專輯流派: Heavy Metal
專輯介紹:
實在是找不到中文的介紹，Shark Island是80年代L.A.的最大的樂隊，稱自己爲“在L.A.最成功的搖滾show.”他們的音樂充滿力量，讓你隨之roking。他們是很老很久，但他們音樂很棒。
他們旋律急速而重。主唱的嗓音和他們的樂曲精彩的融合與一起。（下面是些樂隊經曆的介紹，有興趣可以找人幫忙翻譯下）
Shark Island were the biggest band in L.A. in the 80s, calling themselves "the longest running successful rock show in L.A.". They play moving hard rock which has great energy and makes you want to rock with it. They are an old group but their music is great.
The guitars are not too heavy or chuggy like in some bands and the guitarist is very good indeed - he plays great riffs and can play very fast lead solos. The vocalist has a brilliant voice which fits in with the music really well.
Shark Island started off as "Sharks" in 1979 with the two principal members being Richard Black on vocals and Spencer Sercombe on guitar. The two met at high school and formed "Sharks". Line-up changed continuously over the years and the band released an album called "Altar Ego" independently in 1982.
Over the years, the band were to grow immensely being a great live band, selling out most of their shows. They headlined at "Gazarri's", a Hollywood nightclub, every other weekend on Friday and Saturday nights and also played cover songs every week at a small club in Pasadena called, "Richard's Inn." The band changed their name to "Shark Island" around 1985 (I'm not sure when exactly) and released another independent album, "S'cool Buss", in 1986.
The band were raved about for several years as one of the best rock bands in L.A., but getting a record deal was not an easy process. The band were initially signed to A&M, butlater dropped and picked up by Epic. Drummer Walt Woodward left and joined The Scream, and guitairst K.K.Martin who had been with the band off and on from 1984 parted ways, citing "artistic differences".
I believe Richard Black was at first the only member who was signed, but Spencer evidently followed him and bassist Chris Heilmann and drummer Greg Ellis joined in 1989 to record and release their best effort yet - "Law of the Order".
What happened to Shark Island is somewhat of a mystery to me. How did the "the fast becoming greatest band on the strip" suddenly disappear? From what I've heard, I think it was mainly to do with record company problems.
No albums came after "Law of the Order", the bands only release through a record company. I have some unreleased songs from 1992 but that's as far as it goes. I know that Richard Black sung in "Contraband", a supergroup also made up from members of Ratt, MSG, Vixen and LA Guns. Contraband released a self-titled album in 1991 but despite the big names, it is not a masterpiece. For a bit more on Contraband, try http://www.i-way.co.uk/~tristang/MSG/contra/contra.html .
Greg Ellis left the band and played in Michael Monroe's band. I also heard that Spencer and Chris did a project called "SLIP" (or something like that).
Spencer went on to play in the band "Riverdogs" with Vivian Campbell from Def Leppard. They recorded a self-titled album in 1995(?). Afterwards, he played in Bill Ward's band (ex-Black Sabbath) and recorded an album in 1997 called "When the Bough Breaks". He played in a ZZ Top tribute band called "Fandango" and I also heard that he did some records with a band called "Jamie Rio & Newmatic Slam"(!). You can visit Bill Ward's webpage at : http://www.billward.com/ and read Spencer's biography.
Richard started up a band called "Black 13" who were rehearsing together in 1995/1996 but never released any material and only performed a few shows. They played various unreleased Shark Island tunes among other songs and were intending to start recording but the band fell apart. Unfortunately, a lot of the members were busy with various side projects.
The line-up for Black 13 was :
Richard Black - Vocals
Damir Simic Shime' - Guitar
Ricky Riccardo - Bass
Eric Ragno - Keyboards
Keith Grahm - Drums
To find out more about Black 13, visit Eric Ragno's website at - http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/1046/ .
（轉自http://web.onetel.net.uk/~wb198/sharkis.htm）