Streetheart
| Streetheart | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| founding | 1976 |
| resolution | 1984 |
| Last occupation | |
| Kenny Shields | |
| Jeff Neill | |
| Daryl Gutheil | |
| Ken Sinnaeve | |
| Billy Carmassi | |
Streetheart was a Canadian rock band . It was founded in 1976 and dissolved in 1984.
history
Streetheart emerged from a band called "Wascana" founded in the early 1970s in Regina ( Saskatchewan ) by Daryl Gutheil and Ken Sinnaeve. Singer Kenny Shields joined the group when the members relocated to Winnipeg , and the band was renamed "Witness" and later "Streetheart". In 1976 guitarist Paul Dean and drummer Matthew Frenette joined the band, which released their debut album Meanwhile Back in Paris in 1978 . The following year Under Heaven Over Hell was released , but Paul Dean had left the band before the recordings and was replaced by John Hannah.
Matthew Frenette also left Streetheart and founded the band Loverboy in 1980 with Paul Dean and other musicians . The third Streetheart album, Quicksand Shoes , was recorded with the drummer Herb Ego and was released in 1980. In the same year the band left their previous music label WEA and switched to Capitol Records . Also in 1980, Capitol released the album Drugstore Dancer .
In 1983 the band's last album, Dancing with Danger, was released . Despite their success in Canada (the album received a gold record there ), the band broke up in 1984.
Trivia
- The album Dancin 'with Danger was remastered and re-released in 2012 .
- Ace Frehley edited the 1988 Streetheart song Dancing with Danger from the album of the same name and recorded it under the title Dancin 'With Danger for Frehley's Comet album Second Sighting .
- After his death, Ken Sinnaeve replaced bassist Scott Smith at Loverboy. As a result, three founding members of Streetheart belong to the group today.
- Drummer Billy Carmassi is the brother of Montrose drummer Denny Carmassi.
Discography
- 1978: Meanwhile Back in Paris
- 1979: Under Heaven Over Hell
- 1980: Quicksand Shoes
- 1980: Drugstore Dancer
- 1983: Dancing with Danger
- 1984: Buried Treasure
swell
- Streetheart biography in the CD booklet of the Dancing With Danger edition from 2012