![]() ![]() ![]() In early ’87, White Lion needed another break – and fast. “The second time it happened, Michael Wagener told me that even though we didn’t have a label deal, he was taking us to his studio in Los Angeles to make a record.” “I had only done so once before, and the voice on the other end of the line was Kelv Hellrazer, which led to White Lion’s first exposure in Europe,” the singer says. To this day, Mike Tramp has no idea what compelled him to jump off the stage and pick up the receiver. Given that the band’s managers George and Michael Parente also co-own the building, most incoming calls are business-related. Somewhere in the empty L’Amour nightclub in New York City, a phone rings incessantly during a White Lion rehearsal. When the Children Cry (Live in Rehearsal 1991)ġ6.It’s early 1987. ![]() Little Fighter (Live in Rehearsal 1991)ġ5. All You Need Is Rock N Roll (Short Version) ġ3. All You Need Is Rock N Roll (LP Version with Intro Edit) ġ4. Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta would make a strong and consistent writing team throughout White Lion’s brief career. White Lion originally formed in 1983 when Danish singer Mike Tramp moved to New York City and teamed up with guitarist Vito Bratta, later joined by James Lomenzo on bass and Greg D’Angelo on drums. The fifth disc captures the band doing what they did best, performing their melodic hard rock Live (CD 5) on stage, with a set that includes live versions of “Wait,” “The Road To Valhalla” & “Sweet Little Loving.” Live rehearsal versions of “Little Fighter” & “Don’t Give Up” complete CD 5. Versions of White Lion would periodically be formed by frontman Mike Tramp, but sadly not capturing the peak of their Atlantic years. Mane Attraction also now features “Lights & Thunder” (Edit). They would soldier on into 1992, before calling it a day. Although Mane Attraction can sit proudly alongside their two previous albums for Atlantic, like many of their contemporaries who found fame, fortune and platinum sales in the 1980s, White Lion were beginning to look and sound a little out of step at the beginning of the new decade, as grunge would wipe away many bands of a more glam-based nature. Big, Elton John, Cher, The Cult & Bad English), fourth and final LP by the original, “classic” line-up of White Lion released Mane Attraction (CD 4) in 1991. This time produced by Richie Zito (Poison, Mr. As well as the singles “Little Fighter” and “Cry For Freedom,” the album featured a cover of Golden Earring’s hard rock staple, “Radar Love.” “Cry For Freedom” (Edit) is included as a bonus track. As per Pride, Big Game was produced by Michael Wagener, reaching No. Touring heavily, opening for Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, KISS and AC/DC well into 1988, White Lion released the third record, Big Game (CD 3) in August 1989. ![]()
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