Billy Satellite
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| Studio album by Billy Satellite | |
| Released | 1984 |
| Genre | Rock |
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Capitol Capitol 12340 (U.S., LP) |
| Producer | Don Gehman |
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Cover of the 2000 ATM Records re-release
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| B-side | "Turning Point" | |||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Melodic Album-oriented rock | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label |
Capitol Capitol 5356 (U.S., 7") |
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| Songwriter(s) | Byrom, Chauncey, Walker | |||
| Producer(s) | Don Gehman | |||
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Billy Satellite was an American rock band based in Oakland, California. Formed in 1983, the band consisted of Monty Byrom (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Danny Chauncey (guitar, keyboards), Ira Walker (bass), and Tom "Fee" Falletti (drums). They are perhaps best known for composing and performing the original version of "I Wanna Go Back," which would later become a big hit for Eddie Money. It was also covered by Gregg Rolie on his 1985 self-titled release.
The group released an eponymous album in 1984, that included the minor hits "I Wanna Go Back" and "Satisfy Me." Accompanying music videos were released for both of these songs. The band recorded a follow-up album that went unreleased until 2016, and the band broke up soon thereafter.
Byrom went on to form New Frontier and later worked with Eddie Money who covered Billy Satellite's "I Wanna Go Back" on his 1986 album Can't Hold Back. (Money would later also cover Billy Satellite's other hit, "Satisfy Me" (under the title "When You Gonna Satisfy Me") on his 1999 album, Ready Eddie.) Later, Byrom was part of the band Big House. In 1987, Chauncey joined 38 Special.
While Chauncey continues to play guitar for .38 Special, the other three members of Billy Satellite (Byrom, Walker, and Falletti) have regrouped to form the band Zen Road Pilots, releasing an album and performing in and around the Bakersfield, CA area.
Billy Satellite made one self-titled album released by Capitol Records that contained two chart singles, "Satisfy Me" and "I Wanna Go Back." The album was re-released as Billy Satellite 1 by ATM Records in 2000 with new cover art and with two bonus tracks. In 2009, Rock Candy Records remastered and re-released the original album again. In April 2016, Billy Satellite's unreleased follow-up album, Billy Satellite II, was released on the AOR Heaven label 31 years after it was recorded and shelved.
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