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| The roots of SEVENTH KEY
go back to the early 1980's when bass player Billy Greer (from the
band QB1) and former CITY BOY guitarist Mike Slamer joined forces
for the first time in the legendary Melodic Rock band STREETS. The
band's line-up then was completed by former KANSAS singer Steve
Walsh and drummer Tim Gehrt. After releasing two excellent studio
albums: "Streets 1st" (1983) and "Crimes In Mind
(1985), the band abandoned way too soon. Still today both albums
are regarded as classics, still defining the standards for the perfect
Melodic Rock music! While Billy Greer and Steve Walsh went on to
join the line-up of reformed KANSAS (being still nowadays a part
of the band), Mike Slamer decided to retire from playing live. Instead
he focused his career as a songwriter, session-player and producer,
working for, among others, HOUSE OF LORDS, HARDLINE and WARRANT.
In 1998 Mike Slamer returned to the spotlight with the self-titled
debut of his own project called STEELHOUSE LANE. The album received
an excellent critical acclaim and soon led to a second release,
"Slaves Of The New World", in 1999. When Billy Greer signed
a solo deal with Frontiers Records in 2000, he remembered his old
friend Mike Slamer and enlisted his outstanding services as writer,
player and producer. Billy Greer and Mike Slamer were reunited -
SEVENTH KEY was born! The perfect chemistry between Billy and Mike
resulted in SEVENTH KEY's self-titled debut album (2001), which
many fans and critics voted as Melodic Rock album of the year. The
same happened to the band's second studio effort "The Raging
Fire" which was released in 2004. Despite to all the positive
reactions and the fan's desire to finally see SEVENTH KEY performing
their fantastic songs live on stage, the band rejected all requests
to go out touring. But when Frontiers Records President, Serafino
Perugino, got a look on the band's videos for the songs "An
Ocean Away" and "Love Train", he approached director
Nicole Slamer, Mike's daughter, to shoot a live DVD for SEVENTH
KEY. On May 23rd the recording for the live concert DVD/CD was completed.
For the first time in almost 22 years Mike Slamer performed live
again with one of his own projects. The recording was done at Crossover
Entertainment Group Inc. in front of selected friends, invited guests
and families. Joining the duo Greer/Slamer live on stage are former
STRANGEWAYS singer Terry Brock on guitars and background vocals,
David Manion on keyboards and drummer Pat McDonald. Guest appearances
come from KANSAS violinist Robby Steinhardt and Billy Greer's brother
Johnny, both joining the band for a breathtaking acoustic version
of the song "Forsaken". Featuring rousing live performances
of songs from the band's previous two studio albums, SEVENTH KEY's
first ever live concert DVD/CD is a true enrichment for any Melodic
Rock collection. Also included is bonus studio material for the
cd (including the only collaboration between Billy Greer and former
KANSAS mastermind Kerry Livgren on "Remember You Well")
and 3 bonus videos and exclusive interviews and behind the scenes
footage on the DVD. The fire rages on! |
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