Roger O'Donnell

When it came time to make a music video for the vital airplay of MTV, the move from the band wasn't great.

Roger O'Donnell has said that everyone was grumpy about being dragged back into the studio during a valuable downtime between tour legs.

There was also some frustration when I

interviewed Steve Kilby, front man of The Church, who thought that the song basically ripped off his song that came out a year before, Under the Milky Way, by The Church.

He was the original bassist and co-founding member of Quiet Riot alongside guitarist Randy Rhodes during the early club years of the group.

In 1957, Roger O'Donnell was born.

He was the long-serving keyboardist for the group The Cure.

In fact, he was on their album back in 1989 called Disintegration.

supposedly.

Because even when they brought in Roger O'Donnell and Simon, they replaced most of the parts that Lowell...

Re-recorded, yeah.

Re-recorded what Lowell had already recorded.

birthdays this week david i think we got a good amount take it away

all right chad smith of the red hot chili peppers was born in 1962 on the 25th matthias jabs of the scorpions born 1955 and 25th glenn tipton of judas priest born in 1949 on the 25th john anderson of yes born in 1944 on the 25th kenneth kk downing of judas priest born in 51 on the 27th william reed of jesus and mary chain born in 58 on the 28th g stephen morris of new order born 57 of the 28th uh roger o'donnell of the cure born in 1955 on the 29th kevin dubrow Of Quiet Riot, born in 1955, also on the 29th.

Gavin Rosdale of Bush, 1967, on the 30th.

Joey Belladonna of Anthrax, born 1960, on the 30th.

that we're talking about today.

After the release of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, the band hires keyboardist Roger O'Donnell to supplement Tolhurst while allowing Paul Thompson to focus on guitar.

Tolhurst's drinking had worsened and began to interfere with his performance, necessitating the hire of yet another keyboard player as Smith was reluctant to fire his childhood friend.

And then in 1988, Paul Thompson married Robert Smith's sister Janet.

the piano prodigy that I mentioned earlier, making Thompson and Smith brothers-in-law until the couple divorced in 2000.

Oh, no.

But yeah, Roger O'Donnell, he's the last of the three keyboard players we're talking about.

Born October 29th, 1955 in East London.