Red Rider
Canadian band formed 1975 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Tom Cochrane & Red Rider" redirects here. For their self-titled album, see Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. For the comic strip and fictional cowboy, see Red Ryder. For other uses, see Red Rider (disambiguation).
Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While they achieved significant success in Canada, the band never had a song in the top 40 in the United States, although "Lunatic Fringe" from their second album, 1981's As Far as Siam, became popular on US album-oriented rock radio. They also charted on the Billboard Hot 100 with "White Hot" from their debut album Don't Fight It (1979) and "Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)" from Breaking Curfew (1984), and charted comparably to "Lunatic Fringe" on Mainstream Rock (AOR) with "Big League", "Human Race", and "Power", the latter two tracks off 1983's Neruda.
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Tom Cochrane & Red Rider perform in Halifax August 2007 | |
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Also known as | Tom Cochrane & Red Rider |
Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Rock, hard rock |
Years active | 1975–1990 2002–present |
Labels | Capitol, RCA |
Members | Ken Greer Tom Cochrane Jeff Jones Davide Direnzo Gary Craig |
Past members | Rob Baker Peter Boynton Jon Checkowski Arvo Lepp Steve Sexton John Webster Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve Randall Coryell Peter Mueller Jamie Oakes Randall "Mongo" Stoll Troy Feener Bill Bell Gary Craig |
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