LAS VEGAS, Dec. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Few musicians have
the vocal prowess to sing on the world stage – and be known for
their voice. Robert Plant comes to
mind, Freddy Mercury, Axl Rose. Even fewer have the vocal diversity to
sing successfully for multiple bands -- delivering epic vocal
performances for all of them. Paul
Rodgers is one, killin' it with Free, Bad Company and The
Firm.
Kelly Keeling, while he didn't
sing on records that soared as high as his vocal brethren, commands
that kind of voice – a vocal range and style that's at once epic,
unique and dynamic, singularly his own, but amazingly diverse. He's
sang on 60+ albums, some platinum, some gold, and been on movie
sound tracks. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, legendary Baton Rouge,
Danny Koker's fast-rising Count's
77, Alice Cooper, O'2L, Blue Murder,
John Norum, Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus, Michael Schenker
Group, Heaven and Earth, Erik
Norlander, George Lynch,
Dokken and dozens more all are on his list.
For many of these, Keeling laid down his vocals then moved on.
But earlier this year he joined forces with drummer Marc Brattin and bassist Scott Griffin (LA Guns) to form Las Vegas-based rock project FOUNDRY. Within
several months, he had laid down the vocals for 7x Grammy-winning
producer /mixer Steve Thompson (Guns
'N Roses, Metallica, KISS, KORN), to mix a new record with engineer
Matt Breunig of The Killers fame on
the dials, at studio veteran Bobby
Ferrari's Vegas View Studios. And not only did Keeling sing,
he wrote the lyrics to all the songs, as he's done so many times
over his career.
The final product, mastered by ever-talented Maor Appelbaum in Los
Angeles, is stupendous rock. Self-titled FOUNDRY, the
debut album is set for release on January 5,
2015, with the single "Vegas Baby!" already hitting the
internet air waves. While Keeling loves working around the
world for lots of talented musicians, "FOUNDRY is my main band," he
has said several times recently. The FOUNDRY record is that good,
and the band's vibe, that spectacular.
Never stopping, Keeling embraced FOUNDRY on the heels of
finishing contributions to two other significant albums --
Red Zone Rider, where he provided
vox, fretless bass, organ, with with Vinnie
Moore (Solo Artist, Alice
Cooper, UFO), and Scot Coogan
(Lita Ford, Ace Frehley, Brides Of Destruction), and Count's
77, where he provided vocals to several songs on the Count's 77
debut album recorded in Vegas with Danny "The Count" Koker, star of
HISTORY channel's "Counting Cars," as the front man, and powered by
the blazing twin guitar team of John
Zito and Stoney Curtis, who
guest solos on four FOUNDRY songs and said: "It's an absolute honor
to play on a Kelly Keeling record. I
love that guy!"
A professional singer since age 14, Keeling initially made his
mark as the guitarist then lead singer of the LA-based band Baton
Rouge, which scored three Top 40 AOR hits in 1990 -- "Walks Like a
Woman," "Doctor," and "The Storm." This led to Alice Cooper calling upon him to provide backing
vocals for "Hey Stoopid."
After Cooper, Keeling collaborated with a host of renowned hard
rock musicians, joining Michael
Schenker for MSG's "The Unforgiven" and "Live" world tour
albums. Thereafter he wrote original songs for Gary Barden, Graham
Bonnet and Himself for The Tales of Rock & Roll MSG
album, and then acted as primary songwriter, singer,
multi-instrumentalist, mixer and producer of Carmine Appice's project (Appice known for
Vanilla Fudge and King Kobra).
Never breaking for long, Keeling wrote with Don Dokken for the Dokken albums "Long Way Home" and "Hell to Pay," and performed
a number of sold-out acoustic shows with Don Dokken, opening for Queensrÿche and
others. This was followed by him singing on former Dokken
guitarist George Lynch's album
"Furious George," and a tour with George
Lynch.
In the 2000s, Keeling recorded and toured with the bands O'2L
(featuring all members of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, west coast),
and recorded another eight songs intended for another solo album,
appearing with executive producer Marty
Paris and rendering the studio album, "Paris Keeling," as well as a solo recording
career with the album "Giving Sight to the Eye."
In those glory years, Keeling toured with Erik Norlander and the Trans-Siberian
Morrisson's "Rock4Xmas," featuring Badfinger's Joey Molland. On that tour, he performed as
backup singer for Eddie Money and
rendered his solo career retrospective set entitled, "The Kelly
Keeling Show," with band mates Ethan
Brosh, Alex Pierce and Dave
Vandiggitty.
A continuing multiple threat as singer, songwriter, bassist,
producer and mixer, Keeling shows no sign of wearing out. And if
all goes as planned, FOUNDRY may be his most explosive project yet
– and that's saying something.
FOUNDRY is an American hard rock band from Las Vegas featuring Kelly Keeling (vocals), James Fucci (guitar), and Marc Brattin (drums), whose self-titled debut
record is mixed by 7x Grammy-winner Steve
Thompson and joined with special guests Scott Griffin (bass) and Stoney Curtis (solo guitar). World Release
(((1.5.15))).
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