Will Wallner & Vivien Vain
Will Wallner & Vivien Vain


Tracks:

1. The Dream
2. Dreamstealer
3. Streets Of Rage
4. Fourteen Twenty Eight
5. All That I Want
6. Miles Ahead
7. Soul Monster
8. Rising
9. Indestructible

Line up:

Vivien Vain - Vocals
Will Wallner - Guitar

Session Musicians:

Carmine Appice - Drums on Tracks 3, 5, 9
Vinny Appice - Drums on Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6
Brian Tichy - Drums on Track 7
Tony Franklin - Bass on Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9
Rudy Sarzo - Bass on Tracks 4, 6
Jimmy Bain - Bass on Track 2
Tony Carey - Keys on Tracks 1, 2, 8, 9
Derek Sherinian - Keys on Track 7

Record Label / Year of Release:

Self Released 2012

Notes:

Will Wallner and Vivien Vain came to America from Europe. Upon meeting they discovered they shared similar musical tastes and began writing songs together. The concept for their music was to write hard rock songs that they could be proud of as artists ignoring current trends. After a year of performing in Los Angeles they had a chance meeting with Carmine Appice and Vinny Appice at the Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip in 2010.

After sending them demo's of Wallner/Vain songs the Appice brothers agreed to perform drums for their debut album. Since that first meeting the project evolved featuring several other guest session musicians with Will Wallner and Vivien Vain performing all guitars and vocals respectively. Their debut features nine original songs written and produced by Wallner/Vain.

Their debut album (released on February 1st 2012) features guest musicians including Carmine Appice, Vinny Appice, Brian Tichy, Rudy Sarzo, Tony Franklin, Jimmy Bain, Derek Sherinian and Tony Carey. The album was recorded in Los Angeles throughout 2011 and mixed by Gary Tole in New York. Mastering was completed in September 2011 by Graham Goldman at Masterdisk.

The album was released in Europe via Metal Mind Productions on October 8, 2012 and has a new cover. The label also gave the album the title of 'Rising' as an ode to Rainbow.