XYZ

XYZ was originally comprised of Terry Ilous on vocals, Marc Diglio on guitars, Patt Fontaine on bass and Paul Monroe on drums. The band's mastermind Terry Ilous is now back with the long awaited follow up album. XYZ is a band that has taken it from the streets of Hollywood to the biggest stages in the world. During their four-year tenure as veterans of L.A.'s club wars, XYZ followed the familiar progression of recording and mailing demos to every ear they could catch. In early 1989 the band won the devotion of Enigma Records and earned their first accolades from Don Dokken, who was so taken with the band that he demanded to produce XYZ's debut. They emerged from the studio with an auspicious debut, simply titled "XYZ".XYZ immediately put their performing muscle to work on major national tours as the tourmates of TED NUGENT, OZZY, FOREIGNER, ALICE IN CHAINS ... XYZ then graduated to their own headlining club tour, and continued to rewrite the XYZ's of rock 'n' roll. "Hungry" the second CD,was produced by George Tutko, and the band toured the world in the early 1990's and received 2 gold albums! Terry Ilous was born the son of a French mother and a Spanish father in Paris, France. His father, who played guitar, imbued Terry with the love of music he nurtures to this day. He settled in Los Angeles and began performing in clubs around the country. During that time, he recorded with members of such diverse rockbands as OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH, PETER GABRIEL, STING and others. The new members are JK NOTHRUP on guitars known for his work with FOREIGNER and KING COBRA, and SEAN MACNABB formally of QUIET RIOT, AND GREAT WHITEThe forthcoming comeback "Letter To God" is what the rock fans eagerly await since years! Along with JK Northrup the album was mixed by Tom Fletcher who worked for SCORPIONS, TOTO, YES among others and features 2 remakes of previous XYZ hits: "Inside Out" and "What Keeps Me Loving You". Original guitar player Mark Diglio did co-write several of the songs. "Letter To God" is dedicated to Terry Ilous' son as the song "Letter To God" was the last one they wrote for the CD especially after that tragedy of Terry's son dying late last year.