Pablo Cruise
is a Pop/Rock Rock band currently composed of David Jenkins (guitar and vocals), Cory Lerios (keyboards and vocals), Steve Price (drums) and George Gabriel (bass and vocals).
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History
Pablo Cruise began in
1973, with former members of
Stoneground (Lerios, Jenkins and Price) and
It's a Beautiful Day (Cockrell).
[1] The band released its first album in 1975, the self-titled
Pablo Cruise
.
[2]
Consisting of
David Jenkins (musician) on
guitar and
vocals,
Cory Lerios on
keyboards and
vocals),
Steve Price on drums and
Bud Cockrell on
bass and
vocals, the band's first album was a minor success. Their first hit was "
Whatcha Gonna Do?" in
1977. This was followed by other chart hits, "
Love Will Find a Way", "
Don't Want to Live Without It" (both
1978), "I Want You Tonight" in 1979 and "
Cool Love" in
1981.
[3]
They released their second album in 1976, titled
Lifeline
. The album achieved slightly higher success than their first, but still only managed to chart at #139 in the
United States. 1977's
A Place in the Sun
was the turning point in the band's career as they finally entered the mainstream music scene. With hit single "
Whatcha Gonna Do?" and the title track "
A Place in the Sun", the album peaked at #19 on the
Billboard charts.
Lineup changes
Bud Cockrell was replaced by
Bruce Day in 1977. Day had a short tenure and was replaced himself in 1980 by popular session bassist
John Pierce. Also in 1980, the band added
Angelo Rossi as an additional guitarist.
In early 1981, Price left suddenly and was succeeded by
Donny Baldwin, who had played with
Elvin Bishop and would move on to
Jefferson Starship by the summer of 1982.
David Perper was next to take over the drum throne and
Angelo Rossi was replaced by
Stef Birnbaum (aka Stef Burns) after just one album. In 1983, the group released
Out of Our Hands
and toured again that year with another new member, Jorge Bermudez on vocals & percussion. Mostly due to the rising popularity of
New Wave, the album struggled with sales.
By the end of 1984, Pierce, Birnbaum, Burns and Bermudez had left.
1985 Reunion
In 1985, the four original members reunited hoping to score a new record deal. It was not to be, however, and the group called it quits in 1986.
[4]
Jenkins moved on to join country rockers
Southern Pacific and Lerios worked on movie & TV scores, providing the music for the popular 90s show
Baywatch.
1996 Partial Reunion
Around 1996, Jenkins & Cockrell reunited once again as Pablo Cruise. But Lerios, at the time, was not able to rejoin due to his busy sessions schedule and Price was likewise unavailable, so keyboardist Kincaid Miller and drummer Kevin Wells were brought in. Percussionist James Henry joined in 1999 and two additional backup singers, Caroline & Renita, were also recruited (briefly in 2002) for added stage attraction. Drummer Billy Johnson temporarily sat in for Wells in 2002.
2004 to Present
In June 2004, all four original Pablo members were back together again at Steve Price's wedding. This led to three of the four -- Jenkins, Lerios and Price -- deciding to reconvene permanently. Cockrell was not involved this time and
George Gabriel joined on bass and vocals. The band continues to tour, mainly in and around
California.
Initially, there were many fans who were left wondering who Pablo Cruise really was. When asked the question, the band, which is a quartet, would answer, "he's the guy in the middle." When asked what Pablo Cruise meant, the band would say that "Pablo represents an honest, real, down to earth individual; and Cruise depicts his fun loving and easy going attitude towards life."
[5]
Band members
Current members
- David Jenkins – Guitar, vocals (1973–1986, 1996 – present)
- Cory Lerios – Keyboards, synthesizers, vocals (1973–1986, 2004 – present)
- George Gabriel – Bass, vocals (2004 – present)
- Steve Price – Drums (1973–1981, 2004 – present)
Past members
- Bud Cockrell – Bass, vocals (1973 – 1977, 1985 - 1986, 1996 - 2004)
- Bruce Day – Bass, vocals (1977 – 1980)
- John Pierce – Bass, vocals (1980 – 1984)
- Angelo Rossi – Guitar, vocals (1981 – 1982)
- David Perper – Drums, percussion (1982 - 1984)
- Stef Burnbaum – Guitar, vocals (1982 - 1984)
- Jorge Bermudez - Vocals, percussion (1983 - 1984)
- Kincaid Miller - Keyboards (1996 - 2004)
- Kevin Wells - Drums, percussion, backing vocals (1996 - 2002, 2002 - 2004)
- James Henry - Percussion (1999 - 2004)
- Billy Johnson - Drums, percussion (2002)
- Caroline - Backup vocals (2002)
- Renita - Backup vocals (2002)
Albums
Year
| Album
| U.S.
| RIAA certification and additional information
|
1975
| Pablo Cruise
| 174
| debut album
|
1976
| Lifeline
| 139
|
|
1977
| A Place in the Sun
| 19
| 2x Platinum, Gold in Canada
|
1978
| Worlds Away
| 6
| 2x Platinum, Gold in Canada, Gold in Australia
|
1979
| Part of the Game
| 39
| Canadian Gold
|
1981
| Reflector
| 34
|
|
1983
| Out of Our Hands
| -
| last album of new material
|
2001
| The Best of Pablo Cruise
| -
| Greatest Hits Compilation
|
Singles
Year
| Single
| U.S.
|
1977
| "Whatcha Gonna Do?"
| 6
|
1977
| "A Place in the Sun"
| 42
|
1978
| "Don't Want to Live Without it"
| 21
|
1978
| "Love Will Find a Way"
| 6
|
1978
| "Never Had a Love"
| 87
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1979
| "I Go to Rio"
| 46
|
1979
| "I Want You Tonight"
| 19
|
1981
| "Cool Love"
| 13
|
1981
| "Slip Away"
| 75
|
1983
| "Out of Our Hands"
| 86
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See also
- List of best-selling music artists
References
- {{allmusicguide|id=11:3ifoxqr5ld6e}}, accessed April 6, 2007
- {{allmusicguide |id=10:ltcibks9aakz |label=20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pablo Cruise }}
- {{allmusicguide |id=11:62d7gjvrj6ia~T51 |label=Pablo Cruise > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles }}
- The Albums of Pablo Cruise
- About Pablo Cruise