Vinnie Vincent Invasion formed in 1984 after guitarist Vinnie Vincent left Kiss. He put together a band with drummer Bobby Rock, bassist Dana Strum, and vocalist Mark Slaughter. Their self-titled debut album came out in 1986 and reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The single 'That Time of Year' got some radio play and helped establish their sound.
That sound was built around Vincent's flashy guitar work and the band's melodic rock approach. Songs like 'Love Kills' and 'Animal' from that first record had the kind of big hooks and guitar solos that fit right into the mid-80s hard rock scene. They followed up with 'All Systems Go' in 1988, but it didn't connect commercially the same way.
The lineup shifted over time, with other musicians like vocalist Robert Fleischman and bassist John Regan coming through. They put out a live album from the Whiskey in 1992 and a collection called 'Guitars from Hell' much later, in 2007. The band's run was relatively brief, but that first album and a few songs have kept them in conversation among fans of that era's rock.
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