History:
Contraband was a short-lived super group featuring some of the biggest names in the 80's metal scene. They released just one album of good time hard rock before members went their separate ways.
  The band consisted of Shark Island singer Richard Black, L.A.Guns and former Guns N'Roses guitarist Tracii Guns, guitarist Michael Schenker of MSG, UFO and Scorpions fame, Vixen bassist Share Pedersen and Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer.
  Shark Island guitarist Spencer Sercombe also lent his hand at guitar duties. Despite the huge names involved, the album was a commercial disappointment, as the debut single "All The Way From Memphis" got limited airplay. The group was never able to match the material or success of their previous and current bands. Most of the members went on to rejoin their previous outfits, and Black later resurfaced with Jake E. Lee in the short lived Bourgeois Pigs.

Links:
The Official Michael Schenker Page
The Official Ratt Page
The Official L.A. Guns Page
The Official Vixen Page

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