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Balaam and the Angel are a Scottish rock band founded by Mark, James (known as Jim), and Desmond (known as Des) Morris in Cannock, England in 1984.〔http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/united+kingdom/balaam+and+the+angel1〕〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/295035-Balaam-And-The-Angel〕 ==Career== As children in Motherwell, the Morris brothers worked in the entertainment industry as part of a cabaret act. They moved south to England to Cannock, Staffordshire, where they formed Balaam and the Angel.〔Moore, Christie (2006) ''The Unultimate Rockopedia'', AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4259-6474-5, p. 27-8〕 Initially the band self-released a series of EP's and an album entitled ''Sun Family''〔http://www.discogs.com/Balaam-And-The-Angel-Sun-Family/master/235876〕 via their own Chapter 22 label and played some tour dates opening for The Cult.〔 This caught the attention of Virgin Records, who signed them and released their debut album, ''The Greatest Story Ever Told''.〔http://www.discogs.com/Balaam-The-Angel-The-Greatest-Story-Ever-Told/master/262173〕〔 It peaked at No. 67 in the UK Albums Chart in August 1986.〔 They toured in the United States with The Mission, Kiss and label mate Iggy Pop. A second guitarist and the first non-sibling, Ian McKean of Twenty Flight Rockers,〔(The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002, page 325 )〕〔(International Who's who in Music: Popular music. Vol. two, Volume 1, page 378 )〕〔(The Great Scots Musicography: The Complete Guide to Scotland's Music Makers, page 227 )〕〔http://www.mjwilsonphotography.com/the-long-and-winding-road-the-music-of-mark-ferrick-and-thirteen/〕 was added to the band in 1988.〔 The band began to move away from gothic rock music styles into a sound that had more in common with hard rock. With their new-found style, they recorded the album ''Live Free or Die''.〔http://www.discogs.com/Balaam-The-Angel-Live-Free-Or-Die/master/232589〕 This was soon followed up in similar style when they recorded ''Days of Madness'',〔http://www.discogs.com/Balaam-And-The-Angel-Days-Of-Madness/master/253799〕 before being dropped by Virgin Records.〔 Their song "I'll Show You Something Special" appeared on the soundtrack for the film, ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles''.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd〕 Since 1994, Balaam have used keyboard player Chris Williams (also known as Chris P. Notes) in their live shows. Chris also plays keyboards on Jason Bonham's first band Airrace's second album, Back to the Start, released in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balaam and the Angel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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