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Heavy Metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA, formed in 1983.

They are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun" and "God Blessed Video".
The band's initial line-up consisted of former Rainbow singer frontman Graham Bonnet, young Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, who had recently left American band Steeler, Gary Shea and Jimmy Waldo from New England and Clive Burr of Iron Maiden fame. Burr was reportedly only in the band for a week, and left upon discovering the band was going to be based in the United States, as opposed to his native England. Burr was soon replaced by former Iron Butterfly drummer Jan Uvena, who had just left Alice Cooper's backing band. Shea dubbed the group "Alcatrazz".

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Alcatrazz has released 20+ albums. Some of their notable releases include Prior Convictions, Take No Prisoners, Take No Prisoners. Explore their complete discography on this page.

Some of Alcatrazz's most popular tracks include God Blessed Video, Island In the Sun, Jet to Jet, Hiroshima mon amour, Suffer Me. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.

Heavy Metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA, formed in 1983.They are best known for their songs "Island in the Sun" and "God Blessed Video".The band's initial line-up consisted of former Rainbo... Read the full biography on this page.

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