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| name = Balance | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = New York City, United States | genre = Hard rock | years_active = 1980–1983 | label = Portrait | associated_acts = KISS, Meat Loaf, Skull, Blackthorne, Murderers Row, Blues Magoos, Barnaby Bye, Wiggy Bits, Heaven, Speedway Boulevard, Blue Öyster Cult, Red Dawn, Rainbow, Brand X | website = | current_members = Bob Kulick Peppy Castro Doug Katsaros Andy Newmark Gregg Gerson Dennis Feldman Chuck Burgi | past_members = }} Balance was an early 1980s hard rock band based out of New York City and fronted by Peppy Castro, formerly of Blues Magoos. They are perhaps best known for their minor 1981 hit, "Breaking Away". BiographyIn addition to Castro, original members included guitarist Bob Kulick and arranger/keyboardist Doug Katsaros. The trio recorded their self-titled debut album with session musicians, one of whom, drummer Andy Newmark also co-wrote one of the songs on the album and was apparently an official member of the band at one point. Newmark was later replaced by Gregg Gerson, who departed soon thereafter to play with Billy Idol. Prior to recording their follow-up album, Balance added the rhythm section of drummer Chuck Burgi (ex-Brand X) and bassist Dennis Feldman (ex-Speedway Blvd.) to the lineup. The group's most noteworthy release was 1981's "Breaking Away" from their eponymous debut album which reached No. 133 on the Billboard 200. The song peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The album's follow-up single, "Falling in Love", peaked at No. 58. The band failed to reach the chart again. In early 1982, Balance entered The Power Station in New York, now Avatar Studios, to produce their sophomore album, In For The Count, with Tony Bongiovi, a cousin of Jon Bon Jovi, engineering and co-producing. After a massive house cleaning on so-called 'Black Friday', when 200 staffers at CBS, Epic and Portrait were let go, Balance would lose their supporters at the label and In For The Count became a direct casualty of the turnover. Although things looked bleak at home, the band experienced one last hurrah when they were asked to write a song for a major Japanese commercial to launch the new Daihatsu Charade. The resulting song was "Ride the Wave" which was also commercially released through Polydor, with album leftover "She's Alone Tonight" on the B-side. Balance would play a short tour of Japan before calling it quits due to lack of interest from their label and management company. Castro, Katsaros, Burgi, and Feldman (along with Bob Kulick's younger brother, Bruce) reunited briefly when they appeared on Michael Bolton's 1985 album, Everybody's Crazy. Kulick and Feldman, the latter adopting the name Dennis St. James and handling lead vocals, would re-team again in the band Skull whose sole album, No Bones About It, was released in 1991; Bruce Kulick and Chuck Burgi guested on various tracks. In the wake of the 2006 re-issue of In For the Count, Italian label Frontiers Records inquired about a possible new Balance album. Equilibrium was released in 2009 and features original core members Kulick, Castro and Katsaros, along with drummer Brett Chassen, who also co-produced with Kulick, as well as guest spots from Bruce Kulick on bass and Jesse Castro on drums. In 2014, the band reunited for its first live shows in 31 years for a short 3-date tour in Sweden. Peppy Castro, Bob Kulick and Doug Katsaros were joined by Dan Larsson on bass and Jonas Wikström on drums. Sweden Rock Magazine gave the band a rave review of their gig at the famous Rockland Club in Sala, Sweden, on August 26, 2014. On October 6, 2015, Peppy Castro was interviewed by Swedish Radio about the continued and renewed interest in the band such as fans of the band recently setting up a Facebook page wanting the band to play at Sweden Rock Festival in 2016. DiscographyStudio albums
Singles
Re-issues
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/balance/chart-history/billboard-200 |title=Balance Chart History - Billboard 200 |accessdate=February 13, 2019|work=Billboard}} External links
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