Credits

Produced by Marc Ribler & Tom Treumuth

Recorded at Hypnotic Studios, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, November 1992

Helix

• Brian Vollmer
  Brian Vollmer
  Brian Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Helix was formed in 1974 by original drummer Bruce Arnold. Since that time, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to defacto leader of band, weathering numerous lineup changes...
  
   - lead vocals
• Brent "The Doctor" Doerner - lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, background vocals
• Greg Fraser - lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars
• Greg "Fritz" Hinz - percussion
• Daryl Gray - bass guitars, keyboards, background vocals

Musicians

• Marc Ribler - guitar and background vocals
• Rob Laidlaw - bass
• Brian Doerner
  Brian Doerner
  Brian J. Doerner, from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is the current drummer for progressive rock band Saga, and hard rock band My Wicked Twin with his twin brother Brent Doerner. Brian has been playing music together with his brother since they were 8 years old. Brent was given a drum kit by their...
  
   - drums

Guests

• Lee Aaron
  Lee Aaron
  Lee Aaron , is a Canadian rock and jazz singer. She had several hits in the 1980s and early 1990s such as "Metal Queen", "Whatcha Do to My Body", and "Sex with Love".- Background :...
  
   - lead vocal, track 6
• Kim Mitchell
  Kim Mitchell
  Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canadian guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career. He is currently a radio show host for CILQ-FM in Toronto....
  
   - lead guitar, track 9
• Paula Hanke, Jaymz Bee
  Jaymz Bee
  Jaymz Bee is a Canadian musician, writer and radio personality.-Personal life:Jaymz was born and raised in North Bay, Ontario. He is a graduate of Inglenook Community High School.-Early career:...
  
  , Molly Johnson
  Molly Johnson
  Molly Johnson, OC is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter of pop and jazz.-Biography:Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff School of Fine Arts...
  
  , Paula Tessaro, Anthony Vandenburg, Doug Varty - background vocals

Credits Controversy

Greg Fraser stated that no then-members aside from Brian Vollmer actually play on the CD even though they are pictured in the packaging and listed as members of Helix. Co-writer and co-producer Marc Ribler played all the guitar parts. Former Helix and current Saga

Saga (band)

Saga is a progressive rock quintet, formed in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Jim Crichton and Welsh-born vocalist Michael Sadler have been the principal songwriters for Saga. Ian Crichton is the band's guitarist; apart from his work with Saga, he has recorded several solo albums as well as sessions...

 drummer Brian Doerner played on the entire album and Greg Hinz is listed only as "percussion

Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

". This is because It's A Business Doing Pleasure was originally recorded as a Brian Vollmer solo album.

Reception

It's a Business Doing Pleasure received mixed reviews. Author Martin Popoff

Martin Popoff

Martin Popoff is a Canadian-born music journalist and critic who covers the genre of heavy metal music. The senior editor and co-founder of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine, he has additionally written over twenty books that both critically evaluate heavy metal and document its history...

 called the album "richly produced" and said it "can't be faulted for its gravity and courage to remake the band." He then criticized the album for its "traditional light hard rock; guitar, bass and drums wrapped around simple general and generic rock structures."

Singles

"That Day Is Gonna Come" is a tribute to Paul Hackman, and the video for the song featured unique Super 8

Super 8 mm film

Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....

 and video

Video

Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...

 footage

Footage

In filmmaking and video production, footage is the raw, unedited material as it had been originally filmed by movie camera or recorded by a video camera which usually must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work...

shot by Brian Vollmer on the road over the years.