An American melodic hard rock unit built around the talents of former American Tears, Touch, and Michael Bolton keyboard player Mark Mangold and vocalist/guitarist Al Fritsch, Drive She Said specialize in soaring AOR rock with big harmonies and even bigger hooks. Founded in 1986, they eventually inked a deal with CBS Records and released their 1989 eponymous debut long-player, which featured guest appearances from Aldo Nova and Bob Kulick (Meat Loaf). The LP failed to connect with U.S. audiences -- the alt-rock/grunge movement was just beginning to percolate -- but found commercial and critical success overseas, resulting in a European re-release via the Music for Nations label. Drive She Said would go on to release two more albums -- Drivin' Wheel and Excelerator -- for the label before making the move to Frontiers Records. Real Life, the band's first outing for Frontiers, dropped in 2003, followed by Pedal to the Metal in 2016. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi