Lynch Mob (band)
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Lynch Mob is an American
band featuring former Dokken
guitarist George Lynch
, who has been the band's only permanent member. The rest of the original band which featured Oni Logan
, Anthony Esposito and Mick Brown have come and gone, and in some cases, come back.
. The band original line-up also features Dokken's drummer, Mick Brown. The first Lynch Mob album was released in 1990, titled Wicked Sensation
, and it is highly regarded as the group's best work.
Many feel that songs such as the title track, "River of Love," "She's Evil But She's Mine," and "For a Million Years" would have done very well in the 80's hair metal scene. However, with the waning popularity of "hair metal," the album didn't make much of an impact but reached gold status in the United States. Vocalist Oni Logan
was fired shortly after the tour, as his life style had negatively impacted his ability to perform.
The next album was the self-titled Lynch Mob (released in 1992), which fared even worse upon its release due to the explosion of grunge
. The album sported many great rock anthems such as "Tangled in the Web" and a cover of Queen's
Tie Your Mother Down
. Despite attempts to re-unite with Oni Logan, the album features the vocals of new vocalist Robert Mason.
Lynch Mob disbanded after the tour for the album and in 1995, Lynch and drummer Mick Brown reunited with Dokken.
direction, though the sound was entirely distinct from rapcore
bands such as Limp Bizkit
and Linkin Park
. In 1999, Smoke This was released to disappointed fans and critics. A tour followed the album and the group disbanded again.
) for the 2003 REvolution Tour. A live CD/DVD package of the final show of that tour was later released, strangely the audio was from a different performance and often does not match the images.
George Lynch toured Europe in 2006 under his own name and focused on his 'Guitar Dojo' online lessons. In 2007, George and his solo band performed a marathon 26 show/30 day tour, which included a much talked about feature on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
. The line-up was: George Lynch - guitars, Andrew Freeman
- vocals, Vinny Appice
(Black Sabbath/Dio) - drums and Marten Andersson
(Lizzy Borden) - bass.
Lynch also started a new band, Souls of We
.
2008 in Pryor, Oklahoma and tour during the summer, however those plans fell apart. George used this chance to reunite Lynch Mob (with vocalist Oni Logan) to play at Rocklahoma 2008 sans Esposito and Brown. As of January 2010, Oni Logan and George Lynch have tried another incarnation of the Lynch Mob. Releasing Smoke and Mirrors in 2009, featuring Marco Mendoza on bass. A tour followed, with Fred Coury on drums. Drummer Brian Tichy
joined Lynch Mob in 2010.
Anthony Esposito plays bass on tour with former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley
and is featured on his 2009 release Anomaly, Mick Brown is still doing shows playing drums with Dokken and Ted Nugent
and Robert Mason is currently Warrant's lead singer.
Lynch Mob is set to tour worldwide in 2010.
Bassist James Lomenzo
joined Lynch Mob in late July 2010, replacing Marco Mendoza. James previously jammed with Lynch Mob drummer Brian Tichy in both Pride & Glory and Slash's Snakepit
.
Two recent shows (August 26 2010 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and August 27 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) saw Marq Torien (Bullet Boys) handle the vocal duties.
Keith St. John (Montrose and Burning Rain) replaced Marq Torien on vocals for the last two US dates on the tour... October 15, 2010 @ Feelgoods in Las Vegas, NV. and October 16, 2010 @ The Ramona Mainstage in Ramona, CA.
Bassist Robbie Crane
of Ratt
joined the touring line up of Lynch Mob for the band's fall of 2010 European tour. Crane is also the current bassist of Lynch Mob.
Dokken drummer Mick Brown reunited with Lynch Mob for the first time in 15 years and is set to do a full US tour in January 2011.
George Lynch
stated on Eddie Trunk
's radio show that a new Lynch Mob album will be recorded with Oni Logan
, Mick Brown
, and Jeff Pilson
. No release date has been set.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
band featuring former Dokken
Dokken
Dokken is an American heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 1978. They split up in 1989 but reformed four years later. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide...
guitarist George Lynch
George Lynch (musician)
George Lynch is a hard rock/heavy metal guitarist best known as a member of the band Dokken, his own bands Lynch Mob and Souls of We.-Pre Dokken:...
, who has been the band's only permanent member. The rest of the original band which featured Oni Logan
Oni Logan
Oni Logan is a hard rock vocalist. He was born Leonardo Agustus Jimenez in Argentina and raised in the United States . He is perhaps best recognized as the original lead singer of the band, Lynch Mob....
, Anthony Esposito and Mick Brown have come and gone, and in some cases, come back.
1989 Formation
Lynch Mob was formed in 1989, from the remains of Lynch's former band, DokkenDokken
Dokken is an American heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 1978. They split up in 1989 but reformed four years later. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide...
. The band original line-up also features Dokken's drummer, Mick Brown. The first Lynch Mob album was released in 1990, titled Wicked Sensation
Wicked Sensation
Wicked Sensation is the debut album by American rock band Lynch Mob. This was George Lynch's first release since leaving Dokken. Joining George was Dokken drummer "Wild" Mick Brown.- Track listing :-Personnel:* Oni Logan - vocals...
, and it is highly regarded as the group's best work.
Many feel that songs such as the title track, "River of Love," "She's Evil But She's Mine," and "For a Million Years" would have done very well in the 80's hair metal scene. However, with the waning popularity of "hair metal," the album didn't make much of an impact but reached gold status in the United States. Vocalist Oni Logan
Oni Logan
Oni Logan is a hard rock vocalist. He was born Leonardo Agustus Jimenez in Argentina and raised in the United States . He is perhaps best recognized as the original lead singer of the band, Lynch Mob....
was fired shortly after the tour, as his life style had negatively impacted his ability to perform.
The next album was the self-titled Lynch Mob (released in 1992), which fared even worse upon its release due to the explosion of grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
. The album sported many great rock anthems such as "Tangled in the Web" and a cover of Queen's
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
Tie Your Mother Down
Tie Your Mother Down
"Tie Your Mother Down" is a song by the English rock group Queen, written by guitarist Brian May. It is the opening track and the second single from their 1976 album A Day at the Races...
. Despite attempts to re-unite with Oni Logan, the album features the vocals of new vocalist Robert Mason.
Lynch Mob disbanded after the tour for the album and in 1995, Lynch and drummer Mick Brown reunited with Dokken.
1998 Reunion
In 1998, Lynch was let go from Dokken. Consecutively, Lynch attempted to reform the original Lynch Mob line-up. The band broke-up again after a single writing session. The fruits of this session was a three song demo which ended being released as Syzygy. A Lynch Mob tour of 13 U.S. cities was realised in 1998 featuring vocalist John West, and Anthony Esposito."Smoke This" era and second break-up
Lynch then formed the third incarnation of the group, with all new unknown members taking the music into a rap metalRap metal
Rap metal is a subgenre of rap rock which fuses vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with heavy metal.-History:Rap metal originated from rap rock, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with rock...
direction, though the sound was entirely distinct from rapcore
Rapcore
Rapcore is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop with punk rock .-History:...
bands such as Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
and Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
. In 1999, Smoke This was released to disappointed fans and critics. A tour followed the album and the group disbanded again.
2003 Reunion and third break-up
In 2003, second vocalist Robert Mason, original bassist Anthony Esposito, and Lynch reformed to record modernized Lynch Mob and Dokken material. Mick Brown stayed with Dokken and Michael Frowein was hired as the drummer. The new recordings on the album titled REvolution were heavier and faster than the originals. Frowein was replaced by Chas Stumbo (ex-EarshotEarshot
Earshot is a hard rock/alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band has released three albums: Letting Go, Two, and most recently, The Silver Lining on August 26, 2008.-Formation and Letting Go:...
) for the 2003 REvolution Tour. A live CD/DVD package of the final show of that tour was later released, strangely the audio was from a different performance and often does not match the images.
George Lynch toured Europe in 2006 under his own name and focused on his 'Guitar Dojo' online lessons. In 2007, George and his solo band performed a marathon 26 show/30 day tour, which included a much talked about feature on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
. The line-up was: George Lynch - guitars, Andrew Freeman
Andrew Freeman (musician)
Andrew Freeman is a vocalist and guitarist who has played for a number of bands. Most notably for the punk rock group, The Offspring, and for hard rock guitarist George Lynch's Lynch Mob.- The Offspring :...
- vocals, Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
Vincent Samson Appice , also known as Vinny Appice is a rock drummer of American Italian descent and the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice...
(Black Sabbath/Dio) - drums and Marten Andersson
Marten Andersson
Marten Andersson is the bass guitarist for the hard rock and heavy metal groups Lizzy Borden, George Lynch's , Starwood and...
(Lizzy Borden) - bass.
Lynch also started a new band, Souls of We
Souls of We
Souls of We is an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The lineup consists of London LeGrand , George Lynch and Johny Chow...
.
2008 Reunion to present
The popular lineup of Dokken was set to reunite to play RocklahomaRocklahoma
Rocklahoma is an annual hard rock music festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma...
2008 in Pryor, Oklahoma and tour during the summer, however those plans fell apart. George used this chance to reunite Lynch Mob (with vocalist Oni Logan) to play at Rocklahoma 2008 sans Esposito and Brown. As of January 2010, Oni Logan and George Lynch have tried another incarnation of the Lynch Mob. Releasing Smoke and Mirrors in 2009, featuring Marco Mendoza on bass. A tour followed, with Fred Coury on drums. Drummer Brian Tichy
Brian Tichy
Brian Tichy is a drummer, guitar player, vocalist and songwriter. He is currently the drummer with Whitesnake. Previously he was the drummer for Foreigner from 2009 until 2010, when he was replaced by Jason Sutter. Tichy began playing drums at age eight and started playing guitar at age 12...
joined Lynch Mob in 2010.
Anthony Esposito plays bass on tour with former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace" when the band adopted costumes and theatrics...
and is featured on his 2009 release Anomaly, Mick Brown is still doing shows playing drums with Dokken and Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
and Robert Mason is currently Warrant's lead singer.
Lynch Mob is set to tour worldwide in 2010.
Bassist James Lomenzo
James Lomenzo
James "JLo" LoMenzo is a metal bassist known for his roles as a former member of White Lion and Megadeth. He is also known for his work in Black Label Society .-Past bands and other works :...
joined Lynch Mob in late July 2010, replacing Marco Mendoza. James previously jammed with Lynch Mob drummer Brian Tichy in both Pride & Glory and Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit were an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by then-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1993. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band, with equal contributions by all members...
.
Two recent shows (August 26 2010 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and August 27 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) saw Marq Torien (Bullet Boys) handle the vocal duties.
Keith St. John (Montrose and Burning Rain) replaced Marq Torien on vocals for the last two US dates on the tour... October 15, 2010 @ Feelgoods in Las Vegas, NV. and October 16, 2010 @ The Ramona Mainstage in Ramona, CA.
Bassist Robbie Crane
Robbie Crane
Robert Crane is the current bassist of the band Ratt.He moved to the Fairfax District of Hollywood, California at the age of 9 were he attended Bancroft Junior High and Fairfax high school. For his 14th birthday his father bought him his first bass guitar from Fairfax Music School in Hollywood...
of Ratt
Ratt
Ratt is an American heavy metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," "Lay It Down," "You're in Love", "Slip of the Lip", "Back For More", "Dance", "Body Talk", "I Want a Woman", and "Way Cool Jr." Ratt...
joined the touring line up of Lynch Mob for the band's fall of 2010 European tour. Crane is also the current bassist of Lynch Mob.
Dokken drummer Mick Brown reunited with Lynch Mob for the first time in 15 years and is set to do a full US tour in January 2011.
George Lynch
George Lynch (musician)
George Lynch is a hard rock/heavy metal guitarist best known as a member of the band Dokken, his own bands Lynch Mob and Souls of We.-Pre Dokken:...
stated on Eddie Trunk
Eddie Trunk
Eddie Trunk is an American music historian, radio personality, talk show host, and author best known as the host of several hard rock and heavy metal themed radio and television shows.- Current work :...
's radio show that a new Lynch Mob album will be recorded with Oni Logan
Oni Logan
Oni Logan is a hard rock vocalist. He was born Leonardo Agustus Jimenez in Argentina and raised in the United States . He is perhaps best recognized as the original lead singer of the band, Lynch Mob....
, Mick Brown
Mick Brown
Mick Brown, a.k.a. "Wild" Mick Brown is a drummer who has played in the bands Dokken, Lynch Mob, and Xciter. He is a co-founder of Dokken and is known by many Dokken fans as "Wild" Mick Brown. Mick played drums for Ted Nugent on his 2006 "Unleash the Beast Global ScorchTour", and also on his 2007...
, and Jeff Pilson
Jeff Pilson
Jeff Pilson is an American bass guitarist, best known for his stint in the heavy metal band Dokken...
. No release date has been set.
Albums
- Wicked SensationWicked SensationWicked Sensation is the debut album by American rock band Lynch Mob. This was George Lynch's first release since leaving Dokken. Joining George was Dokken drummer "Wild" Mick Brown.- Track listing :-Personnel:* Oni Logan - vocals...
(1990) US #46 - Lynch Mob (1992) US #56
- Syzygy (1998)
- Smoke This (1999)
- Evil: Live (2003)
- REvolution (2003)
- REvolution Live (2004)
- Smoke and Mirrors (2009)
Charted singles
| Title | Rock Chart | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Dream Until Tomorrow | #23 | Lynch Mob |
| Tangled In the Web | #13 | Lynch Mob |
| River of Love | #19 | Wicked Sensation |
| Wicked Sensation | #31 | Wicked Sensation |