Keel "Larger Than Live"

Larger Than Live is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Keel. It was released in 1989 on Gold Mountain Records. The album consists of six new studio tracks and six of the band's previous songs recorded live at The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA. It was also the only album to feature keyboardist Scott Warren and guitarist Tony Palamucci (as guitarist Marc Ferrari left the band due to creative and personal differences).

Following the filming of the music video for the song "Dreams Are Not Enough," lead vocalist/founder Ron Keel announced the disbandment of Keel.

Track listing

Side one - studio

1. "Evil Wicked Mean & Nasty" (Ron Keel) - 4:21
2. "Riding High" (Dwain Miller, Kenny Chaisson, R. Keel, Scott Warren) - 3:24
3. "Die Fighting" (R. Keel) - 4:40
4. "Dreams Are Not Enough" (Phil Wolfe, R. Keel) - 4:16
5. "So Many Good Ways to Be Bad" (R. Keel, Steve Diamond) - 4:08
6. "Fool for a Pretty Face" (Jerry Shirley, Steve Marriott) - 4:18 (Humble Pie cover)

Side two - live

1. "Hard as Hell" (R. Keel) - 4:06
2. "Rock and Roll Animal" (Marc Ferrari) - 6:15
3. "Private Lies" (R. Keel) - 4:38
4. "Rock 'n Roll Outlaw" (Gary Anderson, Mick Cocks, Peter Wells) - 4:12 (Rose Tattoo cover)
5. "The Right to Rock" (Bryan Jay, Kenny Chaisson, Ferrari, R. Keel) - 6:06
6. "Cold Day in Hell" (R. Keel) - 4:29 (Steeler cover)

At the time of release, tracks 1 - 6 were new studio material, tracks 7 - 12 were recorded live at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California.

Ron Keel - vocals, guitar

Kenny Chaisson - bass, vocals

Dwain Miller - drums, vocals, percussion

Tony "The Kid" Palmucci - lead guitar

Bryan Jay - lead guitar

Scott Warren - leyboards, vocals

A video was made for "Dreams Are Not Enough".

"Cold Day In Hell" was a song by Ron Keel's previous band, Steeler. The Keel version varies slightly from the original in both music & lyrics.

Recording information:

Produced by Ron Keel with Allen Isaacs.