Keri Kelli

Infobox musical artist
Name = Keri Kelli

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Birth_name = Keri Fear
Born = Huntington Beach, California, USA
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Instrument = Guitar
Genre = Heavy metal, Hard rock, Glam metal
Occupation = Guitarist, Songwriter, Beer Drinker, Hell raiser
Instrument = Guitar
Associated_acts = Slash's Snakepit, Skid Row, Ratt, L.A. Guns, U.S. Crush, Big Bang Babies, Pretty Boy Floyd, Vince Neil Band, Adler's Appetite, Warrant, Saints of the Underground, Dad's Porno Mag, The Newlydeads, Love/Hate, Angel City Outlaws, Phucket and Alice Cooper
Years_active = 1988 - Present
URL = [http://kerikelli.com/ Official website]
Notable_instruments = Tobacco Les Paul, Les Paul Junior

Keri Kelli (born Keri Fear) is an American hard rock guitarist who is currently playing full time for Alice Cooper and occasionally with Skid Row.He played guitar and co-wrote songs("Killed By Love", "The One That Got Away", "I'm Hungry", and "Feminine Side") on the new Alice Cooper studio album titled "Along Came A Spider" released worldwide July 29th 2008. [http://www.moondancejam.com/bands/alicecooper.html] He has also worked extensively with brother Jani Lane (Warrant) on many song-writing and outside projects.

Biography

Kelli was born a surf brat and punk rock kid in Huntington Beach, California on September 7th 1978. He is most famous for replacing guitarists in numerous American hard rock bands.Fact|date=September 2007 In the past, he has also played in bands he founded such as Saints of the Underground, Adler's Appetite, Big Bang Babies and Empire.

Some of the other bands he has played in include: Slash's Snakepit(Also featuring Slash from Guns N Roses), Skid Row, Vince Neil Band, Ratt, Warrant, L.A. Guns, Pretty Boy Floyd, Adler's Appetite, Dad's Porno Mag, The Newlydeads, Love/Hate, Saints of the Underground (formerly Angel City Outlaws), Phucket, Alice Cooper & Liberty & Justice.

He Co-Wrote and made a guest appearance on the single "Bleed" from U.S. Crush's self-titled album on Virgin/Immortal Records.

As of late, he's on the road touring the planet with Alice Cooper.

Keri has also been in the studio, recording with Saints of the Underground, and their album, "Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner", which hit stores world-wide April 22nd 2008. Keri co-wrote most of the songs with the lead singer of the band, Jani Lane.

Discography

Big Bang Babies
*"Big Bang Babies" - (1992)
*"Black Market" - (1994)
*"3 Chords & The Truth" - (1999)

Dad's Porno Mag
*"Dad's Porno Mag" - (1997)

The Newlydeads
*"The Newlydeads" - (1997)
*"Re-Bound" - (1998)
*"Dead End" - (2001)

Pretty Boy Floyd
*"A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll" - (1998)
*"Porn Stars" - (1999)

U.S. Crush
*"U.S. Crush" - (2000) - Plays on song "Bleed"

Shameless
*"Queen 4 A Day" - (2000)
*"Splashed" - (2002)
*"Super Hardcore Show" - (2003)
*"KISS Tribute Undressed" - (2003)
*"Famous 4 Madness" - (2007)

[http://www.shamelessrock.com/Shameless Website]

Warrant
*"Under the Influence"- (2001) - As a songwriter

Jani Lane
*"Back Down to One" - (2002) - As a songwriter

L.A. Guns
*"Rips the Covers Off" - (2004) - On the two live songs

"Liberty & Justice" (2006)Guitar on the song Another Nail,Written by (Sebastian Bach,Keri Kelli, J.Murr, M.Layne)

Saints Of The Underground
*"Love The Sin, Hate The Sinner" - (2008)

Alice Cooper
*"Along Came A Spider" - (2008)

Videography

L.A. Guns
*"Hellraisers Ball: Caught in the Act" - (2004) DVD

Trivia

*When he was in L.A. Guns and Adler's Appetite, Keri Kelli sang lead vocals in concert on covers of Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" & "Hollywood".
*Keri states that the highlight of his career so far was playing a sold out show at Madison Square Garden, during the Slash's Snakepit/ACDC show, as well as opening for the Rolling Stones in 2006 with Cooper.

External links

* [http://kerikelli.com/ Official Keri Kelli website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/saintsoftheunderground Official Saints Of The Underground website]