Andrew and all, I'm amazed that it's taken this long for the H.O.L. reformation story to hit the Internet. But glad that it was revealed here on this site and on the same day the new issue of 'Classic Rock' hit the stores featuring the story I've been sitting on and keeping quiet about for a month (sorry guys, I'm ashamed to say that it was purely down to journalistic ego that I attempted to claim an exclusive!). Anyway, here's the scam (from Rock In A Hard Place 2000'): The summer appears to be here and reformation fever is rife! The biggest news this month is that those gods of melodic rock House Of Lords have reformed with a tantalising line-up that not only includes original members James Christian (vocals), Lanny Cordola (guitar),Chuck Wright (bass), Gregg Giuffria (keyboards) and Ken Mary (drums), but also second guitarist Michael Guy, who played on the band's second album 'Sahara' after both Cordola and then his replacement, Lion's Doug Aldrich, had departed. "Yes, it's true!!!!!!", exclaimed Chuck Wright when recently collared by yours truly. "Through some fine Century City attorneys, we acquired the trademark for House Of Lords. We have all the original members from the debut album back together plus Michael Guy and we plan to bring in John Purdell (Ozzy, Motley Crue, Heart ) to do some production assisting. We will also be using Kelly Keeling (Baton Rouge amongst others), David Glen Eisley (Giuffria/Dirty White Boy) and Robin McCauley (Grand Prix/MSG) to do some background vocals plus a few other special guests. It'll be awesome. "Stylistically, we're writing music that falls somewhere between the 'No More Tears' era Ozzy and old Queensryche, but we are keeping our commercial hard rock sensibilities and leaving that familiar HOL sound intact. "As you might recall, James Christian is quite the crooner so, the killer ballad will be there. We're also developing a new heavy version of The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus". "We began writing a while ago and we will begin working on the recordings after a deal is struck and we have the funding to go into a real studio, not home recordings as others choose to do. "We will be using all of our Internet resources to promote House Of Lords to the fullest possible degree. Check out our web teaser at www.houseoflordsgroup.com (you'll need Flash)." Ken Mary (last seen fronting the alternative yet melodic Soul Shock Remedy) adds: "We are currently just in the negotiation stage with a few labels. We are going to do an album that really highlights the musicianship as well as the songwriting. The general direction will be a bit heavier than the HOL of old as well as some new twists since we've all been involved producing a good number of records since those days and we've all grow a bit. "It's going to be rippin' for sure!!" Also worth a mention that Chuck Wright has his own site up and running. Go to www.chuckwright.com for the latest info on the bassist's activities. http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3138#msg-3138Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:21 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3454#msg-3454 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3454#msg-3454
One of THE finest rock bands have decided to reform and show alot of the new breed how it should be done.

H.O.L are without doubt one the finest bands in the genre.]]> Nick Green NoticeboardSat, 22 Jul 2000 22:27:59 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3350#msg-3350 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3350#msg-3350
Dany
-though the socks were frightening...]]> Dany NoticeboardThu, 20 Jul 2000 06:14:34 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3236#msg-3236 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3236#msg-3236 Chris NoticeboardMon, 17 Jul 2000 07:25:35 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3232#msg-3232 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3232#msg-3232
>The guy is a millionaire now.

http://biz.yahoo.com/p/f/fhri.html
http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/2/0,2163,45672,00.html
http://www.gamingmag.com/press/fullhouse121598.htm

In other news, Full House says that Gregg Giuffria is its new president
and COO, a position he takes as part of the re-structuring of senior
management which was announced by the company last February. Giuffria
had been serving Full House as v.p. of corporate development, with
responsibility over the company's planned expansion into Biloxi,
Mississippi. Giuffria has been involved in Mississippi gaming since
1992, after 20 years in the music, film and publishing business. He
headed corporate development for Casino Data Systems Inc., with
responsibilities for design and development of innovative technology
in new casino games. Giuffria also owns American Laser Cutting Inc.,
a Las Vegas industrial laser facility specializing in gaming
manufacturing uses.
]]> mark kennedy NoticeboardMon, 17 Jul 2000 05:33:42 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3224#msg-3224 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3224#msg-3224
>I was lucky enough to have had free reign to wander around wherever I wanted at >that Hammersmith show and saw the soundcheck as well as the gig. Lanny >Cordola was certainly playing everything as far as I could see.

I was a member of the Wolfsbane Fan Club, The Howling Mad Shitheads, and in
one of the fan club mags it was mentioned that the Wolfies had played on the same bill as HoL at Aardshock, and it was specifically mentioned that they had
another keyboard player offstage.

Still, I saw HoL supporting the Scorpions at Edinburgh Playhouse and they
were f**king fantastic. Still got a tape of it lying around somewhere. Best bit was
when Giuffria slipped a bit of 'Tower' into his keyboard solo. Worst bit was Lanny Cordola's solo. Really like his playing actually but he was bogging that night. Remember I was going to dress up all in white for that gig as well !

cheers
--
mark]]> mark kennedy NoticeboardSun, 16 Jul 2000 23:27:58 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3210#msg-3210 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3210#msg-3210Please email me a,s,a,p, it is important!
regards
Nicky
]]> Nicky Baldrian NoticeboardSun, 16 Jul 2000 02:49:23 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3204#msg-3204 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3204#msg-3204it's true that there was an awful lot of 'enhancement' going on in the 80s as far as live performances are concerned. I think it all started with a revelation in 'Sounds' in the early 80s that the Michael Schenker Group had a hidden guitar player at one point.
I was lucky enough to have had free reign to wander around wherever I wanted at that Hammersmith show and saw the soundcheck as well as the gig. Lanny Cordola was certainly playing everything as far as I could see.
Can't comment on Gregg's contribution to the records. It was seemingly his band (Gene Simmons' name!), so he could do as he liked. But, let's face it, how are we to really know whether any of our favourite musicians actually play on everything? You just have to look at Kiss as an example and Frehley and Criss' contributions.
With regards Angel, Mickey Jones was reported not to have played a note on 'On Earth..' I recall reading an interview with Eddie Kramer where it was alleged that Punky Meadows played bass.]]> Dave Reynolds NoticeboardSat, 15 Jul 2000 19:09:36 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3199#msg-3199 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3199#msg-3199
Gregg is one of my all time rock Gods BUT... there is definately a question mark over just how much he actually plays! Especially live.
On that Scorpions tour most of his stuff seemed to be on tape along with all the backing vocals and it even looked/sounded like Lanny was receiving some 'help' from somewhere!

I even heard he didn't actually play on Demon's Down!

Is the Truth Out There?

Still, Can't wait to hear 'em again!!!]]> Dark Knight NoticeboardSat, 15 Jul 2000 08:24:33 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3198#msg-3198 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3198#msg-3198
Gregg is one of my all time rock Gods BUT... there is definately a question mark over just how much he actually plays! Especially live.
On that Scorpions tour most of his stuff seemed to be on tape along with all the backing vocals and it even looked/sounded like Lanny was receiving some 'help' from somewhere!

I even heard he didn't actually play on Demon's Down!

Is the Truth Out There?

Still, Can't wait to hear 'em again!!!]]> Preacherman NoticeboardSat, 15 Jul 2000 08:23:51 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3193#msg-3193 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3193#msg-3193As far as Chuck is concerned, Gregg is definately involved and contributing as much as anyone else with the album. Personally speaking, whether he'll tour with them (should it ever come to that) is another matter. The guy is a millionaire now. He certainly doesn't need the hassle. Obviously. I'd like to see 'His Royal Greggness' on stage again just like you. Remember the Scorpions tour?! Woah!]]> Dave Reynolds NoticeboardSat, 15 Jul 2000 07:40:43 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3185#msg-3185 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3185#msg-3185
Is Guiffria definitely, 100% involved in this reformation ? Just curious as I thought
he'd packed it in for good, even managed to find a few articles on his post-music career a while back with a bit of dedicated web searching, vice president of some gaming machine company and then a casino chain I think !

Even managed to find a pic of him with short brown hair, glasses and a suit, wish I'd downloaded it as I've never seen it since.

cheers
--
mark kennedy]]> mark kennedy NoticeboardSat, 15 Jul 2000 04:39:30 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3162#msg-3162 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3162#msg-3162They had name troubles and were going to run with the name 'The Lords' for a while....never happaned. Will this time!

See ya,
Andrew. ]]> Andrew NoticeboardFri, 14 Jul 2000 13:34:41 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3160#msg-3160 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3160#msg-3160 brent NoticeboardFri, 14 Jul 2000 10:59:04 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3155#msg-3155 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3155#msg-3155I have been busting a gut to get Chuck to let me print the story......
But I guess it's out there now, so c'mon guys, brin gon the new tunes!

see ya,
Andrew.

]]> Andrew NoticeboardFri, 14 Jul 2000 09:36:55 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3148#msg-3148 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3148#msg-3148
This is just the best news. It sounds like they're going for it big time but will any of the labels do the same?
This is one reformation I can't wait to see play live again.

Later...]]> Surfpunk NoticeboardFri, 14 Jul 2000 04:20:20 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3138#msg-3138 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,3138,3138#msg-3138I'm amazed that it's taken this long for the H.O.L. reformation story to hit the Internet. But glad that it was revealed here on this site and on the same day the new issue of 'Classic Rock' hit the stores featuring the story I've been sitting on and keeping quiet about for a month (sorry guys, I'm ashamed to say that it was purely down to journalistic ego that I attempted to claim an exclusive!).
Anyway, here's the scam (from Rock In A Hard Place 2000'):

The summer appears to be here and reformation fever is rife! The biggest news this month is that those gods of melodic rock House Of Lords have reformed with a tantalising line-up that not only includes original members James Christian (vocals), Lanny Cordola (guitar),Chuck Wright (bass), Gregg Giuffria (keyboards) and Ken Mary (drums), but also second guitarist Michael Guy, who played on the band's second album 'Sahara' after both Cordola and then his replacement, Lion's Doug Aldrich, had departed.
"Yes, it's true!!!!!!", exclaimed Chuck Wright when recently collared by yours truly. "Through some fine Century City attorneys, we acquired the trademark for House Of Lords. We have all the original members from the debut album back together plus Michael Guy and we plan to bring in John Purdell (Ozzy, Motley Crue, Heart ) to do some production assisting. We will also be using Kelly Keeling (Baton Rouge amongst others), David Glen Eisley (Giuffria/Dirty White Boy) and Robin McCauley (Grand Prix/MSG) to do some background vocals plus a few other special guests. It'll be awesome.
"Stylistically, we're writing music that falls somewhere between the 'No More Tears' era Ozzy and old Queensryche, but we are keeping our commercial hard rock sensibilities and leaving that familiar HOL sound intact.
"As you might recall, James Christian is quite the crooner so, the killer ballad will be there. We're also developing a new heavy version of The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus".
"We began writing a while ago and we will begin working on the recordings after a deal is struck and we have the funding to go into a real studio, not home recordings as others choose to do.
"We will be using all of our Internet resources to promote House Of Lords to the fullest possible degree. Check out our web teaser at www.houseoflordsgroup.com (you'll need Flash)."
Ken Mary (last seen fronting the alternative yet melodic Soul Shock Remedy) adds: "We are currently just in the negotiation stage with a few labels. We are going to do an album that really highlights the musicianship as well as the songwriting. The general direction will be a bit heavier than the HOL of old as well as some new twists since we've all been involved producing a good number of records since those days and we've all grow a bit.
"It's going to be rippin' for sure!!"
Also worth a mention that Chuck Wright has his own site up and running. Go to www.chuckwright.com for the latest info on the bassist's activities.
]]> Dave Reynolds NoticeboardFri, 14 Jul 2000 01:49:32 +1000