As a founding member of San Antonio Texas legends S.A. Slayer, bassist Don Van Stavern is the longest lasting member of Riot V. The first Riot album he plays on is 1989’s legendary »Thundersteel« record.
However, not a lot of people know that his personal connection to Mark Reale goes way back even further, to 1983’s »Born In America«, featuring the late great Rhett Forrester: “ There’s actually three songs on »Born In America« that I co-wrote but didn’t get any credits for. At the time of »Born In America« I was already writing with Mark Reale. I wrote ´Gunfighter´, I wrote ´Heavy Metal Machine’ with him, and I wrote ‘Running From The Law’. And I have demos of that. Because what we would do is, we would get the songs down and then we would demo with the guys from Texas Slayer. That later became Narita. But ´Gunfighter´,´Heavy Metal Machine’ and ‘Running From The Law’ were already written. That’s where our relationship for writing actually started.”
Tony Moore – Vocals
Mark Reale – Guitars
Don Van Stavern – Bass
Bobby Jarzombek – Drums
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TRACKLIST
01 On Your Knees
02 Runaway
03 Killer
04 Storming The Gates Of Hell
05 Maryanne
06 Racing With The Devil (on A Spanish Highway)
07 Smoke On The Water (alternative Version)
08 Killer (joe Lynn Turner)
09 Dance Of Death (demo)
10 Black Leather & Glittering Steel (demo)
11 Runaway (demo)
12 Smoke On The Water (demo)
13 Maryanne (vocal Recording)
01 On Your Knees
02 Runaway
03 Killer
04 Storming The Gates Of Hell
05 Maryanne
06 Racing With The Devil (on A Spanish Highway)
07 Smoke On The Water (alternative Version)
08 Killer (joe Lynn Turner)
09 Dance Of Death (demo)
10 Black eather & Glittering Steel (demo)
11 Runaway (demo)
12 Smoke On The Water (demo)
13 Maryanne (vocal Recording)
