Steeler is also notable for featuring then-emerging guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, who left to form Alcatrazz shortly after the self-titled album and launch a solo career.
Morrison and Dunigan would soon exit as well and were replaced by bassist Rik Fox who was recruited after he had placed an ad in Music Connection magazine's classifieds,[2] and 19-year-old Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, who arrived in February 1983.
Malmsteen's stint with Steeler only lasted about four months and nine shows,[1] including memorable opening slots for Hughes/Thrall at the Country Club, Vandenberg at the Roxy, and Quiet Riot at Perkins Palace.
Fox was given his walking papers and replaced by Ron Murray, previously with Ozz, Burning Rome[5] and Dutch Courage, a band that also featured drummer Randy Castillo and Joe Perry Project vocalist Ralph Morman.
[3] The final lineup of Steeler saw the departure of Perry, Murray and Edwards who were replaced by Kurt James on lead guitar, Greg Chaisson, formerly of Surgical Steel, on bass, and Bobby Marks on drums.
[6] By November 2015, Keel had moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and began working as the midday host on the hard rock radio station KBAD-FM.
[7] Steeler drummer Mark Edwards would team up with former Tytan vocalist Kal Swan and ex-Mansfield members Doug Aldrich on guitar and Jerry Best on bass, in the band Lion.
Edwards, whose real name is Mark Schwarz, moved back to Texas to fully recover and has since become a successful businessman, including CEO and Executive Chairman of the famous Wilhelmina International, Inc modeling agency.
[9] Steeler bassist Rik Fox, who had been fired by Keel and Edwards,[3] quickly formed his own group SIN and released a shaped picture disc single, "On the Run" b/w "Captured in Time", through Azra Records in 1984.
[2] In recent years, he has participated in several all-star jams and in 2013 appeared with Keel at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood to perform the Steeler classics "Cold Day in Hell" and "Serenade".
Mastermind album with former Wild Dogs members Matt McCourt and Deen Castronovo in 1986 before popping up in several minor L.A. metal bands, including Steel and Snagglepuss.
[17] Final Steeler bassist Greg Chaisson would join a succession of L.A. bands, including Legs Diamond, Hellion, and Terriff (with future Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Joe Holmes).
[18] In 1985, he unsuccessfully auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne's band in Scotland where he met Jake E. Lee who invited him to try out for Badlands a couple of years later;[19] Chaisson recorded 3 studio albums with the group.
In the ensuing years, Chaisson kept busy recording with the Blindside Blues Band, Die Happy, Red Sea, Pat Travers, and Darrell Mansfield, among others.
Chaisson briefly united with former Badlands bandmate Jake E. Lee when he joined his new band Red Dragon Cartel in 2014[20] but bowed out again less than a year later[21] after being diagnosed with cancer.