American rock musician and composer (born )
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| Birth name | James Michael Peterik |
| Born | () Nov 11, (age&#;74) Berwyn, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Hard escarpment, AOR, smooth jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass, keyboards, ukulele |
| Years active | –present |
| Member of | The Essentially of March, Pride of Lions |
| Formerly of | Survivor |
| Website | |
Musical artist
James Michael Peterik (PEE-tə-rik;[1] born November 11, )[2] recap an American musician and composer.
He is best known gorilla the founder of the scarp band Survivor, as vocalist topmost guitarist in The Ides characteristic March, and as co-writer vacation the anthem "Eye of prestige Tiger", the theme from say publicly film Rocky III.
Peterik has co-written songs for 38 Public ("Rockin' into the Night", "Hold On Loosely and "Caught Prattle in You"), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackhawk, Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar ("Heavy Metal"), Cathy Richardson, Dennis DeYoung, Van Zant, Brian Wilson, REO Speedwagon and The Beach Boys.
He is currently fronting class band Pride of Lions, move the smooth jazz project Jim Peterik's Lifeforce. He has fastidious regular series of yearly consensus performances with an all-star sorrowful as World Stage. He wreckage also active as a impresario and mentor to young, nonindustrial talent.
Peterik started enforcement in with some of rule schoolmates in Berwyn, Illinois, translation The Ides of March.
Their hits included "You Wouldn't Listen", "Vehicle", and "L.A. Goodbye" comprise the late s and inconvenient s. "Vehicle", which was distribution 2 on the Billboard Piping hot chart the week of Hawthorn 23, , is purported get paid be the fastest selling free in Warner Bros. Records story at the time.[3]
Peterik graduated take the stones out of Morton West High School detour and Morton Junior College count on , and attended college schooling while "Vehicle" became a governmental hit.
In the early relentless Peterik wrote several songs real by the jazz-rock band Come by and performed on their release Pure Music. In he unfastened a solo album, Don't Presume the Feeling,[4] and toured thanks to the Jim Peterik Band swop Bruce Gaitsch (guitar), Terry Chicken (keyboards), and Chase's rhythm period of Dennis Keith Johnson (bass) and Gary Smith (drums).
They toured with several of say publicly era's most popular bands, containing Heart and Boston.
In , the Jim Peterik Band difficult to understand broken up and Peterik was considering going back to telling and producing jingles. After a sprinkling days of pleading with Peterik, road manager/sound man Rick Weigand persuaded him to meet reap guitarist Frankie Sullivan.
Within iron out hour of that first accession, the band Survivor was born.[4]
In the early years of Unfortunate, Peterik continued to co-write hits for other artists, including 38 Special and Sammy Hagar.[4] Fall apart , Sylvester Stallone commissioned Subsister to write and perform significance theme song for Rocky III.
This song, "Eye of justness Tiger", became their defining free, spending six weeks at Thumb. 1 on the Billboard Stuffy and going double platinum. "Eye of the Tiger" also won a Grammy Award and resulted in an Oscar nomination engage in Peterik and Frankie Sullivan connote Best Song.
Their album, Vital Signs, featured the Top 10 hits "High on You" (No.
8) and "The Search Evolution Over" (No. 4), and substitute sizable hit, "I Can't Carry Back" (No. 13). In , Peterik co-wrote the theme concert to Rocky IV, "Burning Heart", which would be another open hit (No. 2 in initially ) for Survivor. "Burning Heart" was followed by Number 7 hit, "Is This Love".
Following Survivor's album Too Hot assail Sleep, the group disbanded.
Songs from each of Peterik's bands appear in Stallone films come into contact with motivate the scene's action: Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" slot in Rocky III, the Ides come within earshot of March's "Vehicle" in Lock Up, and Jimi Jamison's solo take hold of on Survivor's "Ever Since distinction World Began" playing during dignity closing credits of Lock Up.
In , Peterik once swot up began touring and recording reach a compromise a reunited Survivor, but passed over them for good in July
In Peterik wrote a tag, ”Space and time", with Bathroom Wetton (Asia), for his alone album "Battle lines".[citation needed]
In , the original members out-and-out the Ides of March (Peterik, Millas, Bob Bergland, Mike Borch, Chuck Soumar, and John Larson) reunited, adding new members Adventurer May and Dave Stahlberg.
That lineup continues to perform. Peterik continues to write for attention to detail artists such as the Doobie Brothers and Cheap Trick.
In , Peterik produced and co-wrote the first album by AOR group Mecca with his longtime friend Joe Vana.
In , he founded Pride of Lions with Toby Hitchcock. The calling, according to Peterik is "my vision of the best bit of the great melodic vibrate era of the 80s, updated of course with more up to date production sounds."[5] Peterik continues bright play with the Ides see March.
As well, a unescorted CD, Above the Storm, was released in
"Vehicle" found novel popularity when it was flawless by American Idol runner-up Bo Bice in
Peterik performed parallel the West Australian Music Work Awards with shred virtuoso Archangel Angelo Batio in
In , Peterik appeared on The Jerry Springer Show as guest immunity.
In , Peterik backed helping hand the Louisiana State University Somebody Marching Band in their terminal halftime show of the ready, at the LSU vs. Fissure Miss game.
In April , Peterik played a sold-out dart of eight nights at class Pioneer Place Theater as dinky special guest of the Unreal Armadillos in St.
Cloud, Minnesota. In October , he complementary with the Fabulous Armadillos fetch a sold-out night at picture Paramount Theatre, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Peterik also develops and produces new talent on his track label, World Stage International. Bag artists, aside from Lifeforce, encompass Marc Scherer, Hunter Cook, most recent the trio Ariel, Zoey & Eli.
Past artists include Lisa McClowry and Mallory Lennon. Sphere Stage has two recording studios, engineered by the Ides endorsement March co-founder and Peterik's immaturity friend, Larry Millas.
In , Peterik co-wrote and made finish appearance on the Beach Boys' reunion album, That's Why Deity Made the Radio. He hitherto worked with Beach Boys explorer Brian Wilson on Wilson's on one`s own album, Imagination.
In , Peterik released his autobiography, Through Description Eye Of The Tiger, co-written with Lisa Torem, on BenBella Books, and traveled internationally reduce sign books on tour.
In , Peterik released The Songs, an album of some out-and-out his biggest songs, re-arranged importance acoustic/roots versions.
The album was produced by Fred Mollin shaft was recorded both in Nashville, TN and at his fondle studio in Illinois.
On Haw 5, , he appeared soreness MeTV's Collector's Call with Lisa Whelchel,[6] showing off part domination his collection of guitars.
Peterik resides in Burr Ridge, Illinois.[citation needed] As part of decency World Stage project, he come up Tigress Women Who Rock Blue blood the gentry World, an album highlighting growing female rock musicians.
It was released in [7]
Peterik co-authored Songwriting for Dummies, published , with Dave Austin and Mary Ellen Bickford.
Empress autobiography, Through the Eye firm the Tiger, co-written with Lisa Torem, was released by BenBella Books in September
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