Northern Light Orchestra

Bio:

Northern Light Orchestra highlights tremendous and majestic, orchestrated hard rock music featuring multiple soaring vocals tracks, incredible pulsating rapid guitar solos worthy of the true “Guitar Chop Hero” status, and pounding rhythms sure to impress and invigorate the baby boomer generation that grew up on what is today classic rock! Combined with the talents of executive producer and longtime record mogul Russ Regan, (responsible for over 800 million record sales with such artists as Neil Diamond, Elton John, and Barry White as well as soundtracks such as Flashdance and Jesus Christ Superstar), NLO is slated to become a seasonal live performance and recording entity that provides the very best in entertainment!

The brain child of re-mix keyboardist/writer Brian Stewart (Backstreet Boys, Robert Plant, Hall & Oates, Poe) and produced by industry veteran Ken Mary (House of Lords, Trik Turner, Alice Cooper, The Beach Boys), NLO is designed to create a total musical experience combining the powerful drama of Webber and Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” with the emotionally moving musical styles of Electric Light Orchestra, Yes, and Kansas. Vocalists and musicians appearing on NLO have been responsible for the sale of over 200 million albums worldwide and include members and former members of household names such as The Beach Boys, Sly and the Family Stone, Alice Cooper, Survivor, Steely Dan, Firehouse, Sister Sledge, Quiet Riot, Vanilla Fudge, Winger, Bob Carlisle, Guns and Roses, Grand Funk Railroad, Kiss, Korn, House of Lords, and Whitesnake just to name a few. Live performances will highlight a spectacular light and video presentation, theatrical movements, as well as incredible musicianship all assembled to tell the story of the birth of Jesus Christ over two thousand years ago.

The new nine track release of Northern Light Orchestra, The Spirit of Christmas, provides merely a hint of what is to come, with nine additional tracks already in production for next year!

Member Since:

November 12, 2008

Members:

Vocals:
Mark Slaughter (Slaughter)
John Elefante (Kansas)
Lita Ford (Lita Ford)
Phil Bardowell (Beach Boys, Magdalen)
Bob Carlisle ("Butterfly Kisses")
Eddie James (Gospel singer)
Jon Gibson (Jon Gibson)
Robin McAuley (Survivor)
Debbie Sledge (Sister Sledge)
Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone)
Amanda Wolf
Jill Ragee
Scott Jeffers (Traveler)

Guitars:
Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake)
Brad Noah (Disciple)
Reb Beach (Winger)
Glen Drover (Testament)
Yogi Lonich (Fuel)
Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard)
Kendall Bechtel (Fifth Angel)
Lanny Cordola (House Of Lords)
Jason Hook (Alice Cooper, Mandy Moore)
Shane Gibson (KoRn)
Bruce Kulick (KISS, Grandfunk Railroad, Billy Squire)
Chris Sanders (Lizzy Borden)
John Davis (F5)
Steve Conley (F5)
Bill Leverty (Firehouse)
George Lynch (Dokken, Lynchmob)
Elliot Randell (Steeley Dan, Asia)

Bass:
David Ellefson (Megadeth)
Chuck Wright (Quiet Riot, Vanilla Fudge)

Drums:
Ken Mary (Alice Cooper, House of Lords)
Troy Luccketta (Tesla)
Vinny Appice (Dio)

Strings:
Kip Winger (Winger, Alice Cooper)

Keys:
Dizzy Reed (Guns-n-Roses)
Brian Stewart (Backstreet Boys, Poe, Evermore, Donkey Ollie)

Influences:

Guns and Roses, Whitesnake, Kansas, Yes, Steely Dan, King Crimson, Switchfoot, Euclid Beach Band,James Gang, Edgar Winter, Nice, Petra,Wishbone Ash, Blind Faith, Robin Trower, Humble Pie, Creed

Record Label:

VSR Music Group/EMI CMG