'Steelheart' sold 33,000 albums on its first day in Japan alone. The guys found themselves hitting the big time as the album reached #40 on the Billboard 200 chart, the band's fan-base growing around the world. Musically, their work featured a style similar to hard rock and pop metal acts of the day, examples being Ratt and Whitesnake, yet the guys scored a coup in working with seminal producer Mark Opitz, who had worked on iconic rock releases such as AC/DC's 'Powerage'. Steelheart had the line-up of Matijevic (vocals), Chris Risola (guitar), Frank DiCostanzo (guitar), James Ward (bass), and John Fowler (drums) when the band's self-titled debut album came out in 1990. Since then, Mili and his band-mates have showcased just how broad their influences are and the raw strength of Mili's vocals have been noticed by many critics. The group's debut album, titled simply 'Steelheart', brought the group strong commercial success yet had them pegged, somewhat unfairly, to the glam metal movement. The outfit has gone through many line-up shifts since it got started in 1990, yet Mili's powerful voice and multi-octave range has remained the heart and soul of the band.
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Since then, Mili and Read Full Bio Steelheart is a musical group fronted by Croatian-American musician Miljenko "Mili" Matijevic. Mike Matijevic also sang on the soundtrack to " Rock Star".Steelheart is a musical group fronted by Croatian-American musician Miljenko "Mili" Matijevic. Once again, bringing those guitars out frontĪnd making them a bit grittier and meaner really would have made this song,Īnd the disc as a whole, that much more enjoyable. Vocalist Michael Matijevic a chance to stretch a bit. "Mama Don't You Cry" is a sentimental, piano led ballad that allows "Electric Love Child" especially reminded The vocals have that Plant-like howl that I think this CD would have benefited greatlyįrom a dirtier, heavier production. This CD is pop metal with excellent vocals, catchy That came out in the late 80's, like KingdomĪ slightly lesser degree. Those three bands have a distinct Aerosmith influence and a "raunchier" sound. While Steelheart may be in the same party/pop metal category as thoseīand, they don't sound the same at all. Melodic rock web page that people were comparing Steelheart to Cinderella, Britny Fox and Dangerous It has that same hooky feel as Slaughter's "Fly to the Angels" which was released around this same time and was a big hit for them. While I'm not really a fan of ballads per say, I can see this one doing really well on MTV and the radio. If this song wasn't released as a single, it should have been. "She's Gone" is the obligatory ballad on the album. These two songs alone put them on the same level as bands like Nitro and Vinnie Vincent Invasion as far as over-the-top, screaming lead vocalists go. Take a listen to the catchy "Can't Stop Me Lovin' You" or the soaring "Like Never Before" and see if it doesn't shatter some glass in your house. Lead vocalist Mike Matijevi sings higher than a bird on a wire for a majority of this one. Frank DiCostanzo and John Fowler (both ex-Rage of Angels) lay down a tight rythym section, while lead guitarist Chris Risola fills the holes with some finger flyin' lead work. However, this sort of slick radio rock was still very popular in the early 90's before it was killed off by grunge and alternative music. This is the very definition of 1980's pop metal, other than the fact that it was released in 1991. Steelheart's big label debut featured big hair, big production values and big hooks.
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