Mickey Thomas was doing lead vocals for Elvin Bishop, before he was invited in 1979 to replace Marty Balin and Grace Slick for the AOR band (Jefferson) Starship. In 1981 Grace Slick came back to join Starship again. Mickey's career has included a number of huge hits with Starship (Sara, We built this city, Nothing's gonna stop us now, Jane etc), five gold albums, one platinum album, concerts all over the world, and a live performance at the 1988 Academy Awards to perform his Oscar-nominated hit Nothing's gonna stop us now (from the movie Masquerade).

Mickey Thomas returns under a new banner, but with a distinctly familiar feel. Over the edge sees Mickey team up with producer Fabrizio V.Zee Grossi and a new band of musicians, but it's still classic melodic rock and high class AOR all the way. Over the edge is essentially the very same blue-print used by Joseph Williams and Kelly Hansen on their recent releases. It's an album of songs written by other people, produced and played on by the Fabrizio Grossi all-star team, with added special guests. What's a little different about this album is that the songs themselves aren't entirely comprised of tracks we might have heard elsewhere. Instead there are several exclusive tracks featured that were purpose written for the project, or at least are unreleased tracks donated by their writers.

Mickey Thomas: "I've wanted to do something with Steve Lukather since 1978 and finally I get my chance on this song that I think is a great blend of modern and classic rock."

1 Over the edge (Jack Blades, Fabrizio Grossi) 2 One world (Jack Blades, Neal Schon) 3 Thief (Martin & David Stenmarck) 4 Surrender (Jack Blades, Neal Schon) 5 Eyes wide open (Jonathan Cain) 6 Forest for the trees (Tim Watson, Tim Wild, Jason Singh) 7 The man in between (F. Grossi, Freddy Curci, Lara Cody) 8 Cover me (Bebo Norman) 9 Turn away (Steven Cristol, D. Young) 10 Glory day (Jack Blades, F. Grossi) Extra: One world (video) Mickey Thomas video interview Musicians: Mickey Thomas - vocals Steve Lukather - guitar (6) Neal Schon - guitar (4) Ritchie Kotzen - guitar (7) Rob Vanni - guitar J.M. Scattolin - guitar Frabrizio Grossi - guitar Biggs Brice - drums Kenny Wilkerson, Fabrizio Grossi - bass Fabrizio Grossi - keyboards

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