Kane Roberts
Kane Roberts, (actually Robert William Athas) is an American guitarist and singer who gained international fame through his work on the comeback of Alice Cooper in 1986 and 1987 and his participation in Cooper's hit album Trash . After breaking up with Cooper, he released several albums of his own and worked with other musicians before temporarily retiring from the music business.
Career
Alice Cooper had retired from the music business in 1983 and only worked sporadically as a singer, including as a guest singer on the Twisted Sister title Be Chrool to Your Scuel . For his comeback, he engaged Kane Roberts from the band Criminal Justice, with whom he wrote the ten tracks for the album Constrictor . Roberts was also the guitarist on the follow-up album, Raise Your Fist and Yell , before recording his first self-titled solo album. On Cooper's most successful album of the 1980s, Trash, he only appeared on the song Bed of Nails .
In 1991 Roberts released his second solo album, Saints and Sinners . He worked with Berlin , with Rod Stewart and Steve Vai , and he is the co-author of Take it Off, which he wrote with Bob Ezrin and Paul Stanley for the Kiss album Revenge .
Roberts then retired completely from the music business and became a video game programmer before drawing attention again in 2012 with the re-release of Saints and Sinners and the album Unsung Radio .
Discography
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With Alice Cooper
- 1986: Constrictor
- 1987: Raise Your Fist and Yell
- 1989: Trash
solo
- 1987: Kane Roberts
- 1991: Saints and Sinners
- 2012: Unsung Radio
Web links
- Official website (English)
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| SURNAME | Roberts, Kane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Athas, Robert William (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American guitarist and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |