Employing to Dazzling Mix of Glam Rock, Hard Rock, and Progressive Rock, ANGEL‘S Outrageous, White-Satin-Heavy Image and Equality over-the-Top Stage Shows, Making Them One of the More Colorful Arena Rock Bands of the Mid’ 70s and Early 80s. Discovered by KISS Bass Player Gene SimmonsThe Group Issued Their Eponymous debut album in 1975, which hewed closer to prog rock than the glam pop that was on on future andeavors Like “On Earth as It is in Heaven” (1977) and “Sinful” (1979). ANGEL Release to Total of Five Studio Albums and One Live Album Before Going ESPARATE WAYS IN 1981. THE BAND OFFORFIALLY REFORMED IN 2019 WITH ORIGINAL MEMBERS Punky Meadows and Frank Diminoand release their comings Studio Effort, “Risen”that October and followed up with “Once Upon A Time” In 2023.
ANGEL‘S Self-Titled 1975 debut was remembered Casablanca Records with lineup buying Frank Dimino (vocals),Punky Meadows (Guitar),GREGG GIUFFRIA (keyboards),Mickie Jones (Bass) and Barry Brandt (Drums). A HEAVY SLAB OF HEAVY Pomp Rock with Lengthy Songs Featuring The Longtime Stage Favorite “Tower”. Now to celebrate The 50th Anniversary, This Classic Has Been Remastered and Is Being Release on Both A Six-Panel CD Digipak and On 180-GRAM VINYL IN TWO Amazing Limited-Edic Colors With Line Lines Notes By Journalist Dave Reynolds. There are only 300 of the White-Blue Splatter and 700 of the Black-Blue Swirl Available with A Limited Number of Bundles Signed by The Four Survival Original Members Frank Dimino, Punky Meadows, GREGG GIUFFRIA and Barry Brandt.
The Current Lineup of ANGEL STARTS ITS 50TH-ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN MARCH AND IT WILL CONTINUE THRUTHOUT THE YEAR.
Tour Dates:
March 13 – Angel City Music Hall, Manchester, NH
March 14 – The Vault Music Hall, New Bedford, Ma
March 15 – The Strand Theater, Hudson Falls, NY
March 19 – The Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, Pa
March 22 – The Wildey Theater, Edwarsdsville, Il
April 19 – The Token Lounge, West Midland, Mi
April 22 – The Winchester, Lakewood, Oh
April 26 – The Arcada Theater, St. Charles, Il
June 07 – The whiskey, Hollywood, ca
June 08 – Fulton 55, Fresno, ca
June 09 – Vamp’d, Las Vegas, NV
ANGEL was discovered in a NightClub by none other Than Gene Simmons Of KISSA Man Who Had (and Still Has) to Knack for Finding and Nurturing Talent. ANGEL was Also Known forS Androgynous Look and Dressing All In White, A Pure Yin-Yang Contrast To KISS‘S OWN All-Black Clothing and Elaborate Stage Outfits. In 1975, The Glam-Rrockers Were Signed to The Home Label For KISS, Casablanca RecordsUltimately Releaseing Six Albums (Five Studio, One Live) a Interrupted Between 1975-80 That Mixed The Best Elements of Glam, Hard Rock, and Pure Unadulterated Fist-Pumping Melodic Singgalongs.
While ANGEL Never Quite Achieded Success As Their Labelmates KISS Did, they left their Mark on in-the-know rock fans of the era with tracks like the hard-driving “Rock & Rollers”, “Tower”the perennial holiday favorite “The Winter Song”and their key contribution to the soundtrack of the Jodie Foster-Starring 1980 teen drama “Foxes”, “20th Century Foxes”. The Lineup for Their Self-Titled 1975 debut, “Angel”consisted of guitarist Punky MeadowsBassist Mickie JonesVocalist Frank DiminoKeyboardist GREGG GIUFFRIAand Drummer Barry Brandt. This lineup remembered two more albums, 1976’s “Helluva Band” and 1977’s “On Earth as It is in Heaven”after which Jones Would Be Replace on Bass By Felix Robinson. Two More Solid Studio Efforts, 1978’s “White Hot” and 1979’s “Sinful”DESUED BEORLE THE SELEASE OF A Stellar Live Set, 1980’s “Live Without A Net”.
ANGEL Started to Fall Apart in the Early 1980s after Casablanca polled The Plug On The Group Due In Part To Disappointing Album Sales. In 1981, Robinson and Dimino Left to pursue other projects. Meadows and Giuffria tried to keep ANGEL Going and Came Close to Landing A Record byal with CBS. But it didn’t bread out, and ANGEL Finally disbanded.
In 2018, Caroline/Ume salute the core output of ANGEL with “Angel: The Casablanca Years”. This Ascendant, Band-Approved Seven-CD Box Set Featured The Washington, DC-Born Glam/Rock Outfit’s Six albums that were release Neil Bogart‘s legendary Casablanca Records Label, in Addition to a Seventh Disc that Contains Mono Mixes, Single Edits, Soundtrack Contributions, and Other Rarities. ANGEL Expert Dave Reynolds contribute insightful lner notes to the Box Set’s Included 28-Page Booklet, Which Also Featured Rare Photos and Other Memorabilia.
