Pablo Cruise
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| Pablo Cruise | |
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| Origin | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Rock |
| Years active | 1973 – 1985, 2004 – present |
| Label(s) | A&M Records |
| Associated acts | Stoneground It's a Beautiful Day Southern Pacific |
| Members | |
| David Jenkins Cory Lerios Steve Price George Gabriel |
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| Former members | |
| Bud Cockrell Bruce Day John Pierce Angelo Rossi David Perper Stef Birnbaum |
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Pablo Cruise is a Pop/Trop Rock band composed of David Jenkins (guitar and vocals), Cory Lerios (keyboard and vocals), Steve Price (drums) and George Gabriel (bass and vocals). The band formed in 1973 in the San Francisco, California area and had a series of hit singles between 1977 and 1981. Their first hit was "Whatcha Gonna Do?" in 1977. This was followed by other chart hits, "Love Will Find a Way", "Don't Want to Live Without It" (both 1978), and "Cool Love" in 1981.[1]
The band's original bassist and vocalist was Bud Cockrell, who was replaced by former Santana bassist Bruce Day in 1977. Day had a short tenure and was replaced again in 1980 by John Pierce when an additional guitarist, Angelo Rossi was added. In 1983, for the release of Out of Our Hands, the band underwent the biggest change yet, when original drummer Steve Price was replaced by David Perper, and Angelo Rossi was replaced by Stef Birnbaum (aka Stef Burns) after just one album. After the album was a failure due to the rising popularity of New Wave, the four original members all re-united and toured briefly from 1983 to 1985 until they finally disbanded.[2] In 2004, the band reunited again with three of the four original members: Jenkins, Lerios, and Price. Replacing former bassist Bruce Day is George Gabriel on bass and vocals. The band is now together and touring in the United States, mainly in and around California.
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[edit] History
Pablo Cruise began in 1973, with former members of Stoneground (Lerios and Price) and It's a Beautiful Day (Cockrell).[3] The band released its first album in 1975, the self-titled Pablo Cruise.[4] Consisting of David Jenkins (musician) on guitar and vocals, Cory Lerios on keyboards and vocals), Steve Price on drums and Bud Cockrell on bass and vocals, the band's first album was a minor success. Initially, there were many fans who were left wondering who Pablo Cruise really was. When asked the question, the band, which is a quartet, would answer, "he's the guy in the middle." When asked what Pablo Cruise meant, the band would say that "Pablo represents an honest, real, down to earth individual; and Cruise depicts his fun loving and easy going attitude towards life." [5]
They released their second album in 1976, titled Lifeline. The album achieved slightly higher success than their first, but still only managed to chart at #139 in the United States. 1977's A Place in the Sun was the turning point in the band's career as they finally entered the mainstream music scene. With hit single "Whatcha Gonna Do?" and the title track "A Place in the Sun", the album peaked at #19 on the Billboard charts.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- David Jenkins – Guitar, vocals (1973–1985, 2004 – present)
- Cory Lerios – Keyboards, vocals (1973–1985, 2004 – present)
- George Gabriel – Bass, vocals (2004 – present)
- Steve Price – Drums (1973–1981, 2004 – present)
[edit] Past members
- Bud Cockrell – Bass, vocals (1973 – 1977)
- Bruce Day – Bass, vocals (1978 – 1980)
- John Pierce – Bass, vocals (1981 – 1983)
- Angelo Rossi – Guitar, vocals (1981 – 1982)
- David Perper – Drums (1983)
- Stef Birnbaum – Guitar, vocals (1983
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | U.S. | RIAA certification and additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Pablo Cruise | 174 | debut album |
| 1976 | Lifeline | 139 | |
| 1977 | A Place in the Sun | 19 | 1x Platinum |
| 1978 | Worlds Away | 6 | 1x Platinum |
| 1979 | Part of the Game | 39 | |
| 1981 | Reflector | 34 | |
| 1983 | Out of Our Hands | - | last album of new material |
| 2001 | The Best of Pablo Cruise | - | Greatest Hits Compilation |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | "Whatcha Gonna Do?" | 6 |
| 1977 | "A Place in the Sun" | 42 |
| 1978 | "Don't Want to Live Without it" | 21 |
| 1978 | "Love Will Find a Way" | 6 |
| 1978 | "Never Had a Love" | 87 |
| 1979 | "I Go to Rio" | 46 |
| 1979 | "I Want You Tonight" | 19 |
| 1981 | "Cool Love" | 13 |
| 1981 | "Slip Away" | 75 |
| 1983 | "Out of Our Hands" | 86 |
