The Metro All Stars was an American rock

Rock music

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 band composed of Andy Bailey (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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), Dusty Cox (saxophone

Saxophone

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, keyboards), Andy Gauthier (drums

Drum kit

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), Jody Hanks (vocals), Danny Mangold (lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

) and Larry Stock (bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

). It was a second-place finalist on the talent show Star Search

Star Search

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.

In 1975-77, Mangold was guitarist and vocalist with the rock band Silver, then until mid-1978 with Fast Cat, then with The Uglies, all in Fargo, North Dakota. A founding member of Minneapolis Rock/Soul group The Metro All Stars, Mangold's songwriting helped secure the band a recording contract

Recording contract

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 with MTM

MTM Records

MTM Records was an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the production company of the same name, a company owned by actress Mary Tyler Moore. After MTM Enterprises was sold in late 1988, the label was absorbed into Capitol Records...

/Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 in 1986. After moving to Seattle, Washington, Mangold was introduced to Charles Neville of the Neville Bros.

The Neville Brothers

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 by Mark Cardenas (The Time

The Time (band)

The Time is a funk and dance-pop ensemble formed in 1981. They are close Prince associates and arguably the most successful artists who have worked with him.-Prince, Formation and Success:...

). A record, Songcatchers' Dreaming in Color (A&M Records

A&M Records

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 1994), was the result.

In addition to playing in bands, Mangold customized guitars for Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 and Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

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 among others at Knut-Koupe Music in Minneapolis before moving to the Pacific Northwest. In 1989, with his mother Marlys, he opened "Danny's Music" in Everett

Everett, Washington

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, Washington, a rare and vintage guitar shop, whose clients included Green Day

Green Day

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, Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...

, Heart

Heart (band)

Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...

, and many other well-known musicians.

On April 21, 2001, he was seriously injured when his 1963 Ford Futura

Ford Futura

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, given to him by Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

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 of the Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

, went off the road and crashed near Seattle. Mangold's injuries were so severe that he had to close down Danny's Music and sell off the inventory, to pay his medical expenses.

Mangold's other guitar playing/touring projects include a CD (Heart of the City), proceeds from which were given to the Everett Women's Shelter

Women's shelter

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 in 1997. Drummer on the project, Ben Smith, introduced Mangold to Ann Wilson

Ann Wilson

Ann Dustin Wilson is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, flute player, songwriter, and occasional guitar player of the rock band Heart.-Personal life:...

 from Heart/Lovemongers. Over 2000-2001, Mangold filled in for Nancy Wilson on various live dates, and had been hired as the lead guitar player for Heart's then-upcoming tour, when his accident occurred in 2001. Today, fully recovered from his injuries, Mangold continues to produce music in Seattle for Music Supervisors, Los Angeles.