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description: Balance was an early 1980s Rock / Hard Rock band based out of New York City and fronted by Illinois native, Peppy Castro, formerly of Blues Magoos. Other original members included guitarist Bob Kulick ...

Balance was an early 1980s Rock / Hard Rock band based out of New York City and fronted by Illinois native, Peppy Castro, formerly of Blues Magoos. Other original members included guitarist Bob Kulick and arranger/keyboardist Doug Katsaros. Following the recording of their self-titled debut album with session musicians. Andy Newmark was the original drummer and later replaced by Gregg Gerson. Gregg later departed to play with Billy Idol. Balance added the rhythm section of drummer Chuck Burgi (ex-Brand X) and bassist Dennis Feldman (ex-Speedway Blvd.) to the lineup.

Songs:

01 Haunting《Balance》36
02 In For The Count《Pure... Hard R..》309
03 GET INTO YOU SUDD..《song+nation》9
04 Rainbows End《Equilibrium》5
05 Winner Takes All《Equilibrium》10
06 Twist Of Fate《Equilibrium》12
07 Liar《Equilibrium》7
08 Crazy Little Suzie《Equilibrium》5
09 Who You Gonna Love《Equilibrium》12
10 Finger Print《You Trance》10
11 Only In California《B-Dae》17
12 Thinking Wit Dick (Skit)《B-Dae》2
13 There He Go《B-Dae》6
14 Fuck Luv《B-Dae》11
15 Everywhere《B-Dae》2
16 World Wide《B-Dae》11
17 Old School《B-Dae》33
18 Inception《B-Dae》19
19 Won't Do 《Departure》7
20 I'm Comin Back《Departure》54
21 Cold Outside《Departure》12
22 Hey Lady《Departure》93
23 Growth Spurt《Departure》3
24 Jack'N《Golden State ..》21
25 Swear to Tell the Truth

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Biography

The group's most noteworthy release was 1981's "Breaking Away" from their eponymous debut album which reached No. 133 on the Billboard 200. The song peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The album's follow-up single, "Falling in Love", peaked at No. 58. The band failed to reach the chart again.

In early 1982, Balance entered The Power Station in New York, now Avatar Studios, to produce their sophomore album, In For The Count, with Tony Bongiovi, a cousin of Jon Bon Jovi, engineering and co-producing. After a massive house cleaning on so-called 'Black Friday', when 200 staffers at CBS, Epic and Portrait were let go, Balance would lose their supporters at the label and In For The Count became a direct casualty of the turnover.

Although things looked bleak at home, the band experienced one last hurrah when they were asked to write a song for a major Japanese commercial to launch the new Daihatsu Charade. The resulting song was "Ride the Wave" which was also commercially released through Polydor, with album leftover "She's Alone Tonight" on the B-side. Balance would play a short tour of Japan before calling it quits due to lack of interest from their label and management company.

Castro, Katsaros, Burgi, and Feldman (along with Bob Kulick's younger brother, Bruce) reunited briefly when they appeared on Michael Bolton's 1985 album, Everybody's Crazy. Kulick and Feldman, adopting the name Dennis St. James and handling lead vocals, would re-team again in the band Skull whose sole album, No Bones About It, was released in 1991; Bruce Kulick and Chuck Burgi guested on various tracks.

In the wake of the 2006 re-issue of In For the Count, Italian label Frontiers Records inquired about a possible new Balance album. Equilibrium was released in 2009 and features original core members Kulick, Castro and Katsaros, along with drummer Brett Chassen, who also co-produced with Kulick, as well as guest spots from Bruce Kulick on bass and Jesse Castro on drums.
Album discography

    1981 Balance (Portrait, 85114)
    1982 In For The Count (Portrait, 85787)
    2009 Equilibrium (Frontiers, FR CD 402)

Singles discography

    1981 Breaking Away b/w It's So Strange (Portrait, 24-02177)
    1981 Falling In Love b/w Fly Through the Night (Portrait, 02608)
    1981 American Dream b/w I'm Through Loving You (Portrait, 24-02826)
    1982 Slow Motion b/w Undercover Man (Portrait AE7 1501)
    1982 Slow Motion b/w Is It Over (Portrait, 24-03083)
    1982 In For the Count b/w Slow Motion (Portrait/Epic Holland, PRTA 3185)
    1983 Ride the Wave b/w She's Alone Tonight (Polydor Japan, 7DX 2027)

Re-issues

    1992 Balance (Portrait/Sony Music Austria, 4694422)
    1992 In For The Count (Portrait/Sony Music Austria, 85787)
    1996 Balance / In For The Count (Renaissance, RMED00104)
    2006 In For The Count (Rock Candy, CANDY024)* includes the Japan only Ride the Wave 7" as bonus tracks
    2010 Balance (Rock Candy, CANDY066

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