Roxanne

Emerging from Los Angeles in the waning years of the hair metal era, Roxanne specialized in hard rock and heavy metal anthems built for large-scale parties. Frontman Jamie Brown guided the outfit, which took cues from Queen, Thin Lizzy, and Bad Company and notched early traction with its self-titled 1988 debut on Scotti Brothers; the tracks “Cherry Bay,” “Sweet Maria,” and a high-octane cover of Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” all registered strongly on rock radio and Billboard singles charts. Weak label backing plus the approaching grunge shift pushed the members apart, but the band ended its three-decade absence in 2018 by issuing the long-in-the-works follow-up Radio Silence on Rat Pak Records—an eleven-track collection produced by Rich Mouser and Jamie Brown, captured on 2" tape, and featuring guest contributions from George Lynch, King’s X frontman dUg Pinnick, and Korn drummer Ray Luzier.