XYZ’s Terry Ilous and Patt Fontaine – EP090

Episode Description: We talk with XYZ's founders Terry Ilous and
Patt Fontaine about their history and the recent Monsters Of Rock
Cruise, as well as what's coming up for the band.  Since we
love XYZ, we decide to do a quick top 3 showcasing some of our
favorite tunes from the band's catalog. What's The Story? XYZ came
together in Lyon (France) where bassist Patt Fontaine and vocalist
Terry Ilous were born and grew up. The band migrated to Los Angeles
in 1986. XYZ started off as the unofficial house band of "The
Whisky A Go Go". The original members were Terry Ilous (vocals),
Bobby Pieper (guitars), Patt Fontaine (bass) and Joey Pafumi
(drums). A tour of the US with Enuff
Z'Nuff and Alice Cooper followed the success of
their 1989 Enigma-released debut album, and they were signed
by major label Capitol for their second. - Source Wikipedia
The Band's History XYZ played clubs throughout the mid 1980's and
first got a record deal in 1989 with Don Dokken as their producer.
Ilous and Fontaine then recruited Mark Diglio (guitars) and Paul
Monroe (drums) to replace the departing Pieper and Pafumi, to
record their debut album. Terry Ilous's vocal style on the band's
first album was very similar to Dokken's. The album contained the
hits "Inside Out" and "What Keeps Me Loving You." Videos for both
songs received reasonable airplay and the album reached No. 99 on
the Billboard charts. A third single from the album, "Maggy," was
used in the 1990 Dolph LundgrenmovieI Come in Peace. The next
album, Hungry, released in 1991, failed to chart, but I loved
it. Diglio and Monroe left the band and were replaced by Tony
Burnett and Joey Shapiro, respectively. After the next tour was
finished, band members went separate ways once again. XYZ reunited
in 2002 with the lineup of Ilous, Fontaine, Tony Marcus, and
Shapiro, and still perform to the present day. - Source Wikipedia
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