Genre: Hard Rock
Format: ape + cue + log
Released: 1992
Label: President Records Ltd.
2. Year of the Dragon
3. Tired of Waiting For You
4. Heartache
5. Good Is Good
6. Carrie
7. Without Your Love
8. I Lose Again
9. The Mercenary
10. Black Night/Strange Kind of Woman
11. I Lose Again - (Instrumental Version)
An Anglo-Dutch project featuring ex-FOCUS man Jan Akkerman, the band would attract an enviable array of experienced Rock talent over a series of albums. FORCEFIELD also comprised ex-FANCY vocalist / guitarist Ray Fenwick. Ray had also been a member of the IAN GILLAN band in 1976 and also cut the bizarrely titled 'Keep America Beautiful Get A Haircut' solo album in 1971 (Decca SKL 5090). The FORCEFIELD debut comprised a clutch of re-worked well known Rock standards such as DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water', LED ZEPPELIN's 'Whole Lotta Love', THE KINKS 'Set Me Free' and 'You Really Got Me' and CREAM's 'White Room' and 'Sunshine Of Your Love'. The featured musicians included the WHITESNAKE rhythm section of drummer COZY POWELL and bassist Neil Murray, SERGEANT vocalist PETE PRESCOTT and bass player Mo Foster.
A second effort, 1988's 'Forcefield II - The Talisman', had Fenwick joined by JAN AKKERMAN. On vocals would be BLACK SABBATH's TONY MARTIN with Powell back on the drums. - RockDetector
...In the late 80s Cozy became involved with guitarist Ray Fenwick's Forcefield project. This was a series of albums, starting with the self-titled Forcefield, in 1986, which featured various musicians from the Deep Purple family tree (e.g. Graham Bonnett, Don Airey, Neil Murray, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Tony Martin, Mo Foster... and the list goes on). The songs covered on that first album included (what else?) Smoke On The Water, as well as Sunshine Of Your Love, White Room, Whole Lotta Love, You Really Got Me...
This was followed by Forcefield II - The Talisman in 1987 - Cozy Powell - a personal take
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