Shout (band)

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Name = Shout


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Genre = Glam metal
Years_active = 1987-1990, 1999-
Label = Intense Records
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Current_members = Loren Robinson Ken Tamplin Chuck King Joseph Galletta
Past_members = Dennis Holt Mark Hugonberger Roger Milky Lanny Cordola Marty Friedman Randy Hansen Alex Masi Michael Angelo Joey Price

:"For the church music sound, see Shout band"

Shout was a Christian glam metal band formed in 1987 by Ken Tamplin. Musically the band was similar to Stryper, but the "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music" cites them as being "more competent than Stryper".cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Shout |pages=821-822]

Background

Their first album, "It Won't Be Long", was recorded by session musicians. These included Lanny Cordola (of Magdalen), Marty Friedman (of Megadeth), Michael Angelo (of Nitro), Joseph Galletta, Loren Robinson, and others. The album was an instant hit, and the band played at Londons famed Marquee in August 1988.cite book |last=Hale |first=Mark |title=Headbangers |year=1993 |publisher=Popular Culture, Ink |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |edition=First edition, second printing |isbn=1-56075-029-4 |chapter=2646 Shout |pages=316] Following this release Tamplin hired Galletta and Robinson, who he had played with in Joshua, on a full time basis. These three members would form the long term core of the band. Chuck King (of Idle Cure) also became an integral part of the band. The band achieved early success in Europe and toured there in August 1988.cite journal |last=Newcomb |first=Brian Quincy |year=1988 |month=October |title=Notebook: Shout It Out!! |journal=CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=10 ]

Their second album, "In Your Face", sold 40,000 copies within a month of its release.cite journal |last=Milette |first=Dn |year=1989 |month=August |title=A SHOUT for Mortality |journal=CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=17 ] The album was said to express "every nuance and shade of loudness and fastness". The lead single, "In Your Face", won the Dove Award for hard music song in 1990.cite web |url=http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm?year=1990 |title=Dove Award Recipients for 1990 |accessdate=2007-03-01 |publisher=Gospel Music Association ]

The band dissolved in 1989 due to primairily two issues: the "inability of Chrcistian music to financially support artists" despite having sold in excess of 100,000 albums by that time, and a lawsuit over naming rights, where Tamplin was held to have the right to record under the name Shout, but an east coast band had the right to perform with it.cite journal |last=Van Pelt |first=Doug |year=1990 |month=September |title=Tamplin's Got An Axe To Grind |journal=CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=22-23 ] Tamplin went on to pursue a solo career. Two compilations were issued before Tamplin reformed the band. New material was issued in their 1999 release, "Shout Back".

Discography

*1987: "It Won't Be Long" (Frontline Records)
*1989: "In Your Face" (Frontline in USA, Music For Nations in GB, Fun House in Japan, Review:"CCM Magazine"cite journal |last=Eischer |first=Mark |year=1989 |month=March |title=Reviews |journal=CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=11 |issue=9 |pages=39 ] )
*1992: "At The Top of Their Lungs" (Intense Records, Compilation)
*1999: "It Won't Be Long/In Your Face" (KMG Records, Review: " [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Shout/It_Wont_Be_LongIn_Your_Face/1198/ Cross Rhythms] "cite journal |last=Price |first=Philip |title=Shout - "It Won't Be Long/In Your Face" |journal=Cross Rhythms |month=April |year=2000 |issue=56 |pages= |accessdate=2007-05-14] )
*1999: "Shout Back" (Indie: Nippon Crown Records in Japan, Z Records in GB)

Members

*Loren Robinson - bass
*Ken Tamplin - guitar, vocals
*Chuck King - guitar, vocals
*Joseph Galletta - drums (89+)

Former members

*Dennis Holt - drums (-89)
*Mark Hugonberger - keyboard (-89)
*Roger Milky - keyboard
*Lanny Cordola - guitar
*Marty Friedman - guitar
*Randy Hansen - guitar
*Alex Masi - guitar
*Michael Angelo - guitar
*Joey Price - guitar

References

External links

* [http://www.shout.cc/ Official Site]
* [http://www.kentamplin.com/ Ken Tamplin] 's site
** [http://www.kentamplin.com/index2.php?page=discography2 "It Won't Be Long" and "In Your Face"] download
* [http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/shout.htm Profile] at No Life Til Metal