House of Lords (House of Lords album)

House of Lords is the debut album by House of Lords, a Giuffria spin-off band, featuring keyboardist Gregg Giuffria. It was released in 1988 on Kiss bassist Gene Simmons' own label and distributed by RCA Records. The album reached position No. 78 in The Billboard 200 Chart on February 25, 1989. Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick (with whom the band would later tour) co-wrote the song "Slip of the Tongue". Jeff Scott Soto of Talisman can be found on backing vocals throughout the whole album. Many other popular hard rock musicians contributed to the songwriting on the album, including Stan Bush, David Glen Eisley of Giuffria, Mandy Meyer of Asia and Johnny Warman.

Band members

 * Gregg Giuffria - keyboards, Producer
 * James Christian - lead vocals
 * Lanny Cordola - guitars
 * Chuck Wright - bass
 * Ken Mary - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

 * Jeff Scott Soto - backing vocals

Production

 * Gregg Giuffria - producer
 * Andy Johns - producer
 * Bill Freesh - engineer
 * Howie Weinberg - mastering
 * Gene Simmons - executive producer