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Lillian Axe Is A Rock/glam Metal Band Founded In The Late 1980's In New Orleans. The Most Well-Known Lineup Of The Band Was Ron Taylor Lead Vocals Steve Blaze Lead Guitar Jon Ster Rhythm Guitar Darrin Delatte Bass And Gene Barnett Drums . Poetic Justice Was Their Most Successful Album Which Hit The Streets In January Of 1992. Fueled By The Hit Single "True Believer" And Followed By Their Cover Of The Badfinger Classic "No Matter What" Poetic Justice Reached The Upper 100 Of The Billboard Album Charts. The Bands First Album On MCA Records Was Produced By Ratts's Robbin Crosby In 1988. The Band Disbanded In 1995 And Re-United In 1999. However Fall 2004 Brought The Resignation Of Vocalist Ron Taylor And The Introduction Of New Vocalist Derrick LeFevre. In May 2006 Darrin DeLatte Decided To Leave And Commit Himself Full-Time To His Band Lowside. Replacing Him Was Bassist Eric Morris. After Several Line-Up Changes The Band Recruited As Lead Vocalist Derrick LeFevre Who Appeared On Waters Rising 2007 Sad Day On Planet Earth 2009 And Deep Red Shadows 2010 . On June 23 2010 Ronny Munroe Formerly Of Metal Church Replaced LeFevre But He Departed Four Months Later Before Recording Any Material With The Band. On March 7 2011 Munroe Was Replaced By Brian C. Jones Who Can Be Heard On The Album XI The Days Before Tomorrow 2012 . In 2010 Lillian Axe Was Inducted Into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame As The First Hard Rock Band To Be Inducted. In 2011 It Was Announced That The Original Lineup Of Steve Blaze Johnny Vines Danny King And Michael "Maxx" Darby Would Reunite To Record An Album Of Classic Unreleased Songs From The Band's Early Days. The Project Entitled Circle Of Light Was Named For One Those Early Songs. The Album Was Released In 2012. Lillian Axe Released One Night In The Temple An Acoustic Live Album Early In 2014. On November 29 2014 Former Guitarist Jon Ster Died From Heart Failure At The Age Of 52. On January 12 2017 Lillian Axe Received The 2017 Jackson Indie Music Week Icon Award At Duling Hall In Jackson Mississippi. On June 4 2017 Steve Blaze Announced That The Band Was Recording A New Song Entitled "The Weeping Moon" Which Was To Be Featured On The Album The Forgotten Art Of Melancholy. According To Blaze The Album Would Feature "the Best Of The Epic Ballads" And Was Scheduled To Be Released In The Fall Of 2017. On November 30 2018 Steve Blaze Announced The Next Lillian Axe Album Is In The Works Tentatively Entitled From Womb To Tomb And It Will Be In Large Part An Autobiographical Work. Blaze Also States The Album Will Feature "strings Piano Big Vocals" And Describes It As A "celebration Type Record - Of Life - Good And Bad." The Album However Was Not Released Until August 19 2022. On February 13 2020 Steve Blaze Announced That Lillian Axe Were Amicably Parting Ways With Lead Vocalist Brian Jones. The Announcement Also Stated That Jones Would Still Be A Part Of The Lillian Axe Family In Many Capacities And Blaze Wished Jones Luck In His Solo Career. On February 21 2020 Blaze Announced The New Singer Would Be Brent Graham. Graham Was The Original Vocalist For Blaze's Side Project "Sledgehammer " And Vocalist Of The New Orleans-Based Band Supercharger. In September 2021 Lillian Axe Announced That They Had Signed To The Newly-Formed Label Global Rock Records And Had Started Recording Their First Studio Album In Nearly A Decade Entitled From Womb To Tomb. In October 2021 The Entire Lillian Axe Catalogue With The Exception Of The First 2 Records On MCA Were Re-Released On All Digital Formats Worldwide By Global Rock. On November5 2021 Steve Blaze Was Inducted For The Second Time Into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame For His Contributions As A Guitarist And Songwriter. August Of 2022 Saw New Horizons For Lillian Axe And An Influx Of Fans Old And New. The Band Performed And Continues To Perform At Many Huge Festivals Across The Unites States And Embarked On Their First UK Tour In Decades. The Band Currently Consists Of Steve Blaze - Band Founder Songwriter And Lead Guitarist Brent Graham - Lead Vocals Sam Poitevent - Guitar Michael Maxx Darby - Bass And Wayne Stokley - Drums. Steve Describes The Band's Latest Effort "From Womb To Tomb" As His Personal Opus. Stating The Effort Would Be Best Listened To In One Sitting As It Brings You On A Journey Through Life - From Birth To Ascention - And Is Based On Life Lessons He Has Experienced. The Band Recorded A Video For "I Am Beyond" And Is Currently On Tour. Discography
1988Lillian Axe —MCA
1989Love War —MCA
1992Poetic Justice - I.R.S. Records
1993Psychoschizophrenia - I.R.S. Records
1999Fields Of Yesterday - Z Records
2007Waters Rising —Locomotive Records
2009Sad Day On Planet Earth —Blistering Records
2010Deep Red Shadows —Love And War Records
2012XI The Days Before Tomorrow - AFM Records
2022 From Womb To Tomb - Global Rock Records read less