Description
- One band that certainly deserved the epithet of “super-group” was Blackthorne. Originally forming in 1991 when former Rainbow, MSG and Alcatrazz singer Graham Bonnet joined forces with former Meat Loaf, Balance and KISS collaborator Bob Kulick, in a line-up featuring ex-Impellitteri, Alice Cooper and Giuffria bassist Chuck Wright, Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali and New England and Alcatrazz keyboard player Jimmy Waldo.
- Blackthorne released their sole studio album “Afterlife” in 1993 [available as HNECD072]. Although well received by the press; (Kerrang! magazine asserted that, “Afterlife invites you to bang your head, raise yer fist and holler”, while Metal CD magazine said, “A collection of big, chest-beating anthems”), Blackthorne never really fulfilled their true potential before the band members went their separate ways after that one album. Perhaps their brand of classic heavy rock was going against the tide of grunge, then the prevailing flavour of the early 1990s. HNE released the shelved second Blackthorne album, “Don’t Kill The Thrill” in 2016 (available as HNECD73D), but now present the 3CD collection, “We Won’t Be Forgotten: The Blackthorne Anthology”.
- This set comprises of 44 tracks, 30 of which are newly unearthed, unreleased recordings. “Afterlife” had featured the band’s cover of Rainbow’s classic ‘All Night Long’, and one particular treat presented here is an unreleased recording of the Russ Ballard penned, Rainbow fave ‘Since You Been Gone’, the 1992 instrumental backing track which Graham Bonnet recently added vocals.
- Also featured are 4-track demos, 8-track demos, 16-track demos and even 24-track demos, the earliest of which date from 1992 when the band’s rhythm section featured White Lion’s James Lomenzo and Greg D’Angelo. Also featured is a 1993 rehearsal from “Mates” studio in Los Angeles, giving a unique insight into how this band worked off-stage.
- ‘Skeletons In The Closet’ and ‘Man In The Black Hat’ would later appear on the sole self-titled 1996 album by Murderer’s Row, the band that Waldo and Kulick would form with singer David Glen Eisley following Blackthorne’s dissolution in 1994, and the previously unheard ‘Angel Of Pleasure’ which would be re-written as ‘Dreaming In The Hideaway’.
- Hit Parader magazine concluded that this was a band with, “A Triple-A rated rock and roll pedigree, Blackthorne is a band t
Track Listing
Cradle To The Grave
Afterlife (Original 1992 Demo)
Cradle To The Grave (Rough Mix)
Afterlife
We Won’t Be Forgotten (Original 1992 Demo)
Afterlife (Rough Mix)
We Won’t Be Forgotten
Wild Inside (Original 1992 Demo Cassette)
We Won’t Be Forgotten (Rough Mix)
Over And Over
Baby You’re The Blood (Original 1992 Demo)
Baby You’re The Blood (Rough Mix)
Baby You’re The Blood
Love From The Ashes (Original 1992 Demo)
Sex Crime (Rough Mix)
Sex Crime
Over And Over (Original 1992 Demo)
Love From The Ashes (Rough Demo)
Love From The Ashes
Since You Been Gone (1992 Demo / 2018 Newly Recorded Vocal)
All Night Long (Rough Demo)
Wild Inside (Demo 1992)
Get My Heart Out Of Here (Demo 1992 - Unreleased Song)
Rehearsal Tape ‘Mates’ (Rehearsal Studio 1993)
Don’t Kill The Thrill (Demo 1994)
We Won’t Be Forgotten (Original 1992 Demo #2)
Judgement Day (Vocal Takes - Alternate Lyrics)
Dreaming In The Hideaway (Demo 1994)
Afterlife (Original 1992 Demo #2)
Skeletons In The Closet (Vocal Takes)
Judgement Day (Demo 1994)
Baby You’re The Blood (Original 1992 Demo #2)
Since You Been Gone (Demo – Instrumental)
Skeletons In The Closet (Demo 1994)
Twist The Blade (Early Demo)
Insanity (Demo 1994)
Guilty Of Insanity (Early Demo)
Twist The Blade (Demo 1994)
Wild Inside (Early Demo)
Sanctuary (Alternate Lyric - Demo 1994)
Skeletons In The Closet (Early Demo)
Man In A Black Hat (Early Demo 1994)
Angel Of Pleasure (Writing Demo)
Judgement Day (Early Rough Demo 1994)
Details
- Genre: Rock
- Product Type: AUDIO CD
- Barcode: 5013929922402
- Release Date: November 10, 2025
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