Q5
Best known as the band featuring guitarist Floyd Rose
(inventor of the Floyd Rose Tremolo System for guitarists),
Q5 debuted in 1984 with
Steel The Light, a pretty decent
slice of British-influenced hard rock/metal.
They were pressured to go a bit more mainstream for their
next album, which they did, resulting in
When The Mirror Cracks,
released in 1986 to mixed reviews.
The band were in the midst of working on their third album
when they dissolved, somewhere around 1987.
Two of the members (later joined by a third) created a new
band, Nightshade, releasing one album in 1991 and another
in 2001, and were still playing live as late as 2003.
Rose still makes his living from a signature guitar line as well
as from sales of his Tremolo system.
Current Members
Jonathan K
vocals
Floyd Rose
guitars
Rick Pierce
guitars
(TKO)
Evan Sheeley
bass
(TKO)
Gary Thompson
drums
(TKO)
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Discography
Steel The Light
1984
Albatross
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- Missing in action
- Lonely lady
- Steel the light
- Pull the trigger
- Ain't no way to treat a lady
- In the night
- Come and gone
- Rock on
- Teenage runaway
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- Jonathan K
- Floyd Rose
- Rick Pierce
- Evan Sheeley
- Gary Thompson
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Reviews: Metal Forces
When The Mirror Cracks
1985
Albatross
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- Livin' on the borderline
- Your tears (will follow me)
- Never gonna love again
- Stand by me
- When the mirror cracks
- Runaway
- In the rain
- I can't wait
- Cold heart
- Let go
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- Jonathan K
- Floyd Rose
- Rick Pierce
- Evan Sheeley
- Gary Thompson
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