The Georgia Satellites

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The Georgia Satellites
Frontman Dan Baird, 2015
Frontman Dan Baird, 2015
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1980
Founding members
Dan Baird
Mauro Magellan
Rick Price
guitar
Rick Richards
Current occupation
Mauro Magellan
Rick Price
guitar
Rick Richards

The Georgia Satellites are a Georgia-based American rock band that had their biggest hit in 1986 with Keep Your Hands to Yourself .

Discography

In total, the Georgia Satellites released six albums and one short album:

  • Keep the Faith (1985)
  • Georgia Satellites (1986)
  • Open All Night (1988)
  • Never Stop Rockin´ (1989) Japan
  • In the Land of Salvation and Sin (1989)
  • Let It Rock: The Best of the Georgia Satellites (1993)
  • Shaken Not Stirred (1997)

The short album Keep the Faith was created in 1985 and contains six songs. (Founding members: Dan Baird and Rick Richards) Dave Hewitt plays bass and Randy Richards drums on this album.

The first album Georgia Satellites was the most successful with the titles Keep Your Hands to Yourself, Battleship Chains, Can't Stand the Pain and Railroad Steel.

Band members

  • Dan Baird - guitar, vocals
  • Mauro Magellan - drums
  • Rick Price - bass
  • Rick Richards - guitar

Dan Baird pursued a solo career with two albums before joining forces with Eric Ambel, Keith Christopher and Terry Anderson to form the YAYHOOS.

Dan Baird tours Europe regularly (Heart of the Georgia Satellites / Dan Baird & Friends / Dan Baird & Homemade Sin).

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