JOSHUA PERAHIA - SOMETHING TO SAY / 2001 / DISCOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY / REVIEW

THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-REMEBERING YOU
2-SOMETHING TO SAY
3-I CAN FEEL AGAIN
4-PRECIOUS LOVE
5-THE FIRST AND THE LAST
6-LET YOUR LOVE SHINE ON
7-GUIDING LIGHT
8-I HASN'T BEEN EASY
9-TEARS OF JOY
10-ONE NIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH
11-STEADY WEAPON
12-REMEMBERING YOU(Acoustic Version)
CREDIT:Line-up :
Joshua Perahia - Lead Guitar
Jerry Gabriel - Lead Vocals
Joey Rochrich - Bass Guitar
Eric Stoskopf - Drums, Percussion
With:Alex Ligertwood - Lead Vocals on 1, 3, 5, 12
Jason Scheff - Vocals and Bass on 1, 6, 8, 12
Mugs Cain - Drums on 1
Martin Gerschwitz - Keyboards on 1 .
JOSHUA PERAHIA-CHAPTER ONE-2001
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-CONCRETE JUNGLE
2-YOU WANT IT ALL
3-STEADY WEAPON
4-ONE NIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH
5-LOG WAY TO HEAVEN
6-DARK DAYS
7-IT MUST BE LOVE
8-TEARS OF JOY
9-BAD MAN
10-WALK INTO THE LIGHT
11-DEVIL'S RIVER
12-RIGHT ON THE TARGET
CREDIT:Line-up:
Joshua Perahia - Guitars, Vocals
Joey Rochrich - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Eric Stoskopf -Drums,Percussion With:Michael O'Mara -Vocals
Elizabeth Vandall - Add'l Backup Vocals
Diane Arens - Keyboards
JOSHUA PERAHIA-DOUBLE TROUBLE/
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYES/AND SURRENDER-1995















THIS COLLECTION CONTAIN(18-TRACKS)
1-FALLING AGAIN
2-NOBEMBER IS GOING AGAIN
3-SWEET'LIL HURRICANE
4-A SONG FOR LISA
5-LET'S BREAK AWAY
6-BROKEN DREAM
7-FLYING HIGH
8-PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
9-SURRENDER LOVE
10-HEART FULL OF SOUL(Yardbird Cover)
11-YOUR LOVE IS GONE
12-STAY ALIVE(Go On Believing)
13-ROCKING THE WORLD
14-BACK TO BACK
15-HOLD
16-SHOW ME THE WAY
17-LOVESHOCK
18-ROCKING THE WORLD(Reprise)
JOSHUA PERAHIA-INTENSE DEFENDER-1988















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-REACH OUT
2-I'VE BEEN WAITING
3-ONLY YESTERDAY
4-CRYING OUT FOR LOVE
5-LIVING ON THE EDGE
6-TEARING AT MY HEART
7-REMEMBERING YOU
8-LOOK TO THE SKY
9-DON'T YOU KNOW
10-STAND ALONE
CREDIT:line up:
Rob Rock – Vocals
Joshua Perahia – Guitars
Greg Shultz – Keyboards
Emil Lech – BassTim Gehrt - Drums
JOSHUA PERAHIA-SURRENDER-1986
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-SURRENDER LOVE
2-HEART FULL OF SOUL
3-YOUR LOVE IS GONE
4-STAY ALIVE(Go On Believing)
5-ROCKING THE WOLRD
6-BACK TO BACK
7-HOLD
8-SHOW ME THE WAY
9-LOVESHOCK
10-ROCKING THE WORLD(Reprise)
CREDITLine-up :
Joshua Perahia - Guitars
Jeff Fenholt & Robert Basauri - Lead Vocals
Eric Tottobene, Ken Price, BryanFleming - Background Vocals
Craig Ostbo, Joe Galletta, Joe Tafoya - Drums
Loren Robinson & Joshua Perahia - Bass
Patrick Bradley & Eric Norlander - Keyboards:.
JOSHUA PERAHIA-LATER M-PIRE(1995)
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-CONCRETE JUNGLE
2-YOU WANT IT ALL
3-STEADY WEAPON
4-ONE NIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH
5-LONG WAY TO HEAVEN
6-DARK DAYS
7-IT MUST BE LOVE
8-TEARS OF JOY
9-BAD MAN
10-WALK INTO THE LIGHT
11-DEVIL'S RIVER
12-RIGHT ON TARGET
CREDIT:Line-up:
Joshua Perahia - Guitars, Vocals
Joey Rochrich - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Eric Stoskopf - Drums, Percussion With:Michael O'Mara-Vocals
Elizabeth Vandall - Add'l Backup Vocals
Diane Arens - Keyboards .
JOSHUA PERAHIA-SURRENDER-1985

















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-SURRENDER LOVE
2-HEART OF FULL OF SOUL
3-YOUR LOVE IS GONE
4-STAY ALIVE(Go On Believing)
5-ROCKING THE WORLD
6-BACK TO BACK
7-HOLD
8-SHOW ME THE WAY
9-LOVESHOCK
10-ROCKING THE WOLRD(Reprise)
JOSHUA PERAHIA-THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYES-1983
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(8-TRACKS)
1-FALLING AGAIN
2-NOMEMBER IS GOING AWAY
3-SWEET'LIL HURRICANE
4-A SONG FOR LISA
5-LET'S BREAK AWAY
6-BROKEN DREAM
7-FLYING HIGH
8-PORTRAIT OF A WOMAM
CREDIT:Line-up:
Joshua Perahia - Lead and Rythm Guitars,Vocals
Stephen Fontaine - Lead and Background Vocals
Donnie Gougeon - Keyboards, Background Vocals
Mahlon Hawk - Bass
Tony Zaccaglin - Drums, Percussion

















BURRN!! Magazine has called him The Fastest Guitarist in the World. Magazines such as Kerrang!, Metal Forces, and Aardshok hail his RCA release "Intense Defense" as the best AOR hard rock album ever. His albums are graced by a who's who of some of the finest musicians in the world including Jeff Fenholt (JC in the original Broadway cast of "Jesus Christ Superstar"), Rob Rock (Impelliteri), Alex Ligertwood (Santana), Rick Baker (Santana), Jason Scheff (Chicago), Mugs Cain (Sammy Hagar), Jizzy Pearl (Ratt). He has shared the stage with the likes of Dokken, Pat Travers, Michael Schenker, Ozzy Osbourne, Great White, Ratt, and countless other notable bands. A guitarist's guitarist, a true virtuoso, a world-class songwriter..............his name is Joshua Perahia. Joshua Perahia (pronounced Pûr-i-yä) is pioneer in Christian rock. Before there was a Stryper, before Barren Cross appeared on the scene, there stood alone one band, and that was JOSHUA. Through his faith and desire to share his love of God, Joshua made it his life's mission to realize his musical vision and JOSHUA was born. The original line-up of JOSHUA, featuring vocalist Stephen Fontaine, was assembled in Los Angeles and in short time took the Sunset Strip by storm. Show-after-show were sell-outs at all the top venues in town. Bands like Great White, Ratt and other future successful metal bands were opening up for JOSHUA. The band's debut album "The Hand is Quicker Than the Eye" on Enigma Records was released in 1982 and spawned the Los Angeles Radio hit "November is Going Away". Metal radio stations across the country were adding the epic classic. To say the album caught on in Japan would be a understatement. "November is Going Away" went all the way to the top as a NUMBER 1 HIT! The band's exposure in Japan also caught the eye of the Japanese Music press. Burrn! Magazine, the 1 rock magazine in Japan, hailed the band's debut album and in BOLD PRINT declared Joshua "The World's Fastest Guitarist." Metal press around the globe followed suit, complimenting Joshua for his note-for-note perfect guitar virtuosity. Joshua was even voted Kerrang Magazine's "Guitarist of the Year" in 1982. In 1985 the band were picked up by Polydor Records. The result was band's sophmore effort, humbly entitled "Surrender." The line-up for "Surrender" included notable Christian rock artists Jeff Fenholt and Ken Tamplin. The album featured the Joshua classics "Hold On" and "Your Love is Gone." Again, music press was more than favorable, not only praising Joshua's mastery of his instrument, but lauding the depth of the songwriting, arrangements and message of his well-crafted lyrics. RCA caught wind of the band and in 1988 put them in the studio with mega-hit producer Dieter Dierks (Scorpions) With the addition of new singer Rob Rock (Impellitteri, Driver) to the line-up, JOSHUA recorded what countless metal/hard rock critics called the best melodic metal album of all time, "Intense Defense." Unfortunately, it did not get the label support it deserved here in the United States, but throughout Europe and Asia it was very successful. Although the band tried hard to crossover into the mainstream American market, it seemed that they were popular in the Christian market, but only had success in the secular markets overseas. The band toured throughout Europe in support of the album, playing arenas in front of crowds in excess of 40,000 people. The band's success overseas was highlighted with JOSHUA earning 11 Gold albums in various countries other than the States. The "Intense Defense" line-up was short lived however, so Joshua regrouped under the moniker Jaguar with singer Robin Kyle Bassuri and made some incredible demos, but the collaboration never went much further than that. Joshua formed a new band called Mpire with Joshua, Joey Rochrich (bass) and Eric Stoskopf forming the core of the band. They released the album "Chapter One" on Long Island Records in Japan and Europe, but not in the United States. Shortly after the album's release, the label filed for bankruptcy and went out of business.....such is the the nature of this beast we call the music business. But through faith in Christ and the burning desire to continue spreading the word through his music, Joshua picked up and carried on.......... In 1998, Joshua reteamed with his MPire bandmates Joey Rochrich and Eric Stoskopf under the band name JOSHUA PERAHIA. The band began recording their new album "Something to Say" with acclaimed producer Keith Olsen (Scorpions, Heart, Santana) without a vocalist, so Keith asked his friend, former Santana vocalist Alex Ligertwood, to lay down the vocals for the album. Alex was happy to oblige. Keith also brought in Jason Scheff (Chicago)to sing back-up vocals and Santana keyboardist Richard Baker. Before finishing the recordings, the band happened to find a lead singer by the name of Jerry Gabriel (hailed by the press and compared to David Coverdale). Instead of launching the new band with an outsider's vocals on the record, the label (M&K Sound Entertainment) decided to record the vocals over again with Jerry at the helm. It was then finally decided to release the album with Jerry on 8 songs and retain 4 songs from the original Ligertwood sessions. "Something to Say" was a return to form for the band. Released in late 2001, the CD re-introduced the band to the American Christian music scene, where the band had had some moderate success with in the states over a decade before, and sold well throughout Germany, Scandanavia, and Japan. The press were again enthusiastic, many magazines calling "Something to Say" the "Melodic Rock Album of the Year." Joshua is continuing to create magical music and will be making announcements in the near future about new material and unreleased recordings. He'll be heading into the studio to record a brand new album with his old bandmate Jeff Fenholt this year for a 2008 release.















About His Music.And Cds: Album(The Hand Is Quicker Than The eyes) Joshua Perahia has been a mainstay in the AOR/Melodic rock circles for over two decades. The band have released 6 albums, garnering gold album awards worlwide and having a #1 hit song in Japan. Many other popular recording artists started their careers as members of the group including Jeff Fenholt (ex-Black Sabbath), Kenny Tamplin (Shout/Magdellan). Members of Santana, Chicago have also appeared on the groups album. A new full lenth album will be released in late Summer 2001 produced by Keith Olsen.Re-issue of the popular AOR melodic rock band's 1985 Enigma release. A must for all guitar viruoso fans...Similar in style and production to Journey, Foreigner, Kanasas. Features the radio hit "November is going Away". The debut album from LA's greatest band that never made it...at least there was potential with this debut. A long lost AOR/HR classic from LA's rock scene of 1982. Classy keyboards and songs that'll appeal to fans of the big name AOR rock giants of the 80s, with Joshua Perahia's great guitar, be it acoustic or fast metal work [a great mix of his metallic stylings and Donnie Gougeon's keyboard work on the classic "November Is Going Away"] AND this is the only JOSHUA album to feature the outstanding vocals of Stephen ["Stef"] Fontaine! One of the few albums to feature Fontaine, as he would later go on to work with URIAH HEEP, Eddie St James, and in more recent years sang on the lone HEARTACHE CITY disc. Gems such as "Falling Again", "Sweet Lil' Hurricane" and "Broken Dream" are evidence that this was a killer debut, and a shame it was never followed up by this line-up.This band should have been named the KING'S OF ROCK! Joshua doesn't know how to write a bad song. His guitar playing is the sweetest, fastest, meanest, classy, honest, spine tingling, heart felt, sentimental, mature, and far beyond any artist in rock history. Shame on the USA record companies for not allowing him to have the great success he had in Europe, and Japan. Pink Floyd, Journey, Boston, and Santana, could never stand next to this band, or JOSHUA PERAHIA himself. Joshua is annointed by GOD. His 6 albums I own, are my inspiration for living.http://www.myspace.com/joshuaperahia

SOMETHING TO SAY.ALBUM:
M&K Sound Entertainment is proud to announce the release of the brand new album the popular AOR/melodic rock recording artists JOSHUA PERAHIA (formerly JOSHUA). The album was produced by the world renowned Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Scorpions, Heart, Santana). The CD features guitar legend Joshua Perahia, Alex Ligertwood of Santana on vocals on four songs (aside from 8 tracks featuring ex-Tower vocalist Jerry Gabriel), including the single "Remembering You". Jason Scheff of Chicago and Rick Baker of Santana are also featured performers on both versions. This is a fantastic melodic hard rock album, reminiscent of the classic sounds of Journey, Humble Pie, Whitesnake, Black Crowes,etc........and a MUST for all guitar virtuoso fans! The songs "Something to Say" and "The First and The Last" appear in the upcoming Perpetua Films epic motion picture "The Copper Scroll".This is my favorite album. It is different from the entire music scene today because it melts together, the best of the 80's melodic rock, with a modern twist that no one is doing today. The guitar is absolutely out of this world, and the vocal melodies are breath taking. This band has a great history of perfect albums, and this one is the best of the best. With Keith Olson as a producer, and Joshua as a guitarist, shredder, writer, this is a combination that is unbeatble. The vocals are wonderful, but the guitar seems to light the album on fire, without distracting from the incredible melodies. This really is an amazing departure from anything out there today.I could Say That This Is One of my favorite band, of all time. Joshua Perahia is the best guitarist in the world, who plays with a passion that does not exist on any Cd or album I have ever heard. He has the complete Panache, tone, feel, fast and slow solo's carved by God's hands when he plays. The songs either make you cry by touching you deep inside, or make me drive my car at 100 mph when the songs kick into sonic space with drive, and melody that no band can ever touch. It is a feeling that I cannot explain, other than say, "YOU MUST LISTEN", to see what I am talking about. Every note, every tender, or grinding vocal note is pure HEAVEN! I have never heard a bad song. Every time I read a review, they are all the same. Ripping, light speed guitar, with vocals, and harmonies, that put this band in a class, that has never been heard. This group has no equal, and when I caught them in Europe, it was screaming like a Beatles concert. People were moved, and rushing the stage. I saw girls, pulling Joshua by his pants in Spain, as he fought to keep playing. He was a great sport, and always did humble radio interviews. He is the real deal Christian.This album is a 10 out of 10. Every song has you in a trance, of joy, and incredible melodies. This is the only band that really has a trademark of passion and inspiration. The guitar solo's are in a world of their own with taste, speed, tone, and perfection. The vocals are powerful and memorable after one listen. Joshua Perahia is the best songwriter in the world. Sorry, Pink Floyd, Journey, and Bon Jovi, because you could never touch this band.Joshua Perahia has been a mainstay in the AOR/Melodic rock circles for over two decades. The band have released 6 albums, garnering gold album awards worlwide and having a #1 hit song in Japan. Many other popular recording artists started their careers as members of the group including Jeff Fenholt (ex-Black Sabbath), Kenny Tamplin (Shout/Magdellan). Members of Santana, Chicago have also appeared on the groups album. A new full lenth album will be released in late Summer 2001 produced by Keith Olsen(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)