NIGHT RANGER Kelly Keagy recalls Nirvana, singing from the side stage, and more.
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2022
- Night Ranger Drummer Kelly Keagy jumps right in with recalling how the band came up with their name, when he first heard Nirvana, and how his band has managed to keep it going for this long! Lots of fun stories from the past, and the future for a band 40+ years old. We had a great time meeting this iconic drummer and artist. Keep watching and dont forget to hit that SUBSCRIBE BUTTON!!
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"Don't Tell Me You Love Me", and "Night Ranger," and "You Can Still Rock in America" are simply epic rock songs. Tasty rock perfection!
Any guitarist that hasn't heard You Can Still Rock In America needs to check it out.
As a teen in the '80s, that guitar solo almost killed us.
Watson and Gillis absolutely killed it
Great drummer, great singer, great performer, great writer, great guy. Kelly is the real deal!
I saw them In 85 Mountain Air show. With Katrina and the waves, And Foreigner( Keagy is a great singer) but Lou Gramm is one of my all time favs.
another soundtrack of my teens. these guy's had it all; vocals, powerful guitars and just enough keyboards. love them
One of my all time favorite bands.
Yes great band I sure miss the MTV days 😩🤘🔥🎸
4 years ago, I brought my 7 year old son to a NR concert and we were front row. As Brad came down in front of us, he saw my son air guitaring, rockin’ out. He took my son up on stage with him and finished out the song with him up there. Never expected that!
Kelly threw a stick to him a few months ago after their show. Great guys. Great music.
Awesome Bro! I agree. I think these guys are incredible - as musicians, and as People.
way to expose your child to hearing damage
@@aliassmithandjones9453 thanks for the attempted sarcasm, however my son has always worn plugs at every concert he has ever been to.
I was at that show he’s talking about on tour with Sammy Hagar, smuggled a camera in and I’ve still got the pictures with his drums to the side and Hagar’s red Trans Am on stage… I was 19 and those days, with that music were like no other!!!
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I was at that show too. I was still in high school and had no plans to go but my girlfriend's mom, who was driving us up there, offered for me to go and then went and bought a ticket off a scalper so I could get in. How cool is that? We were maybe 14 of 15 at the time. Also, I'm remembering my own mom drove me and a friend to see AC/DC - For Those About To Rock tour and waited in the car until it was over. We were in the 6th grade and we thought we were so cool, when in actuality, it was our Moms who were cool.
I saw them open for Kiss on the Creatures of the Night tour (1982). Night Ranger are a great band and I'm still a fan.
Met Night Ranger back stage of a ZZ top show in 82-83 they opened. All super cool and this dude was was awesome!
I like this guy. Just saw him in Helena, MT on his 70th birthday. Great fucking band. Very impressive.
I saw them on Dawn Patrol tour. They were so young and hungry....excellent!!!
I met KK while working at the Good Earth restaurant in Larkspur… 1988?? Asked for his autograph, got it, still have it… and he was super cool! Thanks Kelly!!!
Kelly is crazy talented and also super humble and a really nice guy!
you can still rock in America still is true today, forty years later.
Such a great underrated band. I'd love an interview with Jeff Watson and Fitz..
Yes, Jeff Watson is awesome!!! Love his style and playing. When they first started playing Don't tell me you love me on MTV, we would always jump up and crank it to 11. When we saw those railroad tracks appear on the screen, we knew it was time to rock! Such a awesome tune. Man I wish I could go back to the early 80's, and do it all over again!!!! There will never be another decade of fresh new music like there was in the 70's and 80's, never!!!!!
Yep. My favorites in N-R and Jeff Watson and Kelly Keagy. What incredible musicians. I wish Jeff was still in the band. But I get it. Stuff happens, and life happens. Doesn't always work the way you want it to.
I know it sounds like nostalgia, but they haven't been the same band since. Now they sound like Aerosmith.. I like Aerosmith, but I would much rather they sounding like Night ranger.
Fitz is so underrated!!phenomenal addition to the band. Never over played. Never underplayed. Perfection!
Saw them back in the 80”s and they had the drummer up front I always thought that was pretty dang cool
Back in Nov. '79, I saw Night Ranger open for Ian Hunter in SF at a place called The Old Waldorf, but they were called 'Stereo', then in Sept of '80, I saw them again opening for Gamma at the same venue, this time they were 'Ranger'. I know this because I have it written down in my old concert logs...I wrote Ranger (aka Stereo)!
huge respect for mr keagy!
Underrated singer, drummer and songwriter. "Dawn Patrol" remains one of the greatest debut albums ever. NR have their own sound. Great band that I unfortunately never had the chance to see live.
I'm glad Night Ranger is still together after all these years,I seen them at the New York State Fair in 2014.
seen them back a few years ago at beaver dam ky and they were awesome!!!!!
These guys are the real deal. I took my daughter to see them in 2019. It was her first concert. She was 12 years old. She loved it. They put on a hell of a show.
this band still rocks every night, I agree.
Night Ranger is one of my all-time favorite bands. On my Top 10 list for sure. Maybe even Top 5. And Kelly Keagy is one of my all-time favorite musicians. One of the all-time great singing drummers. So musical. So melodic. But the guys also just flat-out rock. Killer twin-guitar attack rock band, with 2 great lead singers.... on bass and drums. Rare. And this is a great upload!
At night she sleeps is one of my top 5 songs
@@shanewilson199 That's a good one, Bro!
@@jimmyz2098 actually that album is one of the greats of that era. As for dual lead bands, the two of em were so different in styles that most of the time you tell if it was Watson or gillis playing. This boy needs to rock is another killer song.
My first concert was Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol
Mine too had to dig for a day due to a blizzard but made it in time. They were awesome.
First concert Night Ranger
Saw them in February at a medium sized venue in Green Bay (WI) and man...they rocked as hard as they ever have...100% effort and energy...it was a fantastic show
From Dawn Patrol on I was a huge Night Ranger fan!
Great singer . Miss this band.
I love Night Ranger!!
Great interview. So down to earth and real,very cool. Thanks and Cheers 🍻
Brad Giles was cool with Ozzy !
Everyone knew he stepped up big time.
Surprising that doesn’t get talked about more ! What he pulled off on short notice was unreal ! Was at the first Oakland show after RR passing ! Brad killed it !
Been a fan since there beginning, really like there new stuff, comfort me , truth, just amazing music 🎵
I love how the interviews begin, the video editing and music on the intros is always awesome. Great feel and style
We are glad you like it!
Great interview, just saw these guys for the 3rd time a couple weeks ago in Norman,OK. Always a great show & like Jack Blades says “ they’re just having fun, it’s the best thing to have “! Come back soon guys. Thanks
Imagine being able to say Night Ranger was named after you, a guy off the streets that attended all your gigs, wow
Yep, that's what I thought too. Was surprised no one else commented about that.
Please keep the interviews coming! Your production and style are fantastic
That spiked color on his shirt though😳🤘🔥🎸
Powerful vocal too!
I like that he didn't dump on the grunge wave, and even gave it props. Cool guy.
@@dimndcristo well said! I agree though. I think a lot of 80’s rock bands aren’t fond of the grunge era because it essentially replaced anything 80’s related overnight. A lot of those bands went from stadium shows to theatre/clubs immediately
Love this channel
I remember buying Big Life in 87 on cassette as a kid and digging it. Musician wise they were way above most of the glam metal of the time although I am a grunge guy really.
Guess you could say 'I could take a liking to Big Life'? :P
BTW, the first single - and The Ballad the record company asked for - off that record was “I Did It For Love”. The record company hyped that release for weeks and weeks before it was announced. They would send my record store a sheet of paper that looked like a newspaper clipping headline “I Did It For Love”… with no other details or explanation. After a few weeks, it was suspense: “WHO did WHAT for love????”. Then they shipped the single and album. And that album just RIPS. My fave NR album, and that’s saying something!
What a cool guy and attitude!
I thought he was going to talk about Nirvana watching them from the side of the stage. I misread it. He seems like a really cool, down to earth dude. I always saw Night Ranger as a bridge between REO, Journey, Boston and the Crue, Ratt etc.
That’s crazy you say that…
I took my kids to their first concert 2009. It was The Tubes, Foo, ZZTop. And although, the whole time when FF were onstage, Gene Simmons sat on a speaker right behind Taylor Hawkins drum kit.
When The Tubes were onstage, I noticed three guys standing right off the side of the stage, watching intently and after every song, clapped, very serious. It was really cool to see and I fought with myself to not videotape or take a picture. Even though it was Dave, Pat, and Taylor. I wanted to remember it how I remember it. Now, I so wish I had. It was awesome.
Love this dude. I'll never understand how he can sing like that while playing like that. These guys still crush it on stage. They're a great band. Nirvana gets more credit than is deserved. There several better bands from that era. For some reason Nirvana was given the mantle as the one and only. Alice in Chains, for the win
Couldn't agree more. Nirvana is one of the most overrated bands in history. The great bands from that era were AIC, STP, and Soundgarden. I think Pearl Jam is overrated too.
@Jimmy Lewis we could totally be friends. I'm 100% on board with your comment. Freakin love STP, too. And soundgarden. Dave Grohl is a great talent and a super nice dude and the ultimate ambassador for rock n roll and the fans. he totally gets it. So I have a ton of respect for him, but I never understood nirvana and I never got the foo fighters, either. I guess I'm just old.
Number one, your profile pic is awesome. I got three.
Number two, One word: Layne. 🤘🏼
yes. singing drummers. 👍
Unbelievable...71 years old.
Another great video
The power of a big-time hit single in the early '80s.. they rode sister Christian all the way into pretty much a lifelong occupation in music.. that would never happen today.
They had alot of good songs. Not just Sister Christian. Idk what your talking about. Bands today don't have the level of talent these guys did
Bro u shallow n this era
@@dizzyred1390 The current era couldn't be anymore shallow and I ain't your bruh clown
You are exactly right. Back then the song of the summer would last 20 years. Now there are 10 songs of the summer and you hear them 8 months later and think to yourself I remember that song. But I could see millennials and generation Y not understanding. The entertainment industry as a whole is a completely different animal now compared to Is 30 or 40 years ago
Uh margarita ville is biggest example Jimmy buffet is a billionaire off of one song. Saw an ad for margarita ville shoes yesterday
Kelly and Brad view Nirvana differently. Kelly seems to have enjoyed it. Brad on the other hand felt it was depressing. I agree with Brad, I like upbeat music that makes me feel better not down in the dumps.
Great interview! Looking forward to tate
Chad Smith from RHCP, Will Ferrell and Kelly could all be brothers.
First 3 albums are classics. Saw them on the 7 Wishes tour with VanZant at the Ionia Free Fair. Fantastic and one of my favorite bands.
Grunge sucks.
Grunge doesn't suck. You should be able to appreciate both. I have friends that pigeon hole themselves into only.listening to one type of music or one genre of rock. A person loses out when they do that. I was raised by my parents on classic rock. To me, Led Zeppelin is the greatest band ever. Then I listened to alot of 80s. Loved alot but didn't think it was all grand. Night Ranger were great. I loved Brad Gillis and especially Jack Blades. Saw Dokken. Saw LA Guns. Saw KIX live and they were great. They weren't as popular as some of the other hair bands, but they were great live. Tesla were phenomenal. I liked alot of other great bands that started in the 80s that you probably never touched or thought of. Most are still around today in some form. Pixies. Soul Asylum were epic. The Replacements. Dinosaur Jr, Husker DU. Grunge was awesome. You can't tell me you didn't like any Nirvana? Pearl Jam. Soundgarden with the now deceased Chris Cornell? He had the voice of a generation. It gave birth to the Foo Fighters. One of the very finest and talented bands of the past 25 yrs, and one of my all time favorites
@@sdc7823 it's called an opinion...grunge does suck, and so does today's music....
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@@tttarms1970 If you say so.......I guess Grunge bands have all sucked themselves into the Hall of Fame and sold more albums than Night Ranger ever thought about selling.
@@sdc7823 that hall of fame has no credibility what so ever....when you induct...public enemy donna summer and all the other shit....and thin lizzy is still not I. There?? So your comment means shot, and by the way selling more does not mean your better. Like metallica being the "best" metal band out there.... not even fucking close...
Saw them on their first tour with kiss creatures of the night tour .NR killed it and they are still so good separate or together
I saw Brad Gillis at the Meadowlands when he finished out Ozzy's Diary of a Madman tour. Unfortunately it was because Randy Rhoads had died. RIP Randy.
So they had to scrap the original Dawn Patrol cover saying 'Ranger' now I'm curious did they have a logo that was just half of the Night Ranger logo or just had 'Ranger' in some plain typeface.
What’s that song at the end
“Hey everyone, let’s rock shall we.” He reminds me of Will Ferrell playing a dad trying to be cool for for his son’s back yard party.
People quit going to shows and buying cds because they grew up, had kids etc. The little brothers chose grunge as their identity. Let's face it, by 89-91, there was cheezy LA shit coming out
It's so hard for fans of metal, hard rock and hair bands to admit that that genre imploded on itself; it had been dead and bloated for at least a couple years by the time Nirvana hit.
He hasn't aged since 1983.
Met him at record store in Burbank so I went and bought Dawn Patrol cd for him to sign for me and he wrote. "Thanks for 3 1/2 cents"...wished I never met him.
Night Ranger was never Heavy Metal, they were hard rock pop like Cutting Crew, Honeymoon Suite, Boston, April Wine, etc...very good band.
What happened with Jeff Watson? Where is he?
He was always 50.
He could be Mickey Curry’s long lost brother. (Bryan Adams drummer) Lol
Anyone know the song at 0:39?
Gothic, all our music is created for the MRB. Glad you like it.
awesome underrated drummer. just because they sang sappy songs Iike sister Christian doesn't mean they can't rock
Did he say they've been around for 35 years? Isn't it closer to 40-45?
Maybe he doesn't include the time they broke up?
Wasn't that Dawn Patrol?
I just want to know, has anyone ever seen Alan Fitzgerald without his sunglasses on????? Anybody?????
Still miss Tom Watson...
He was the other guitar player opposite Brad Gillis. Check out some of the 80's and early 90's albums. Very good. Beck took his place. He used to play for Winger.
You can still rock in America, but for how much longer? Things aint looking good.
What was the point of the keyboard player's surgeon getup?
Not only Chad Smith that looks like Will Ferrell heh
IN WHAT WORLD WAS NIGHT RANGER METAL ?
cool band but in no way metal, even back then.
Seriously. Commercial hard rock, but definitely not metal.
Had tickets to see them in Grand Junction CO. And they canceled. Never got a reason
Saw cannibal corpse in GJ….oddest place I ever thought I’d see those guys.
And night ranger is a live band. Dont think studio does them justice....
'80s
Drug usage aside these guys were awesome.
He kinda has a resemblance to Will Ferrell
"Mister" Christian himself! 😄 Man, Sister Christian was bigger than life. Kelly could have just retired after he wrote that song if he wanted to.
Actually MTV killed eveyyhing . They just used grunge as a weapon.
Kurt Cobain said bands like Loverboy and Night Ranger ruined Rock n Roll. Yet Loverboy and Night Ranger are still around , what happened to GRUNGE ?
It died when Kurt died.
I liked Sister Christian until I found out what it was about. Little creepy for me.
I have no opinion of Night Ranger, but featuring them on an 80s metal channel is questionable.
Although I disagree with Kelly because alternative and grunge sucked! I’m so glad that night ranger never changed into that style they kept who they were and they’re all for the better because of it!,… And the band played on!
I agree. A couple of 80s bands (Def Lep, VH) went that route and I'm like 🤦♂️.
@Sapper Steel I know what you mean
How funny. I love all the songs, Sister Christian is not high on the list at all
Only a few good songs ,good warmup band
um, coke
Image was everything in the 80s and this dude did not fit in..
Nirvana was a good band, but their music doesn't really hold up anymore.
Sure it does - Nirvana songs are still played regularly on rock radio and they're still popular with young rock fans in their teens and early-to-mid 20's (the small percentage that still like rock, that is).
nirvana...what they were projecting was "we don't know shit about our instruments..."
Thank goodness for grunge
80s rock is pure cheese
And 90s rock is pure noise.
@@sappersteel532 ok boomer
Fail #2, but keep playing. You're probably use to participation trophies, eh?
@@sappersteel532 boomer tears are the saltiest
The irony- who here is offended?
Lol get fucked
@@Plisken65 it’s aged better than 80s hair metal lmfao
Your still able to grow a mullet and keep your Trans Am on the road?
Never ever liked Nirvana. Really don't like Night Ranger that much either but I did take the time recently to watch a live show on YT. Think it was at Sea World. It was good. I was surprised. Not one for the drum kit to be to the side but hey be you. Just like Robert Sweet. I usually don't take the time to leave somewhat negative comments but today is an exception. Think because of my massive dislike for Nirvana. I can't play anything & I could probably be better. It's just crap.
I never liked Night Ranger. People call 80s rock cheesy and often It's unfair, but Night Ranger is effing CHEESY. All of their songs are in a major key, their stage moves are goofy, their lyrics are superficial... just nope. That being said: Kelly Keagy seems like a really likable, positive dude.
First album was the best.
@@dimndcristo Not sure how you got that from what I wrote, but okay. 😀
Stick with Nirvana which in terms of cheese was ass cheese.
Nightranger was garbage Styx part 2
@@Plisken65 like this band?
Always loved how Kelly played the drums 'sideways'. And man, he can sing, no doubt one of the greatest singing drummers of all time. I also love the fact they're all NorCal guys, like myself. It's a travesty they are not in the RRHOF, but their local counterparts Huey Lewis and the News and Tower of Power are in not either! WTF is up with that BS!
Down to Earth guy, and very talented. Thanks!
People quit going to shows and buying cds because they grew up, had kids etc. The little brothers chose grunge as their identity. Let's face it, by 89-91, there was cheezy LA shit coming out
Excellent observational theory. Never thought of it that way. Just as my older brothers were into Chicago and Elton John in the early 70s I was into Kiss and Led Zeppelin and eventually Iron Maiden and Judas Priest and so on
Added. But I still pick up CDs at yard sales and swap meets and still will go to a show if it’s someone worth seeing or free tix!