Steeler is an album by the band of the same name

Steeler

Steeler was an early 1980s American heavy metal band from Nashville. Band members included: Ron Keel on vocals and guitar, Michael Dunigan on lead guitar, Bobby Eva on drums and Tim Morrison on bass. In 1982, they released the single Cold Day in Hell....

. It was largely recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, California, about fifty miles north of San Francisco. It was the only album released by the band until a 2005 compilation album released by Ron Keel. After the album was released the band broke up. In 1983 Yngwie joined the band Alcatrazz

Alcatrazz

Alcatrazz is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea.-History:The band's initial line-up consisted of former Rainbow frontman Graham Bonnet, young Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen who had recently left American band Steeler, Gary Shea and Jimmy...

. Ron Keel formed the band Keel

Keel (band)

Keel is an American heavy metal band founded in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. They were known for their rock anthem "The Right to Rock." The band was active until 1989, with a brief reunion in 1998. Keel reunited in 2008 and is currently touring for their 25th anniversary.-History:Keel was...

. There is a misprint Lp version that has Christian Death center label on side B

Track listing

1. "Cold Day in Hell" (Ron Keel
   Ron Keel
   Ron Keel is a Heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day, including the glam metal band Keel.-Biography:...
   
   ) 4:17
2. "Backseat Driver" (Keel, Mark Edwards) 3:24
3. "No Way Out" (Keel, Edwards, Yngwie Malmsteen) 5:18
4. "Hot on Your Heels" (Keel) 6:35
5. "Abduction" (Keel, Malmsteen, Rik Fox
   Rik Fox
   Richard Suligowski , better known as Rik Fox, is an American heavy metal bass guitar player. He was mainly active during the 1970s and 1980s both in the New York City and Hollywood Rock and Metal scene.-Early life:...
   
   ) 1:10
6. "On the Rox" (Keel, Edwards) 2:54
7. "Down to the Wire" (Keel, Edwards) 3:52
8. "Born to Rock" (Keel, Edwards) 3:06
9. "Serenade" (Keel) 6:15

• "Hot on Your Heels", contains a three-and-a-half-minute-introduction played by Yngwie Malmsteen
• "Abduction", is an instrumental serving as an introduction to "On The Rox".

Personnel

Personnel includes:
Steeler

• Ron Keel
  Ron Keel
  Ron Keel is a Heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day, including the glam metal band Keel.-Biography:...
  
  : vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
   and rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  
• Yngwie Malmsteen: 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...
  
  
• Rik Fox
  Rik Fox
  Richard Suligowski , better known as Rik Fox, is an American heavy metal bass guitar player. He was mainly active during the 1970s and 1980s both in the New York City and Hollywood Rock and Metal scene.-Early life:...
  
  : bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocal backing
• Mark Edwards
  Lion (band)
  Lion were an English-American rock band, best known for their theme song from the 1986 animated movie The Transformers: The Movie.A hard rock quartet, Lion were formed in Los Angeles in 1983 after ex-Tytan vocalist Kal Swan and former Lone Star guitarist Tony Smith relocated from Great Britain...
  
  : drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Additional personnel

• Peter Marrino: Additional Vocal Backing

Production

• Arranged By Steeler
• Produced By Mike Varney
• Recorded & Mixed By Allen Sudduth; recording & mix assisted by Allen Isaacs & Mooka Rennick
• Mastered By Paul Stubblebine
• All Songs Published By Varney
  Mike Varney
  Mike Varney is an American musician, record producer, music publisher and impresario. He is the founder of the Shrapnel Label Group, which includes Shrapnel Records, Tone Center Records and Blues Bureau International. He also has a 50% stake in Magna Carta Records, a New York-based label...
  
   Metal Music Co. (BMI
  Broadcast Music Incorporated
  Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
  
  )