| Shameless | |
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| Origin | Munich, Germany |
| Genres | Hard rock Glam metal |
| Years active | 1998–1991 1998–present |
| Labels | Red Skunk Recordz |
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| Alexx Michael B.C. Steve Summers Keri Kelli Stevie Rachelle |
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| Past members | |
| Many guests, see article. | |
Shameless are a hard rock and glam metal supergroup based in Munich, Germany. Although the band are based in Germany, they are notable for having numerous American rockers appearing on their albums.
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The original incarnation of Shameless was formed in April 1989 by bassist Alexx "Skunk" Michael. The band were relatively popular in their home town, selling out a 500 capacity club on their very first show. The vocalist left the band at the end of 1991 and they folded. The original vocalist, Matt Gilbert (Krash) joined the band after responding to an advertisement in Kerrang magazine. He flew to Munich and shared an apartment with the original guitar player, Michael Trinkl, on Widenmayer Strasse next to the River Isar.
Krash left the band to play with other Munich musicians including Markus Becker, drum teacher in the city.
In summer 1998 Alexx Michael started to reform Shameless with the support of his friend Kiss and Alice Cooper drummer Eric Singer. Singer used his contacts to help Michael reform "Shameless" for the debut album Backstreet Anthems. Two cover versions were present within the tracklist "Flaming Youth" by Kiss and "Hard Dayz Night" by The Beatles.
This album featured thirteen musicians in total, including B.C. a German friend of Michael's. The musicians on the album were;
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Ten tracks in total were featured on the album. It was recorded in Studio City, Los Angeles, California and was produced by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke.
After gaining a cult following and positive response from the underground hard rock community Alexx Michael and B.C. decided they would record another album. Back in [[Germany they were writing new tracks and rehearsing them by January 2000. This time was decided that the album would be produced at Keri Kelli's studio in Orange County, California.
The album titled Queen 4 a Day was recorded in March 2000 and featured a total of thirteen songs. Another Kiss cover was also present, "Tomorrow". It featured more guests, with some on the previous album returning.
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The album was released in Europe via MTM Music, they did a tour of Germany and the Netherlands in promotion of it. Bruce Kulick joined the band on tour and performed some tracks live with them.
By the time it came to recording the third album Splashed in 2002, the band made a conscious decision to keep the line-up more concentrated so that people could focus more on the songs that who was playing what. It featured 11 tracks and bonus DVD material of their 2000 tour and a promotional video for the track "Don't Hesitate".
The tracks were performed by Steve Summers, Alexx Michael, Keri Kelli, B.C., Mike Fasano and Stevie Rachelle. After a successful European tour in October 2003 and spring 2004, they released a live album from one of the United Kingdom dates, titled "Super Hardcore Show".
Shameless returned in April 2007 with a their first album in four years titled Famous 4 Madness. The eleven track album features Steve Summers as vocalist on most of the tracks, with appearances from Stevie Rachelle, Phil Lewis, Jani Lane and former Mötley Crüe front man John Corabi.
All guitars on Famous 4 Madness were recorded by B.C., Alice Cooper guitarist Keri Kelli and Michael Thomas. Drums featured include Todd Michael Burr, Kari Kane, Mike Fasano and Eric Singer. Alexx Michael as always played bass.
In support of the album, the band went on a 15 date European tour from April through May through the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.
The Band continued with more tourings in 2009 & 2010 all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, France, Sweden.
Currently working on new music "Dial S for Sex" which will be released this December. Fans can pre order their copy directly from the band thru their Facebook site starting the first week of November !!
All Shameless music is directly available thru iTunes