Great White

January 2nd, 2009 Filed under: Bands — @ 1:43 am

Current Members (Edit)

Jack Russell – Lead Vocals
Mark Kendall – Lead Guitar
Scott Snyder – Bass Guitar
Audie Desbrow – Drums
Michael Lardie – Guitar, Keyboards

Albums (Edit)

Out of the Night (1982)
Great White (1984)
Shot In The Dark (1986)
On Your Knees (1987)
Once Bitten… (1987)
Recovery: Live + On Your Knees (1987)
…Twice Shy (1989)
Hooked (1991)
The Blue – EP (1991)
Psycho City (1992)
The Best of Great White: 1986-1992 (1993)
Sail Away (1994)
Let It Rock (1996)
Rock Me (1998)
Can’t Get There From Here (1999)
Stick It (1999)
The Best of Great White (2000)
Latest & Greatest (2000)
Greatest Hits (2001)
Rock Champions (2001)
Gallery (2001)
A Double Dose (2004)
Rock Breatout Years: 1988 (2005)
Rock Me: The Best of Great White (2006)
Back To The Rhythm (2007)

Intro (Edit)

Great White is an American hard rock band that was formed in Los

Angeles in 1978. The band gained popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s. The band reached the height of popularity with the album …Twice Shy in 1989. Then in the early 1990’s, their popularity declined like most bands of that era.

Great White started as Dante Fox, playing their first gig in 1981 at The Troubadour in Hollywood. After recording several demos, the band took on Alan Niven as manager. Greenworld released Great White’s debut in 1984. Their follow up release, Shot in the Dark, was the first album with drummer Audie Desbrow. By the time Capitol Records signed the band and reissued Shot in the Dark, keyboardist-guitarist Michael Lardie had come aboard.

The band hit the mainstream in 1987 when they released Once Bitten…. this album was certified platinum in April of 1988. The band followed Once Bitten… with …Twice Shy in 1989. The album included their biggest hit, “Once Bitten, Twice Shy.” They received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album was certified platinum in July 1989 and then double platinum in September of that same year.

Click to edit INTRO

History (Edit)

Great White recorded two more albums for Capitol Records, Hooked, which was certified gold, and Psycho City. Although Capitol issued a Best Of compilation in 1993, Great White had already departed the label to begin working on their next studio release called, Sail Away. Sail Away was released on Zoo Records in 1994.
Their next release, Let It Rock, was released through another label, Imago, in 1996.

In 1999 Great White released Can’t Get There From Here. The album contained the single “Rollin’ Stoned.” The song managed to chart at #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.The band returned to the national spotlight under the most tragic of circumstances on February 20, 2003. Pyrotechnics used by the band’s crew at the Station Nightclub gig, ignited the foam soundproofing material behind the stage. One hundred people at The Station Nightclub in Rhode Island, including the band’s guitarist Ty Longley, died.

Click to edit HISTORY