Steve riley biography
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Steve riley biography
Steve Riley (drummer)
American drummer (1956–2023)
Musical artist
Steve Riley (January 22, 1956 – October 24, 2023) was an American rock drummer, best known for his work with Keel, W.A.S.P., and L.A.
Guns.[1]
Career
Riley was born and raised in the Boston suburb of Revere, Massachusetts. After graduating high school in the 1970s, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career.[2] In 1979, he joined a revival of Steppenwolf, but the lineup broke up later that year.[3]
Riley joined up-and-coming L.A.
band Keel and recorded their breakthrough album The Right to Rock with them in 1984.[4] Later that year, Riley departed Keel to replace founding member Tony Richards in W.A.S.P., another L.A. band whose debut album had recently achieved gold status in sales.
As a member of W.A.S.P., Riley performed on the albums The Last Command, Inside the Electric Circus, and Live... in the Raw.[5] Vocalist Ron Keel has described Ri