NRG (American band)

NRG
Origin United States
Genres Heavy metal, Hard rock
Years active 1986
Members Les Brown - vocals
Ernie "Burns" Petrangelo - lead guitar
Lee Mangano - drums
Pat Lynch - Bass
Colin Turnbull - leading member

NRG was a 1980s rock band notable for being featured in The Transformers: The Movie.[1]

Formation

NRG formed and began writing songs in 1979. At that time the band invested in their own 8 track recording studio to lay down tracks for their music. The band started out recording in a cellar and rehearsed in a chicken coop that was internally covered wall to wall with rugs to deaden the sound while they practiced.

NRG started when drummer Lee Mangano contacted a local guitar player named Ernie Petrangelo. A search began for a singer, and after many auditions, Les Brown a native of Taunton, Massachusetts, walked into the studio, put on a set of headphones, and started to sing. Les never made it to the first chorus and was asked to be in the band. The final member was bass player Pat Lynch.

NRG

Their song "Instruments of Destruction" is included in the compilation The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.[2]

NRG has shared the stage with artists such as the Goo Goo Dolls, Extreme, Joan Jett, UFO, Nazareth, Blue Öyster Cult, Kix and Judas Priest.

Post NRG

In 2003, Brown formed Damn Cheetah with members of "Blacklace".

Discography

Featuring: Lee Mangano (NRG) Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project) Jackie Santos (John Cafferty & Tavares) Hirsh Gardner (New England)

Featuring: Lee Mangano(NRG) Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project) Gary Moffatt (38 Special) Sean Shannon (Pat Travers & Molly Hatchet)

References

  1. "The Transformers: The Movie", (1986), End Credits, Music.
  2. "Transformers The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition". IGN. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
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