Leader of the Banned

Leader of the Banned

by Sam Kinison
Leader of the Banned

Leader of the Banned

by Sam Kinison

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Overview

Sam Kinison's third album, 1990s Leader of the Banned, was the comedian's last before dying two years later in a car crash. The first half of the album features a half-hour of standup comedy recorded at Bally's in Las Vegas, NV. "Jerry's Bastard Kid" offers a few chuckles when Kinison brings out Doug Bady, a member of his "Outlaws of Comedy" entourage, to criticize Jerry Lewis' annual MDA telethons for their lack of results. "Casual Users of Terrorism" offers a few tantalizing political remarks. On "Phone Call from Hell," Kinison supposedly places a real call to berate an audience member's unfaithful ex-girlfriend. For the second half of Banned, Kinison, who thought of himself as a "rock & roll comic" -- he had some success in 1988 with a novelty version of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" -- took this perception to extremes with his own hair metal versions of Cheap Trick's "Gonna Raise Hell," Mountain's "Mississippi Queen," the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell." He sings all four songs. Kinison alters the lyrics of "Mississippi Queen" and turns it into a novelty number, but the other three are "serious" covers. Many of Kinison's rock star pals perform on these remakes, including Eddie Money, House of Lords' Lanny Cordola and Chuck Wright, Mountain's Leslie West, Poison's C.C. DeVille, Bon Jovi's David Bryan, Quiet Riot and Whitesnake's Rudy Sarzo, Dweezil Zappa, Guns N' Roses' Slash, Dio's Jimmy Bain, and Cinderella's Fred Coury. ~ Bret Adams

Product Details

Release Date: 12/08/2009
Label: Rhino Flashback / Warner Bros.
UPC: 0081227981914

Tracks

  1. Detox This/Shopping for Pets/Sex, Videotape and Zoo Animals/Jerry's Bastard Kid/Lenny Bruce's Mom/Casual Users of Terrorism/Old People Must Die/Grilled Cheese Sandwich/Phone Call from Hell
  2. Gonna Raise Hell
  3. Mississippi Queen
  4. Under My Thumb
  5. Highway to Hell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sam Kinison   Primary Artist,Vocals
Eddie Money   Vocals (Background)
Joe Pizzulo   Vocals (Background)
Leslie West   Bass,Guitar
Jimmy Bain   Bass
Rudy Sarzo   Bass
Swerre Wiik   Vocals (Background)
Richie Zito   Vocals (Background)
Mike Baird   Drums
Tommy Funderburk   Vocals (Background)
David Bryan   Piano
C.C. DeVille   Guitar,Soloist
Gary Falcone   Vocals (Background)
Fred Coury   Drums
Richie Wise   Vocals (Background)
Randy Jackson   Bass
Michael Baird   Drums
Tom Funderbunk   Vocals (Background)
Vinnie Ludovico   Drums
Billy Trudell   Vocals (Background)
Michael Fiore   Vocals (Background)
Bobby Leigh   Vocals (Background)
Robert Sarzo   Guitar
David Cumming   Vocals (Background)
David Tomlinson   Vocals (Background)
Harald Wiik   Vocals (Background)
Tony Clark-Stewart   Bagpipes
Robert Irving   Vocals (Background)
Colt Carter   Bagpipes
Dave Graham   Bagpipes
Reverend John Black & His Gospel Choir   Vocals (Background)
Slash   Guitar
Billy Trudel   Vocals (Background)
Kim Bullard   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Jody Cortez   Drums
Lanny Cordola   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Chuck Wright   Vocals (Background)
Dweezil Zappa   Guitar,Soloist

Technical Credits

Felix Pappalardi   Composer
Jay Lean   Engineer
Leslie West   Composer
Sam Kinison   Producer
Jim Mitchell   Engineer
Rick Nielsen   Composer
Julian Stoll   Engineer
Richie Zito   Producer
Randy Wine   Engineer
Malcolm Young   Composer
Brian Reeves   Engineer
Keith Richards   Composer
David Rea   Composer
Phil Kaffel   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Phil Kafeel   Producer
Katy Parks   Production Coordination
Darin Prindle   Engineer
Allen Abramson   Engineer
Aaron Rapoport   Photography
Chad Munsey   Engineer
Sabrina Souiri   Producer
Paul Jamieson   Technician
Johnny Lee   Design,Art Direction
Squeak   Engineer
Angus Young   Composer
Bill Kennedy   Engineer
Bon Scott   Composer
Corky Laing   Composer
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