Steel Dragon

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This article is about fictional band. For other uses of steel dragon, see Steel dragon (disambiguation).

Steel Dragon is the name of a fictitious heavy metal band featuring real musicians, created to appear in the Warner Bros. movie Rock Star (2001), inclusively being responsible for the movie's original soundtrack. The members, especially the lead singers, had an over the top look and attitude similar to those seen in some famous heavy metal bands of the '80s.

1 Formation
2 Discography
3 Songs
4 External links

[edit] Formation

The band's formation on-screen included the talents of four musicians and had actors playing the role of the lead singers, who actually were dubbed by vocalists Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Yngwie J. Malmsteen) and Michael Matijevic during their performances.

Also, there were other additional musicians who gave their contribution to help in the process of composing and performing the songs, as listed below:

Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) - Guitarist "Ghode"
Jeff Pilson (Dokken) - Bassist "Jörgen"
Jason Bonham (Foreigner, Led Zeppelin) - Drummer "A.C."
Jason Flemyng (Actor) - Lead singer "Bobby Beers"
Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force) - Lead vocals for "Bobby Beers"
Mark Wahlberg (Actor) - Lead singer "Chris 'Izzy' Cole"
Michael Matijevic (Steelheart) - Lead vocals for "Chris 'Izzy' Cole"
Dominic West (Actor) - Guitarist "Kirk Cuddy"

Additional Musicians

Guy Pratt (Bass)
Brian McLeod (Drums)
Myles Kennedy (Lead vocals) - "Thor" (Blood Pollution)
Blas Elias (Drums) - "Donny Johnson" (Blood Pollution)
Nick Catanese (Guitar) - "Xander Cummins" (Blood Pollution)

While Nick Catanese appeared in the movie as Xander Cummins, a member of the tribute band, he actually played guitar on all of the Steel Dragon songs on the soundtrack, along with Zakk Wylde, who appeared as Ghode, the guitarist that Xander Cummins was playing tribute to.