Spread Eagle (band)

Spread Eagle
Spread Eagle Live February 2013 at The House of Rock Baltimore, Maryland
Background information
Origin	New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Hard rock, glam metal
Years active	1989–1995, 2006–present
Labels	MCA/Universal Records, Lovember Records
Associated acts	UFO, Sebastian Bach, OF EARTH, All Pointz West
Members	Ray West Rob De Luca Rik DeLuca Ziv Shalev
Past members	Paul DiBartolo Tommi Gallo Dennis Kimack

Spread Eagle is an American hard rock band from New York City. After only a few months of formation they were signed by MCA/Universal Records. They released two albums Spread Eagle (1990) and Open To The Public (1993), then disbanded in 1995. In 2006 the band reunited.

In January 2011 the band officially announced their new line-up and according to bassist and founding member Rob De Luca there are plans for touring in North America and Europe.

In the late 1980s, founding members Paul DiBartolo, Rob De Luca and Tommi Gallo were playing in a Boston based band called Bang.

In 1989 guitarist Paul Di Bartolo (a.k.a. Salvadore Poe) traveled to New York City where he met singer Ray West. Paul was so impressed by his voice, that he immediately convinced bassist Rob De Luca and drummer Tommi Gallo to follow him to New York and start a new band with Ray, which became Spread Eagle.

After only a few months of rehearsing they signed with MCA/Universal Records.

As they were signed while still rehearsing for their first gig, they wrote most songs for their debut 1990 debut album Spread Eagle in the recording studio. Receiving little promotion from MCA the band produced the video for "Scratch Like A Cat" using their own money and with the help of friends.

The band spent a lot of time on the road before recording their follow-up album and began burning out. First to leave was drummer Tommi Gallo. He was replaced by Kirke Blankenship who did not stay for long and played drums on one track (High Horses) of the second album Open To The Public. That album was then recorded with session drummers John Macaluso from TNT and Thommy Price from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.Open to the Public was released in 1993. Dave Femia played the drums on the following tour. The new record did not meet the expectations of their fans and Grunge took over the music scene. So in 1995 Spread Eagle resigned and split up.