| Spread Eagle | |
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Spread Eagle Live Dec. 16th 2010 at The Local 269, New York, NY |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | hard rock |
| Years active | 1989–1995 2006–present |
| Labels | MCA Records, Lovember Records |
| Members | |
| Ray West Rob De Luca Dennis Kimak Rik DeLuca |
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| Past members | |
| Paul DiBartolo Tommi Gallo Chris Caffery John Macaluso |
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Spread Eagle is an American hard rock band from New York City. After only a few months of rehearsal they were signed by MCA Records. They released two albums Spread Eagle (1990) and Open To The Public (1993) and disbanded in 1995.[1] In 2006 the band reunited.
In January 2011 the band officially announced their new line-up [2] and according to bassist and founding member Rob De Luca there are plans for touring in North America and Europe.[3][4]
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In the late eighties founding members Paul DiBartolo, Rob De Luca and Tommi Gallo were playing in a Boston based band called Bang.
In 1989 guitarist Paul Di Bartolo traveled to New York where he met singer Ray West. Paul was so impressed by his voice, that he immediately convinced bassist Rob De Luca and drummer Tommi Gallo to follow him to New York and start a new band with Ray which became Spread Eagle[5]
After only a few months of rehearsing they signed with MCA Records.
As they were signed while still rehearsing for their first gig, they wrote most songs for their debut 1990 debut album Spread Eagle in the studio. Receiving little promotion from MCA the band produced the videos for "Scratch Like A Cat" and "Switchblade Serenade" using their own money and with the help of friends.[1][6]
The band spent a lot of time on the road before recording their follow-up album and began burning out. First to leave was drummer Tommi Gallo. He was replaced by Kirke Blankenship who did not stay for long and played drums on one track (High Horses) of the second album Open To The Public. That album was then recorded with session drummers John Macaluso from TNT and Thommy Price from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.[1] Open to the Public was released in 1993. Dave Femia played the drums on the following tour.[7] The new record did not meet the expectations of their fans and Grunge took over the music scene. So in 1995 Spread Eagle resigned and split up.
Ray West turned his back to music business for a while. He is singing in a band called All Pointz West or shortly APW.
Paul DiBartolo changed his name to Salvadore Poe after writing and recording songs for swedish singer Lisa Ekdahl who was his wife at that time. He is fascinated by Indian culture and spends much of his time there.[5]
Rob De Luca started a new band called Ouijipig,[8] later another one called OF EARTH.[9] He's also worked as studio bassist and touring bassist for many bands including UFO, Sebastian Bach, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Helmet and George Lynch.[10]
There is nothing known about Tommi Gallo since he left Spread Eagle.
In 2006 Rob De Luca and Ray West started Spread Eagle again. Their debut album which had been out of print for over 10 years was remastered and re-released by the small independent label Lovember Records. They started touring in 2006 with Chris Caffery on guitar and John Macaluso on drums.[2] Due to basically everybody being busy touring with other bands, there were only a few shows.
They found new guitarist Dennis Kimak and drummer Rik DeLuca. Rob De Luca returned to New York from touring with Sebastian Bach and UFO. As of December 2010 they started touring the Northeast of America.
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1990 | Spread Eagle | MCA Records[1] |
| 1993 | Open To the Public | MCA Records[1] |
| 2006 | Spread Eagle (remastered) | Lovember Records[1] |