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Riot Engine -

Riot engine is a Rock band with members from British, French and Canadian backgrounds formed in 1980 by founding members Johnny Shocker and Harry Ingleson. Its not quite known how the band came to be but there are many stories streaming from each member of the band. Riot Engine has primarily consisted of Johnny Shocker, lead vocalist Harry Ingleson, Lead guitarist Franssoisse, Bass and female drummer Maple Sugar. For a period the band featured a few other well known rock stars on vocals during the 90s while Johnny was recovering from a drug addiction. Some of these rocks stars included Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, Alice Cooper, and Umlot Guthweight (famous German yodeler).

Riot engine released there first album Road Kill in 1982 under island records. the album unexpectedly became a huge hit selling over 300,000 copies in the first month and producing four of the bands biggest hits "Rock and Roll Kingdom", "Theres Always Tomorrow", "Breakaway", and "Grapefruit Disaster".