Blue Murder (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Blue Murder


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Genre = Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock
Years_active = 1989-1994
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Associated_acts = Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy
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Past_members = Blue Murder was the brainchild of guitar virtuoso John Sykes. It was a melodic heavy metal band from England, founded by ex-Whitesnake guitarist Sykes. Upon Sykes' firing from the most successful version of Whitesnake, the former Tygers Of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy axe-man set out to create a similar sounding bluesy hard rock band. They released two studio albums and one live album before breaking up in 1994.

Ray Gillen, most famous for singing for Black Sabbath and Badlands, sang for an early version of Blue Murder, and reportedly the band recorded demos with him, but no albums. Another interesting thing to note is that John Sykes was himself once in a different band also called Badlands.

Personnel

Demos

* Ray Gillen - Lead Vocals
* John Sykes - Guitar
* Tony Franklin - Bass
* Cozy Powell - Drums

First album

* John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitar
* Nik Green - Keyboards
* Tony Franklin - Bass guitar, keyboards
* Carmine Appice - Drums and percussion

Nothin' But Trouble/Screaming Blue Murder

* John Sykes - Guitars, lead vocals
* Marco Mendoza - Bass
* Tommy O'Steen - Drums

Additional Musicians on Nothin' But Trouble:
* Kelly Keeling - Vocals
* Tony Franklin - Bass
* Carmine Appice - Drums

Discography

* Demo
* "Blue Murder" (1989)
* "Nothin' But Trouble" (1993)
* "Screaming Blue Murder" (1994) (Live album)