Last In Line

Hard Rock band formed by Vivian Campbell (guitar), Jimmy Bain (bass), Vinny Appice (drums), Claude Schnell (keyboards) and Andrew Freeman (vocals) in 2012. With the exception of Freeman, all the members had been part of [a=Dio (2)] and the reunion was brought about by Campbell's desire to revisit that band's material, which he has not played since an acrimonious split from the band in 1986. Eventually, the band decided to focus on original material instead of just revisiting the past. In 2015, as the band was preparing material for a new album, they parted ways with Schnell, deciding, instead to move forward as a guitar-driven four-piece band. The group's debut album, "Heavy Crown" was released in 2016. On January 23, 2016, shortly before the album's release, Jimmy Bain passed away in his cabin while the band was on Def Leppard's "Hysteria on the High Seas". The band continued on with bassist Phil Soussan (ex-Ozzy Osbourne), and released their second album, "II" in 2019.