Tyketto
Tyketto | |
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Origin | New York City, New York |
Genres | Hard rock, AOR |
Years active | 1987–1996; 2004; 2007; 2008-present |
Labels | Geffen, Music for Nations, CMC International |
Associated acts | Vaughn, Waysted |
Website | http://www.tyketto.de |
Members |
Danny Vaughn Jimi Kennedy Michael Clayton Brooke St. James Bobby Lynch |
Past members |
Steve Augeri P.J. Zitarosa Jamie Scott |
Tyketto is a hard rock band based out of New York City. The group was put together in 1987 by former Waysted vocalist Danny Vaughn, Brooke St. James (guitar), Jimi Kennedy (bass), and Michael Clayton (drums) completed the lineup.
By 1990, the band had signed to Geffen Records and released their debut album Don't Come Easy, which included the successful single "Forever Young." Musically, the album was somewhere between Whitesnake and Bon Jovi, and Tyketto opened for the former on many bills. However, the rise of the grunge sound in 1991 saw Tyketto's hopes of a big breakthrough begin to recede. Jimi left the band and was replaced by Jamie Scott. Their second album was rejected by Geffen and finally emerged in 1994 under the title Strength in Numbers on CMC International in the USA and Music for Nations elsewhere in the world.
The following year, Vaughn left the band to look after his wife, who had developed cancer, and was replaced by former Tall Stories vocalist Steve Augeri. (Augeri later became lead vocalist for Journey.) This line-up released Shine (which was a departure from their classic sound) in 1995, again on CMC / Music for Nations. However, dwindling audiences and the changing landscape of the rock industry saw the band split up in 1996, releasing the live album Take Out & Served Up Live as a swan song, having never really broken through. The various band members went onto other projects: most notably Vaughn, Clayton, and Scott would reunite in Vaughn. Vaughn would eventually start releasing material under his own name in 2007.
In 2004, Tyketto reformed for a reunion tour with the full original lineup. They played a second set of reunion dates in 2007 and stated at the time that this was the last time the original four members, or any other line up, would ever perform under the Tyketto name. To coincide with the dates the band released an The Last Sunset - Farewell 2007 consisting of alternative versions of previously released songs and unreleased songs unearthed from long forgotten demo tapes.
Despite this announcement, in 2008 Tyketto reformed again for more dates. In April, they played the "Hard In Rio 2" festival in Brazil, and also played four European dates in October 2008 including Firefest. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Brooke St. James was unable to join the band for these dates and was replaced by P.J. Zitarosa, a former member of Vaughn and Danny's solo career backing band.
Tyketto toured Europe in January 2009 and played at the Download Festival in the UK in June 2010. They also played a US show and a worldwide webcast in November 2011. The live worldwide webcast was a fan interactive concert and featured the original line up of Danny Vaughn, Brooke St. James, Michael Clayton, and Jimi Kennedy onstage together for the first time in years, along with their newest member Bobby Lynch on keyboards. The band released their latest album, Dig In Deep, in April 2012 with rave reviews.
Current members
- Danny Vaughn - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, harmonica, percussion (1987-1995, 2004, 2007, 2008-present)
- Chris Green - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2014-present)
- Jimi Kennedy - Bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals (1987-1991, 2004, 2007, 2008-present)
- Michael Clayton - Drums, percussion, backing vocals (1987-1996, 2004, 2007, 2008-present)
- Ged Rylands - Keyboards, backing vocals (2012-present)
Past members
- Steve Augeri - Lead vocals (1995-1996)
- P.J. Zitarosa - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2008-2011)
- Jamie Scott - Bass guitar, backing vocals (1991-1996)
- Brooke St. James - Lead guitar, acoustic guitar, coral sitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (1987-1996, 2004, 2007, 2011-2014)
- Bobby Lynch - Keyboards, backing vocals (2011-2012)
Discography
Don't Come Easy (1991)
- Forever Young
- Wings
- Burning Down Inside
- Seasons
- Standing Alone
- Lay Your Body Down
- Walk On Fire
- Nothing But Love
- Strip Me Down
- Sail Away
Strength in Numbers (1994)
- Strength in Numbers
- Rescue Me
- End of the Summer Days
- Ain't That love
- Catch My Fall
- Last Sunset
- All over Me
- Write Your Name in the Sky
- Meet Me in the Night
- Why Do You Cry
- Inherit the Wind
- Standing Alone (94 remix)
Shine (1995)
- Jamie
- Rawthigh
- Radio Mary
- Get Me There
- High
- The Ballad of Ruby
- Let It Go
- Long Cold Winter
- I Won't Cry
- Shine
Take Out & Served Up Live (1996)
- Forever Young
- Drag the River
- Tearin' Up the Night
- Standing Alone
- Wait Forever
- Burning Down Inside
- Lay Your Body Down
- Let It Go
- Seasons
- Nothin' but Love
- Shine
- The End of the Summer Days
- Get Me There
- High
- Jaimie
The Last Sunset - Farewell 2007 (2007)
- Can't Fight
- Big Wheels
- Till the Summer Comes
- Calling on You
- Is Anybody Watching Me
- Walk Away
- Bourbon Street (Lay Your Body Down)
- Burning Down Inside [Demo]
- Everytime
- Shadowland
- Go for Your Guns
- The Last Sunset (Live from Spain, 2004)
Dig In Deep (2012)
- Faithless
- Love To Love
- Here’s Hoping It Hurts
- Battle Lines
- The Fight Left In Me
- Evaporate
- Monday
- Dig In Deep
- Sound Off
- Let This One Slide
- This Is How We Say Goodbye
- She Was The One (Japanese Bonus Track)
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