website associated_acts death_date years_active notable_instruments birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.markreale.com official website page -rsb- riot , narita , westworld , bonnie tyler 25 january 2012 1974 & ndash ; 2012 gibson les paul , gretsch brooklyn , new york , united states fire quality records , cbs records , sony music , zero sign corporation , rising sun productions , metal blade , toshiba-emi , , metal heaven , longhouse music -lrb- self -rrb- capitol records , elektra records , mark reale non_vocal_instrumentalist 7 june 1955 guitar hard power metal rock , heavy metal , speed metal , mark reale
 mark reale musician , songwriter
mark reale

mark reale -lrb- june 7 , 1955 -- january 25 , 2012 -rrb- was an american heavy metal guitarist best known for being the only constant original member in the band riot .
mark was born in brooklyn , new york in 1955 .
he grew up listening to the beatles , eric clapton , gary moore , ritchie blackmore and lists george harrison as one of his greatest influences .
after attending concerts by ronnie montrose , rick derringer and edgar winter he decided to become a rock guitarist , forming the band riot in 1975 who are still active today .
mark reale has been the principal songwriter and main creative force behind riot starting with the band 's 1977 debut album `` rock city '' .
the group 's most acclaimed album was 1981 's seminal `` fire down under '' , the last of three studio albums to feature original vocalist guy speranza .
other notable records include `` restless breed '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- , the band 's comeback album , `` thundersteel '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , and its follow-up , `` the privilege of power '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- .
riot 's most recent album was `` immortal soul '' in 2011 .
riot has toured all around the world and been a support act for major acts such as kiss , ac/dc , sammy hagar , molly hatchet , and rush while maintaining a particularly strong fanbase in japan and continental europe .
after riot 's temporary breakup following the `` born in america '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- release , reale formed a short-lived outfit named narita with former members of s.a. slayer , including future riot bassist don van stavern .
the band recorded a sole demo in 1984 before calling it quits .
reale decided to re-activate riot which led to a new record deal with cbs records and the `` thundersteel '' album in 1988 .
in 1998 , reale co-founded the group westworld with vocalist tony harnell of tnt fame .
westworld released three studio albums and one live disc between 1999 and 2002 .
