The Law (band)

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The Law were an English rock group formed in 1991 comprising of ex-The Who/The Faces drummer Kenney Jones and former Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers. The two teamed up with the idea of using different supporting musicians, in order to allow Paul Rodgers to pursue whatever musical style he felt like. They assembled a core band of studio musicians, including guitarist John Staehely and bassist Pino Palladino, and landed guest spots from guitarists like David Gilmour, Bryan Adams, and Chris Rea. They produced Billboard's #1 AOR Chart hit "Laying Down The Law" written by Rodgers, but the album peaked at a disappointing #126 on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart. An album of out-takes from the first album^{[citation needed]} has been released as a bootleg, often referred to as "The Law II".

The Law played one show at Milton Keynes Bowl supporting ZZ Top and Bryan Adams they were joined for this show by John Young on keyboards.

1 Album - The Law
2 Unreleased Album - The Law II
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Album - The Law

For A Little Ride
Miss You In A Heartbeat
Stone Cold
Come Save Me (Julianne)
Laying Down The Law
Nature Of The Beast
Stone
Anything For You
Best Of My Love
Tough Love
Missing You Bad Girl

[edit] Unreleased Album - The Law II

Too Much Is Not Enough
Wanna Make love To You
Message Of Love
Hold On
Alibi
Loaded Dice
Check Mate
Strictly Off The Record
Laying Down The Law (rough version)

There a few stories surrounding this collection of songs, which is also known as 'The Law Returns'. The first is that this is an unreleased second album withdrawn from release at the last minute. The second is that it was actually recorded before the officially released album,and the third is that these songs are left-overs from the released album sessions. The third reason is the correct one...^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Trivia

The Law have (to date) only ever played once. This was at the Milton Keynes Bowl supporting ZZ Top and Bryan Adams.^{[citation needed]}
The second track on The Law entitled Miss You In A Heartbeat was originally written by Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen. It was later recorded by Def Leppard and released on their album Retro Active and was also released as a single.