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RACER X
CURRENT NAME	Racer X
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Los Angeles, California, USA
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1984
LABEL	Shrapnel Records
GENRE	Heavy metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2004-08-15, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2009-02-22, 15:36

Band biography

In 1984 guitarist Paul Gilbert moved from Pennsylvania to Hollywood, California, in order to attend the G.I.T.. There he met bassist John Aldente and drummer Harry Gschoesser who also studied. They started rehearsing every morning at 7am at the school when nobody else was awake. Legendary record producer Mike Varney helped him find vocalist Jeff Martin who was singing in Phoenix's biggest local metal band Surgical Steel. This was the beginning of Racer X. In 1986 Harry Gschoesser's visa ran out so he returned to his native Austria.

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Scott Travis	1986-	Drums	See also Fight, Hawk, Judas Priest
John Alderete	1984-	Bass	See also Mars Volta, The, Scream, The
Paul Gilbert	1984-	Guitars	See also Mr. Big, Neil Turbin's Deathriders
Jeff Martin	1984-	Vocals	See also Badlands, Leatherwolf, Michael Schenker Group, Surgical Steel

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John Corabi		Vocals	See also Brides Of Destruction, Ratt, Scream, The, Tuff
Walt Woodward		Drums	See also Americade, Scream, The, Shark Island
Chris Arvin		Guitars
Bruce Bouillet	1986-	Guitars	See also Scream, The
Harry Gschoesser	1984-1986	Drums

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Unknown / none

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1986	Second Heat	Roadrunner Records
1986	Street Lethal	Roadrunner Records
1988	Extreme Volume (live)	Roadrunner Records
1992	Extreme Volume II (live)	Roadrunner Records
2000	Technical Difficulties	Mascot Records
2001	Superheroes	Mascot Records
2002	Snowball Of Doom (live)	Mascot Records
2003	Getting Heavier	Shrapnel Records

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