Keri Kelli

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Keri Kelli
Birth name Kenneth Fear
Born Huntington Beach, California, USA
Genre(s) Heavy metal, Hard rock, Glam metal
Occupation(s) Guitarist, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1988 - Present
Associated acts Slash's Snakepit, Skid Row, Ratt, L.A. Guns, U.S. Crush, Big Bang Babies, Pretty Boy Floyd, Vince Neil Band, Adler's Appetite, Warrant, Saints of the Underground, Dad's Porno Mag, The Newlydeads, Love/Hate, Angel City Outlaws, Phucket and Alice Cooper
Website Official website

Keri Kelli (born Kenneth Fear) is an American hard rock guitarist who is currently playing full time for Alice Cooper and occasionally with Skid Row. He will play guitar and be a co-songwriter on the next Alice Cooper studio album tentatively titled Along Came A Spider due in summer 2008. [1]

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[edit] Biography

Kelli was born in Huntington Beach, California on September 7th. He is most famous for replacing guitarists in numerous American hard rock bands.[citation needed] In the past, he has also played in bands he founded such as Saints of the Underground, Adler's Appetite, Big Bang Babies and Empire.

Some of the other bands he has played in include: Slash's Snakepit, Skid Row, Ratt, L.A. Guns, Pretty Boy Floyd, Vince Neil Band, Adler's Appetite, Warrant, Dad's Porno Mag, The Newlydeads, Love/Hate, Saints of the Underground (formerly Angel City Outlaws), Phucket, Alice Cooper & Liberty & Justice.

He Co-Wrote and also made a guest appearance on the song "Bleed" from U.S. Crush's self-titled album on Virgin/Imortal Records.

As of the latest, he's on the road touring with Alice Cooper.

Keri has also been in studio, recording with Saints of the Underground, and their album, "Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner", comes out and hits stores April 22nd. Keri co-wrote a lot of the songs with lead singer of the band, Jani Lane.

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Big Bang Babies

  • Big Bang Babies - (1992)
  • Black Market - (1994)
  • 3 Chords & The Truth - (1999)

Dad's Porno Mag

The Newlydeads

Pretty Boy Floyd

U.S. Crush

  • U.S. Crush - (2000) - Plays on song "Bleed"

Shameless

  • Queen 4 A Day - (2000)
  • Splashed - (2002)
  • Super Hardcore Show - (2003)
  • KISS Tribute Undressed - (2003)
  • Famous 4 Madness - (2007)

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Warrant

Jani Lane

L.A. Guns

Liberty & Justice (2006) Guitar on the song Another Nail,Written by (S.Bach,M.Layne,K.Kelli,J.Murr)

Saints Of The Underground

  • Love The Sin, Hate The Sinner - (2008)

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L.A. Guns

  • Hellraisers Ball: Caught in the Act - (2004) DVD

[edit] Trivia

  • When he was in L.A. Guns and Adler's Appetite, Keri Kelli sang lead vocals in concert on covers of Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" & "Hollywood".
  • Keri states that the highlight of his career so far was playing a sold out show at Madison Square Garden, during the Slash's Snakepit/ACDC show, as well as opening for the Rolling Stones in 2006 with Cooper.

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