Hard Core (Paul Dean album)
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Hard Core is the first solo album released by former Streetheart
& Loverboy
lead guitarist, founder, and main songwriter, Paul Dean
from 1989. The lead-off track, "Sword & Stone" was demoed by Kiss
for their Crazy Nights
album in 1987, and later additionally recorded by the German Rockers, Bonfire
in 1989 for the film Shocker
and accompanying soundtrack. The Bryan Adams
-penned "Draw the Line" was originally recorded by Ted Nugent
with Brian Howe
on lead vocals in 1984 on his Penetrator
album.
Streetheart (band)
Streetheart is a Canadian rock band, from Winnipeg, Manitoba that got its start in Regina, Saskatchewan. Their best known songs include "Action", "Hollywood", "Teenage Rage", "One More Time", "Tin Soldier", "What Kind of Love is This", and their disco remake of "Under My Thumb".-Biography:Keyboard...
& Loverboy
Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout the 1980s, the band accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four multi-platinum albums and selling millions of records...
lead guitarist, founder, and main songwriter, Paul Dean
Paul Dean (guitarist)
Paul Dean is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy which reached huge fame in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
from 1989. The lead-off track, "Sword & Stone" was demoed by Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
for their Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights is the 14th studio album by American band Kiss. The album was recorded in June 1987 and officially released on September 18, 1987 by Mercury and Vertigo in Europe. The album featured keyboards which was another departure in their music style changing from their Lick It...
album in 1987, and later additionally recorded by the German Rockers, Bonfire
Bonfire (band)
Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...
in 1989 for the film Shocker
Shocker (film)
Shocker is a 1989 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. The relatively low-budget film has since become a cult classic...
and accompanying soundtrack. The Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
-penned "Draw the Line" was originally recorded by Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
with Brian Howe
Brian Howe (singer)
Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...
on lead vocals in 1984 on his Penetrator
Penetrator
Penetrator is a studio album released by Ted Nugent in 1984 on the Atlantic Records label."Tied Up In Love" was made into a promo clip to support the album...
album.
Track listing
- "Sword & Stone" (Desmond ChildDesmond ChildDesmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
, Paul StanleyPaul StanleyStanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's...
, Bruce KulickBruce KulickBruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....
) - 4:06 - "Doctor" (Paul DeanPaul Dean (guitarist)Paul Dean is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy which reached huge fame in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
) - 4:52 - "Draw the Line" (Bryan AdamsBryan AdamsBryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
, Jim VallanceJim VallanceJames Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
) - 4:11 - "Dirty Fingers" (Taylor RhodesTaylor RhodesTaylor Laurence Rhodes is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from Nashville, Tennessee, most notable for his work with hard rock band Aerosmith since 1993.-Music Career:In 1993, he co-wrote the big hit "Cryin'" with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry...
, Tom DeLuca) - 4:02 - "Under the Gun" (Dean, Mike RenoMike RenoMike Reno , born January 8, 1955 in New Westminster, British Columbia is a Canadian musician, drummer, and lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He has also fronted other bands, including Moxy....
, Jon Bon JoviJon Bon JoviJon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
, Richie SamboraRichie SamboraRichard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the rock band, Bon Jovi. He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi form the primary songwriting unit of the band...
) - 3:39 - "Action" (Dean, Matt Frenette, Ken "Spider" SinnaeveKen SinnaeveKen "Spider" Sinnaeve is a Canadian musician, best known for playing bass with Tom Cochrane and Cochrane's earlier band Red Rider.He was a founding member of the band Streetheart prior to playing with Cochrane, making amongst others a live cover of "Under my Thumb"...
, Kenny Shields, Daryl Guthiel) - 5:10 - "Down to the Bottom" (Dean) - 5:17
- "Black Sheep" (Dean, Rhodes, Terry Cerney) - 4:09
- "Politics" (Dean, Brian MacLeodBrian MacLeod (Canadian musician)Brian Oliver "Too Loud" MacLeod was a Canadian musician, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the bands Chilliwack and Headpins....
, Foster) - 4:53
Musicians
- Paul DeanPaul Dean (guitarist)Paul Dean is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy which reached huge fame in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
(vocals, guitar, bass, background vocals) - Brian MacLeodBrian MacLeod (Canadian musician)Brian Oliver "Too Loud" MacLeod was a Canadian musician, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the bands Chilliwack and Headpins....
(drums, keyboards, key bass, backing vocals) - Matt Frenette (drums on track 6)
- Spider Sinnaeve (bass on track 6)
- Jon Bon JoviJon Bon JoviJon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
(harp on track 5) - Dave Steele (background vocals)
- Marc LaFrance (background vocals)
- Ricky Renouf (background vocals)
- Geraldo Dominelli (background vocals)
- Vern Wills (background vocals)
- Frank Felder (background vocals)
- Gregg Sheehan (background vocals)
- Rosalind Keene (background vocals)
- Nashy Nash (background vocals).
Production
- Produced by Paul Dean and Brian MacLeod.
- Mixed by Bob Rock at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC; except tracks 6, 7 and 9; Mixed by Paul Dean.
- Recorded at Venture Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Larry Vogel.
- Additional overdubs recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, BC, by Tim Crich and Ken Lomas; and at Mush Room Studios in Vancouver, BC, by Dale Penner.