The Riverdogs is a rock band, founded in Los Angeles in 1989.
37-598: Nick Brophy played as a bass guitarist on Riverdogs and played as a guitarist on Absolutely Live and Bone , replacing Vivian Campbell as guitarist, and himself being replaced by Cary Beare on bass guitar. Vivian Campbell is now playing in Def Leppard and Last in Line . Rob Lamothe was a guest lead vocalist on the song "The River" on former Badlands bass guitarist Greg Chaisson 's solo album It's About Time . Marc Danzeisen also guested on several songs on It's About Time as
74-400: A boarder named Carla from Trenton, New Jersey , who is passing through on her way to San Francisco . Louden falls in love with her and begins to lose sight of his goals as a wrestler. Worse, his drastic weight loss culminates in an unhealthy situation, where he gets frequent nosebleeds which, Louden assumes, is due to a lack of iron in his diet (and results in him having to forfeit a match he
111-579: A cult classic . Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3.5 stars out of a possible 4, saying while the core storyline was a formulaic sports drama "it is nevertheless a movie with some nice surprises, mostly because it takes the time to create some interesting characters", with standout performances from Modine, Cox, and Fiorentino. The soundtrack to the motion picture was released by Geffen Records on February 12, 1985. The soundtrack does not include " No More Words " by Berlin or tracks from REO Speedwagon and Quarterflash , which appear in
148-465: A backing vocalist and percussionist. Rob Lamothe and Vivian Campbell have both had solo careers. Marc Danzeisen went on to play drums with Little Caesar in 1992 and then in 1994 he recorded and toured with Gilby Clarke from Guns N' Roses . Danzeisen has become a leading studio drummer along with producing, and writing songs for commercials, TV and film. Keyboardist Kevin Gilbert played keyboards on
185-651: A performance of "Still of the Night" in Sheffield, England. Campbell has stated, that he doesn't consider Whitesnake an important part of his career: "We were all great individually, but that lineup with those musicians never really gelled. It was fun at the time, and I was flattered to have been invited to be a part of the band, but it doesn't mean an awful lot to me from a musical point of view." After leaving Whitesnake, Campbell would go on to play on Lou Gramm 's second solo album, Long Hard Look . Though Gramm toured in support of
222-501: A team composed mostly of celebrities and former professional football players. On 10 June 2013, Campbell announced that he has Hodgkin's lymphoma . Though he announced in November 2013 that he was in partial remission, in June 2014 he took that back saying the statement was premature. He had stem-cell therapy in late 2014, and by October 2015 he announced that while the cancer is still there he
259-422: Is based on Terry Davis 's 1979 novel of the same name . Modine plays a Spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older woman, an aspiring artist from Trenton, New Jersey on her way to San Francisco . The film includes the first major motion picture appearance by Madonna , who plays a singer at a local bar, where she performs the songs " Crazy for You " and " Gambler ". In some countries,
296-450: Is to drop two weight classes to challenge the area's toughest opponent, Brian Shute, a menacing three-time state champion from nearby rival Hoover High School, who has never been defeated in his high school career. In his zeal to drop from 190 pounds (86 kilograms) to 168 pounds (76 kg), against the wishes of his coach and teammates, he disrupts the team around him and creates health problems of his own. Meanwhile, his father has taken on
333-476: The North Central High School gym. The scene where Louden's big match happens was shot in the gym at Spokane Falls Community College . Erik Abbey consulted on the wrestling scenes to verify their authenticity. The film had moderate success in theaters in the U.S. in 1985, earning a gross of $ 13 million. It has received a rating of 60% at Rotten Tomatoes from 15 reviews, and has gone on to become
370-568: The Top 50 Albums and Top Soundtracks on Cash Box ' s Pop Album Awards. The album was included among Yardbarker 's list of the 25 Best Soundtracks From the 1980s. The movie was renamed Crazy for You in Australia and the UK, due to the new popularity of pop singer Madonna and her song " Crazy for You ". Cashbox ' s Julius Robinson retrospectively commented in 1988, that the song "really put [her] on
407-412: The aforementioned album despite not playing on any of the songs. Campbell, however, did re-record the guitar solo for the single release of " Give Me All Your Love ". During the supporting tour for the band's self-titled album, Campbell's wife was barred from traveling with the group, due to strife between her and Coverdale's wife Tawny Kitaen ; this caused friction between Campbell and Coverdale. After
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#1732863350918444-583: The age of 12 with a Telecaster Thinline and Carlsbro Stingray amp. When he was 15, Campbell joined Teaser, which went on to become Sweet Savage , a NWOBHM band. In 1981 they released an EP consisting of four BBC Radio sessions and their first single, "Take No Prisoners". The band's song "Killing Time" was later covered by Metallica as a B-side for their " The Unforgiven " single, and was included on Metallica's Garage Inc. covers album. Campbell left Sweet Savage in early 1983 to join Dio after guitarist Jake E. Lee
481-477: The album, Campbell would not join him. Now a free agent in the business, Campbell joined the group Riverdogs after being tapped to produce their first demo. As an official member of the band, he would contribute to their eponymous debut album in 1990. Campbell once again teamed up with Lou Gramm in 1991 to join Gramm's new band Shadow King . After a single eponymous album, one music video, and one live show, Campbell left
518-432: The band during the recording process, was putting together a new line-up with the help of Geffen Records ' A&R executive John Kalodner . Along with Campbell, they recruited guitarist Adrian Vandenberg , bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge . The first time the bandmembers all met each other was at the music video shoot for " Still of the Night ". This new line-up would appear in all promotional materials for
555-490: The band parted company in 1986 and he joined Whitesnake. He was replaced by Goldy. Campbell's post-Dio relationship, including how Campbell considered his Dio years relative to his identity as a musician, has at times seemed positive, at times negative. For example, in 2003 Campbell said "[Playing in Dio] never mattered to me – and still doesn't… He's an incredible talent, but he's an awful businessman and way more importantly, one of
592-597: The fall of 1983. The film was shot at Rogers High School in northeast Spokane, referred to as "Thompson High School" in the film. Interior cafeteria scenes were filmed at Ferris High School on Spokane's South Hill. Some of the locker room scenes were filmed in the boys' locker room of Shadle Park High School in northwest Spokane. Madonna's scene was filmed at the Big Foot Tavern on North Division Street in Spokane. Other scenes were shot at The Onion Restaurant downtown and
629-399: The film-music connection is today". In December 1987, Billboard magazine dedicated an article to the links between a movie and a hit single and music videos. In July 1985, Jan DeKnock from Chicago Tribune noted what he called a "movie mania", when various singles from motion pictures reached the first spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that year, beginning with "Crazy for You". It
666-442: The film. The background instrumental music by Tangerine Dream is not included, but was later released on the fan project Tangerine Tree 73: Soundtrax . The soundtrack received generally positive feedback from music journalists. Singapore Monitor called the album a "very timely collection by some of the bigger up-and-coming names in today's pop and rock scene". Similarly, Rick Shefchik , in his review for Knight Ridder , named
703-477: The group to join Def Leppard. Shadow King soon disbanded following Campbell's departure as Gramm and bassist Bruce Turgon would return to Gramm's former band Foreigner . In April 1992, Campbell joined the rock band Def Leppard , after the release of their Adrenalize album. He replaced Steve Clark , who died on 8 January 1991. According to fellow guitarist Phil Collen , Campbell was able to lock right into
740-479: The map". Writing for Cashbox in 1985, Peter Berk explained the film "offered a valuable lesson to the industry", showing "how much a hit song can do to promote an otherwise soon-to-be forgotten movie". He continued, writing that, although Journey 's "Only The Young" drew attention to the album, Madonna's "Crazy for You" made the soundtrack "so magnetic to record buyers". He complimented that films like Vision Quest have "made many people aware of just how invaluable
777-755: The original songs. Through the latter part of 2016, the Riverdogs were working on an album, recording in Hollywood, CA. The album, California , was released on July 7, 2017. Vivian Campbell Vivian Patrick Campbell (born 25 August 1962) is a Northern Irish musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the guitarist of Dio . He has also been the guitarist of Def Leppard since 1992 (replacing Steve Clark after his death). Campbell has also worked with Thin Lizzy , Whitesnake , Sweet Savage , Trinity, Riverdogs and Shadow King . Campbell began playing guitar at
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#1732863350918814-627: The position very naturally by simply being himself. Campbell made his debut with the band by playing a show in a Dublin club to approximately 600 people. A week later, 20 April 1992, the band took the stage at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert , with their new guitarist. They performed, "Animal", "Let's Get Rocked", and the Queen classic, " Now I'm Here ", with Brian May . Despite treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma , Campbell continued to tour with Def Leppard during summer 2013, and he and
851-539: The release as "the best soundtrack album in the racks these days". Brian Chin from Billboard complimented Madonna's songs on the soundtrack. The album charted in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Upon release, Jeff Bunch from The Spokesman-Review named it one of the "best examples of profitable soundtracks" of unsuccessful movies. The home video release also peaked at number five on Cash Box ' s Top 40 Videocassettes. Vision Quest ended as one of
888-437: The rest of the band returned to the stage in summer 2014 as co-headliners with Kiss . In 2005 Campbell released a solo album produced by Tor Hyams called Two Sides of If , which features cover versions of his favourite blues tunes and one original blues song. Terry Bozzio plays drums on the album. ZZ Top 's Billy Gibbons guests on two songs, and Joan Osborne on one other song. In mid-2010/early 2011, when Def Leppard
925-519: The second of which was also included on the soundtrack to the film Vision Quest . Also around this time the band recorded the song "Hide in the Rainbow" for the Iron Eagle soundtrack, the last song Campbell would record with Dio. A live EP Intermission was also released. Craig Goldy played on the disc's only studio song "Time to Burn" and over-dubbed the rhythm parts on the live tracks. Campbell and
962-518: The song "America" from Riverdogs . Allen DeSilva played drums on the song "America" from Riverdogs . Riverdogs (Rob Lamothe, Vivian Campbell, Nick Brophy and Marc Danzeisen) signed to MelodicRock Records for an album to be released in the first half of 2011. The result, World Gone Mad features unreleased music from the "lost" 2003 sessions and possibly new songs. A week was spent in Los Angeles working up ideas, and re-mixing and adding new parts to
999-479: The studio to write and record the follow-up to Holy Diver, The Last in Line , which charted at No. 23 in the US. " The Last in Line ", "We Rock" and "Mystery" all became radio hits. A concert video from this tour called A Special From The Spectrum was released. The follow-up Sacred Heart was also a success, and managed to peak at No. 29 in the U.S. It featured the hits "Rock N Roll Children" and "Hungry For Heaven",
1036-413: The title of the film was changed to capitalize on Madonna's emerging fame and the popularity of the song "Crazy for You". The film has become a cult classic . Louden Swain is a wrestler at Thompson High School who has just turned 18 years old. He has decided that he needs to do something truly meaningful in his life. He embarks on a mission or, in a Native American term, a vision quest . His goal
1073-691: The tour ended, the latter informed the rest of the band that the next Whitesnake album would be written by him and Adrian Vandenberg alone. Vandenberg, for his part, didn't want Campbell in the band. Instead he sought to be Whitesnake's sole guitarist. Campbell later remarked: "I knew deep inside that this wasn't a band I would last in for too long." Eventually Campbell was informed by Whitesnake's tour manager that he'd been fired. He officially exited Whitesnake in December 1988, with David Coverdale citing musical differences. Campbell's relationship with Coverdale remained strained for many years after his departure, due to
1110-852: The vilest people in the industry." Campbell later stated that he regretted making the statement., and Ronnie James Dio stated in an article in Hit Parader that he wished Campbell "the best." Further, in 2012 Campbell reunited with original Dio members bassist Jimmy Bain and drummer Vinnie Appice, along with vocalist Andrew Freeman , to form the band Last in Line , and Campbell subsequently made statements that suggest he had come to view his time in Dio more positively than he previously had indicated. In 1987, Campbell joined English hard rock group Whitesnake , who had recently recorded their album Whitesnake that would go on to achieve multi-platinum status. Lead vocalist David Coverdale , who had fired all other members of
1147-478: The way Coverdale handled his firing. It wasn't until 2008 when Def Leppard and Whitesnake toured together, that Campbell and Coverdale were able to sort out their past differences. Campbell remarked: "David was very apologetic, and pointed out that he was in this bad relationship, living in an ivory tower, having people do things instead of doing those things by himself. — All this belongs in the past. We are all good now." In 2015, Campbell joined Whitesnake on stage for
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1184-560: Was doing much better using immunotherapy , undergoing treatment every three weeks with pembrolizumab . In 2023, he announced that the pembrolizumab was waning in effectiveness and chemotherapy had been added to his recent treatments. Vision Quest (film) Vision Quest (released in the United Kingdom and Australia as Crazy for You ) is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic drama film starring Matthew Modine , Linda Fiorentino , Michael Schoeffling , and Ronny Cox . It
1221-677: Was offered Randy Rhoads 's spot as Ozzy Osbourne 's lead guitarist in December 1982. When Campbell joined Dio , Ronnie James Dio , Vinny Appice , and former Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain had most of the songs to the album Holy Diver already written. The album was a success and included Dio's biggest hit, " Rainbow in the Dark ". A concert video, called In Concert , from this tour was released. The band also played at The 4th Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England in August 1983 and Monsters of Rock, Nuremberg, Germany in 1984. Dio returned to
1258-455: Was on hiatus, Campbell agreed to join Thin Lizzy , long his favorite band. After the tour, which he said inspired him to play more aggressively, he asked Jimmy Bain and Vinny Appice—both members of the original band Dio—to get together for a Dio tribute project that ultimately became the band Last In Line. With singer Andrew Freeman, they recorded the album Heavy Crown . Bain died before the album
1295-661: Was released, and Campbell praised his creativity and his presence, adding that Bain deserved co-writing credits on more of the early Dio songs. Last in Line continued on, recruiting Phil Soussan to take over playing bass. The band released two more albums, II in 2019 and Jericho in 2023. Campbell currently lives in New Hampshire and has two daughters with ex-wife Julie Campbell. After getting divorced, Campbell married his longtime girlfriend Caitlin Phaneuf on 4 July 2014. He also plays football regularly with Hollywood United F.C. ,
1332-540: Was the first song produced by John Benitez to climb to the U.S. charts, breaking the nine-week steak of " We Are the World ". Australian music editor Marc Andrews, in Madonna Song by Song (2022), wrote that "Crazy for You" is now "considered one of the greatest, if not sexiest, love songs of all time". Len Comaratta, from Consequence , called it "a classic in the rock ballad canon". According to Billboard , "Crazy for You"
1369-655: Was winning). The two finally admit their love for each other, but Carla realizes she is distracting him from his goals. Carla decides to move out and continue on to San Francisco, but not before seeing Louden's big match, in which he makes a comeback from losing and pins Shute in the final seconds with an O-Goshi (over-under hip toss). As Louden celebrates his victory, he monologues to the audience, "...I guess that's why we got to love those people who deserve it like there's no tomorrow. 'Cause when you get right down to it—there isn't." Production took place in Spokane, Washington , in
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