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Tuesday, 22 October 2013

BB STEAL



BB Steal (Beg Borrow Steal) were a heavily Def Leppard-influenced band formed circa 1987. The band originally featured former Boss members lead vocalist Craig Csongrady and guitarist Kevin Pratt, as well as guitarist Warren Mason, bassist Peter Stanton, and drummer Peter Heckenberg. They released their first single ''I Believe / Love's On The Rocks'' in 1988 on the Vision label followed by ''Heartbeat Away / Hold On''.  BB Steal featured, during the course of 1991, drummer Craig Rosevear, who later went on to play with the Screaming Jets. A later line-up of the band featured Csongrady, guitarist Shane Grahovac, guitarist Mark Lloyd, bassist Josh Biggs, and drummer Louis Halkias.

Def Leppard guitarist and Man Raze lead vocalist and guitarist Phil Collen produced the title song on their 'Heartbeat Away' EP and co-produced their first full-length album 'On The Edge', which also features a version of the song "Heartbeat Away". There are reports that he also played some guitar and sang backing vocals on 'On The Edge', though he was never officially a member of the band. BB Steal opened for Def Leppard during the Adrenalize Tour. First opening for Def Leppard on 11 July 1992 in Perth Australia. In 2006 they released the album 'Resurrection'.

Members

Craig Csongrady (vocals), Kevin Pratt (guitar), Warren Mason (bass), James Young (drums), Peter Heckenberg (drums), Craig Rosevear (drums), Tony McDowell (guitar), Darren Lee (drums), Rick Grant (bass), 




SINGLES
''I Believe / Love's On The Rocks'' 1988 Vision 
''Heartbeat Away (#86) / Hold On'' 1989 Vision 
''Love Me And Leave Me / Heartbeat Away'' 1990 Vision 

ALBUMS
'On The Edge' 1991 Vertigo 
'Resurrection' 2006 Global Riot Records




References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_Steal

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/


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