Second Heat (album)
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Second Heat is the second studio album
Studio album
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 by heavy metal
Heavy metal music
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 band
Musical ensemble
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 Racer X, released on February 11, 1987 through Shrapnel Records
Shrapnel Records
Shrapnel Records is a guitar-oriented record label started in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney. Guitarist Marty Friedman , one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album Unsung Guitar Heroes II in 1980 with the band Vixen. Vixen would later change their name to Hawaii...

. The album introduced two new bandmembers in guitarist
Guitarist
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 Bruce Bouillet
Bruce Bouillet
Bruce "Einstein" Bouillet is a guitarist who has played in the bands Racer X, The Scream, DC-10, and Epidemic.-Racer X:Bouillet played on Racer X's Second Heat, Live Extreme - Vol.I, and Live Extreme - Vol. II. After leaving the band, he joined with former Angora singer John Corabi, and his former...

 and drummer
Drummer
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 Scott Travis
Scott Travis
Scott Travis is a Grammy Award winning American rock musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest and the American heavy metal band Racer X.-Biography:...

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Track listing

Personnel

  • Jeff Martin
    Jeff Martin (American musician)
    Jeff Martin is a singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Surgical Steel, Racer X, Leatherwolf, and played drums for the bands Badlands, Blindside Blues Band, and RedSea....

     – vocals
    Singing
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  • Paul Gilbert
    Paul Gilbert
    Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...

     – electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

  • Bruce Bouillet
    Bruce Bouillet
    Bruce "Einstein" Bouillet is a guitarist who has played in the bands Racer X, The Scream, DC-10, and Epidemic.-Racer X:Bouillet played on Racer X's Second Heat, Live Extreme - Vol.I, and Live Extreme - Vol. II. After leaving the band, he joined with former Angora singer John Corabi, and his former...

     – electric guitar
  • Mike Mani – keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Scott Travis
    Scott Travis
    Scott Travis is a Grammy Award winning American rock musician, best known as the drummer for the English heavy metal band Judas Priest and the American heavy metal band Racer X.-Biography:...

     – drums
    Drum kit
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  • Juan Alderete
    Juan Alderete
    Juan Alderete is an American bassist known for his work with the band The Mars Volta. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.-Biography:...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Steve Fontano – engineering
    Audio engineering
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    , production
    Record producer
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  • Dino Alden – engineering
  • George Horn – mastering
    Audio mastering
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  • Mike Varney
    Mike Varney
    Mike Varney is an American musician, record producer, music publisher and impresario. He is the founder of the Shrapnel Label Group, which includes Shrapnel Records, Tone Center Records and Blues Bureau International. He also has a 50% stake in Magna Carta Records, a New York-based label...

     – executive production
    Executive producer
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