Keel "The Right To Rock"

The Right to Rock is the second studio album by American glam metal band Keel. It was the first to be produced by Kiss's Gene Simmons under their new label Gold Mountain Records (which was distributed by A&M Records at the time). When the band started recording the album, drummer Bobby Marks left. He was replaced by different drummers: Fred Coury (who went on to join Cinderella), Barry Brandt (of Angel) and Steve Riley (who plays on the entire album but subsequently left to join the band W.A.S.P.). Dwain Miller eventually became the band's permanent drummer right before the album was released. The band had only written three songs when the label sent them to the studio, therefore Keel covered three Gene Simmons demos and re-recorded three songs from their debut album - Tonight You're Mine was renamed to You're the Victim, I'm the Crime for this album.

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Right to Rock" (Ron Keel, Marc Ferrari, Kenny Chaisson) - 3:35
2. "Back to the City" (R. Keel, Chaisson) - 3:47
3. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 3:41
4. "Easier Said than Done" (Gene Simmons, Mitch Weissman) - 3:25
5. "So Many Girls, So Little Time" (Simmons, Howard Rice) - 3:15

Side two

1. "Electric Love" (R. Keel, Chaisson) - 4:05
2. "Speed Demon" (R. Keel) - 3:39
3. "Get Down" (Simmons, Rice) - 5:02
4. "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Bobby Marks) - 2:59

The remastered version of the album features two bonus tracks - a remixed version of "Easier Said than Done", and a "reunion" version of "The Right to Rock".

Track 9 is a re-titled version of "Tonight You're Mine" from the Lay Down the Law album.

A music video was made for the song "The Right to Rock".

Recording information:

Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA and Mediasound, NY.

Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders, CA.