Brian Vander Ark (Bass) - "Ricki Bell" (Blood Pollution)
* Timothy Olyphant (Actor - Guitar) - "Rob Malcolm" (Blood Pollution)

Discography

*"Lubricator"

ongs

*"Blood Pollution"Written By Twiggy Ramirez

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon

*"Crown Of Falsehood"Written By Zakk Wylde

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon

*"Desperate Hearts"Written By Jeff Pilson

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon

*"Livin' The Life"Written By Peter Beckett & Steve Plunkett

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon

*"Long Live Rock 'N' Roll"Written By Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Blood Pollution & Steel Dragon

*"Reckless"Written By Kane Roberts, Mike Slamer & Jimmy Tavis

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon

*"Stand Up"Written By Sammy Hagar

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon & Blood Pollution

*"Wasted Generation"Written By Desmond Child, A. Allen & J. Allen

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon & Blood Pollution

*"We All Die Young"Written By Michael Matijevic & Ken Kanowski

Produced By Tom Werman

Performed By Steel Dragon

External links

* [http://www.bloodpollutionrules.com Blood Pollution Rules !!!]
* [http://www.mothermetal.com/links/steeldragon.html Mothermetal]
* [http://www.azheavymetal.com/noticias/rock_star/rock_star_musica.htm A-Z Heavy Metal]
* [http://www.rockdetector.com/discography,21230.sm Rock Detector]
* [http://www.hotmetalradio.com/artist2.php?artist=Steel%20Dragon Hot Metal Radio]