NRG (rock band)
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NRG was a 1980s rock band most notable for being featured in The Transformers: The Movie
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NRG started when drummer Lee Mangano heard of a local guitar player named Ernie Petrangelo from a mutual friend and tried to contact him. They immediately connected and had exactly the same goals in mind. Now the search began for the singer, and after many auditions in the course of a few years, Les Brown walked into the studio, put on a set of headphones, and started to sing. Les never made it to the first chorus and was asked to be in the band. The final member was bass player Pat Lynch.
Their song "Instruments of Destruction" is included in the compilation The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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NRG has shared the stage with artists such as the Goo Goo Dolls
, Extreme
, Joan Jett
, UFO
, Nazareth
, Blue Öyster Cult
, Kix
and Judas Priest
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Featuring:
Lee Mangano (NRG)
Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project)
Jackie Santos (John Cafferty & Tavares)
Hirsh Gardner (New England)
Featuring:
Lee Mangano(NRG)
Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project)
Gary Moffatt (38 Special)
Sean Shannon (Pat Travers & Molly Hatchet)
The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986 and in the UK on December 5, 1986....
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Formation
NRG originally formed and began writing songs in 1979. At that time the band invested in their own 8 track recording studio to lay down tracks for their original music. The band started out from very humble beginnings, recording in a cellar and rehearsed in a chicken coop that was internally covered wall to wall with rugs to deaden the sound while they practiced.NRG started when drummer Lee Mangano heard of a local guitar player named Ernie Petrangelo from a mutual friend and tried to contact him. They immediately connected and had exactly the same goals in mind. Now the search began for the singer, and after many auditions in the course of a few years, Les Brown walked into the studio, put on a set of headphones, and started to sing. Les never made it to the first chorus and was asked to be in the band. The final member was bass player Pat Lynch.
NRG
The vocalist of NRG was Les Brown, a native of Taunton, Massachusetts.Their song "Instruments of Destruction" is included in the compilation The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the 1987 soundtrack from the motion picture The Transformers: The Movie. It was released in the United States by Scotti Bros. Records on LP and cassette. It was released in Japan by Pony Canyon on CD in 1989. In 1992, Scotti Bros....
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NRG has shared the stage with artists such as the Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...
, Extreme
Extreme (band)
Extreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen...
, Joan Jett
Joan Jett
Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
, UFO
UFO (band)
UFO are an English heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
, Nazareth
Nazareth (band)
Nazareth is a Scottish hard rock band, founded in 1968, that had several hits in the UK in the early 1970s, and established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog. Perhaps their best-known hit single was a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts", in 1975...
, Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...
, Kix
Kix (band)
Kix is an American hard rock/heavy metal band who achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Band members continue to tour, recently appearing at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008 in Oklahoma and the M3 Rock Festival in May 2011 in the band's home state of Maryland.-Formation:Kix was...
and Judas Priest
Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...
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Discography
- NRG2 - Transformed
- DvD Drum School Vol I "The Ultimate Learning Experience"
Featuring:
Lee Mangano (NRG)
Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project)
Jackie Santos (John Cafferty & Tavares)
Hirsh Gardner (New England)
- DvD Drum SchoolVol II "Taking It To The Next Level"
Featuring:
Lee Mangano(NRG)
Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project)
Gary Moffatt (38 Special)
Sean Shannon (Pat Travers & Molly Hatchet)