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Jeff Scott Soto ( born November ___MASK19___ , 1965 ) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent . He is most well known for being the lead singer for the group Kryst The Conqueror , the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen ' s first two albums , and the lead vocalist for Journey on their 2006  2007 tours after Steve Augeri had to leave the band because of an acute throat infection . His style ranges from Hard Rock to Heavy & Power Metal , but he is also influenced by classic soul music singers such as Sam Cooke as well as Journey vocalist Steve Perry , and Freddie Mercury from Queen . Ready an ' Willing is the third studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake , released in ___MASK63___ . It peaked at No . 6 on the UK Albums Chart , it was also the band ' s first to chart outside of the UK reaching No . 32 in Norway and No . 90 in the US . Slide It In is the sixth studio album by British hard rock band Whitesnake , released in ___MASK58___ . It was the first Whitesnake album to be released by Geffen Records in the US , but was remixed for the release there . Because of this , two different editions of the album exist , each with its own unique qualities . It was their fourth top ___MASK59___ album in the UK , peaking at number ___MASK69___ . In 1988 the album re - entered the US charts due to the success of the self - titled " Whitesnake " album (" ___MASK60___ " in Europe ), and is certified double platinum . It was the final Whitesnake recording to use the band ' s original " snake " logo . The album sold finally over four million records . Grand Funk Railroad , sometimes shortened as Grand Funk , is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s , touring extensively and playing to packed arenas worldwide . David Fricke of " Rolling Stone " magazine once said , " You cannot talk about rock in the 1970s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad !" Known for their crowd - pleasing arena rock style , the band was well - regarded by audiences despite a relative lack of critical acclaim . The band ' s name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad , a railroad line that ran through the band ' s home town of Flint , Michigan . Wings of Tomorrow is the second studio album by the Swedish Heavy metal band Europe . It was released on ___MASK23___ February 1984 , by Hot Records . Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in ___MASK75___ . They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock , although their musical approach changed over the years . Originally formed as a progressive rock band , the band shifted to a heavier sound in 1970 . Deep Purple , together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath , have been referred to as the " unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid - seventies ". They were listed in the ___MASK17___ " Guinness Book of World Records " as " the globe ' s loudest band " for a 1972 concert at London ' s Rainbow Theatre , and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide . Gunnar Mathias " Mic " Michaeli ( born ___MASK39___ November 1962 in Upplands Väsby , Sweden ) is the keyboardist in the Swedish rock band Europe . Like many of the other Europe members he grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby . He joined the band for their " Wings of Tomorrow " tour in 1984 , taking vocalist Joey Tempest ' s place behind the keyboards . David Coverdale ( born ___MASK25___ September 1951 ) is an English rock singer best known for his powerful bluesy voice and his work with Whitesnake , a hard rock band he founded in ___MASK8___ . Before Whitesnake , Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from ___MASK76___ to 1976 , after which he established his solo career . A collaboration with Jimmy Page resulted in a 1993 album that was a commercial and critical success . In 2016 , Coverdale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple , giving one of the band ' s induction speeches . Flint is the largest city and county seat of Genesee County , Michigan . Located along the Flint River , northwest of Detroit , it is a principal city within the region known as " Mid Michigan ". According to the ___MASK41___ census , Flint has a population of 102 , 434 , making it the seventh largest city in Michigan . The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County . It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 425 , 790 in ___MASK41___ . The city was incorporated in ___MASK73___ . Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on ___MASK93___ ) is a Swedish guitarist and bandleader . Malmsteen first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal playing style in heavy metal . In ___MASK32___ , " Time " magazine rated Malmsteen as among the ___MASK59___ greatest electric guitar players of all time . Audiovision was a Swedish `` melodic metal band '' which produced at least two albums , the second in ___MASK41___ . Christian Liljegren , known for his work on Narnia and Divinefire started up Audiovision during 2003 as a solo project . The first album The Calling was released in late ___MASK61___ in Europe and Japan , produced by Lars Chriss ( Lion ' s Share , Road to Ruin ) . The guest list on The Calling featured Bruce Kulick ( Kiss , Grand Funk Railroad ) , Jeff Scott Soto ( W . E . T . , Talisman , Yngwie Malmsteen , Journey ) , Mic Michaeli ( Europe ) , Tony Franklin ( Blur Murder , Whitesnake ) , Mats Levén ( Treat , At Vance , Krux , Yngwie Malmsteen ) and Sampo Axelsson ( Crawley , Glenn Hughes , Lion ' s Share , Road to Ruin ) In ___MASK32___ , Christian formed a touring and recording band and ended Audiovision as a studio project . During ___MASK32___ , the first shows were played in Sweden , Norway and Germany , and , in the summer , Audiovision started to record their second album Focus with producer Erik Mårtensson ( W . E . T . , Eclipse ) overseeing the work . In January ___MASK41___ Audiovision joined Stryper ( US ) on the European leg of their 25th anniversary tour , and played shows in both Germany and Sweden . Mats Levén ( born in Mölndal , Sweden on ___MASK39___ September 1964 ) is a singer . His most notable recent collaborations have been with symphonic metallers Therion and doom metallers Krux and Candlemass . John Corabi ( born April 26 , ___MASK91___ ) is a hard rock singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora , The Scream , Mötley Crüe , Union and ESP ( both with former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick ), Ratt ( as a guitarist ), Twenty ___MASK19___ Seven ( with his then Ratt bandmate Bobby Blotzer ), Zen Lunatic , Brides of Destruction , and Angel City Outlaws ( with his then Ratt bandmates Robbie Crane and Bobby Blotzer , and former Ratt guitarist Keri Kelli , who he replaced in Ratt ). He is the current lead singer for the The Dead Daisies . Whitesnake are a rock band formed in England in ___MASK8___ by David Coverdale , after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple . Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple , but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style . By the turn of the decade , the band ' s commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK top ___MASK59___ albums , " Ready an ' Willing " ( ___MASK63___ ), " Come an ' Get It " ( 1981 ), " Saints & Sinners " ( 1982 ) and " Slide It In " ( 1984 ), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is certified 2x platinum . Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band established in Stockholm ___MASK58___ by bassist , songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling and drummer Matz Ekström . After releasing five full - length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s , Candlemass disbanded in ___MASK6___ , but reunited three years later . After breaking up again in ___MASK50___ , Candlemass reformed in 2004 and have continued to record and perform since then . Candlemass is also the seventh best selling artist coming out from Sweden selling as of 2010 more than 15 million albums worldwide . Per Christian Liljegren ( born 3 February ___MASK18___ ), is best known as the lead vocalist , and primary lyricist , for the Swedish Christian melodic power metal band , Narnia . Upplands Väsby is a locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality , Stockholm County , Sweden with 37 , 594 inhabitants in ___MASK41___ . Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States . The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word " mishigamaa ", meaning " large water " or " large lake ". Michigan is the tenth most populous of the ___MASK24___ United States , with the 11th most extensive total area ( the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River ). Its capital is Lansing , and its largest city is Detroit . The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company is an important American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan , Illinois , Indiana and Ohio . Since a corporate restructuring in ___MASK18___ the railroad has been under CN ' s subsidiary holding company the Grand Trunk Corporation . Grand Trunk Western ' s routes are part of CN ' s Midwest Division . Its primary mainline between Chicago , Illinois , and Port Huron , Michigan , serves as a connection between railroad interchanges in Chicago and rail lines in eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States . The railroad ' s extensive trackage in Detroit and across southern Michigan has made it an essential link for the automotive industry as a hauler of parts and automobiles from manufacturing plants . Stockholm ( or ) is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries ; 932 , ___MASK57___ people live in the municipality , approximately ___MASK9___ . ___MASK40___ million in the urban area , and 2 . 3 million in the metropolitan area . The city is spread across 14 islands on the coast in the southeast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren , by the Stockholm archipelago and the Baltic Sea . The area has been settled since the Stone Age , in the 6th millennium BC , and was founded as a city in 1252 by a Swedish statesman Birger Jarl . It is also the capital of Stockholm County . Mölndal is a part of the Gothenburg urban area on the west - coast of Sweden , and constitutes the administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality . About 40 , 000 of the municipality ' s ___MASK92___ , 000 inhabitants live in Mölndal proper . Samuel Cook ( January ___MASK25___ , 1931  December ___MASK39___ , 1964 ), known professionally as Sam Cooke , was an American singer , songwriter , and entrepreneur . Come an ' Get It is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Whitesnake , released in ___MASK81___ . It was , at the time , Whitesnake ' s highest - charting release in the UK , hitting No . 2 and being kept off the top spot by Adam and the Ants ' " Kings of the Wild Frontier ". Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of ___MASK59___ . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Steve Augeri ( born January ___MASK22___ , ___MASK91___ ) is an American rock singer best known for his work with Tall Stories , Tyketto , and Journey . Kryst the Conqueror ( Pronounced " Christ the Conqueror ") was an American Christian metal project formed in August ___MASK60___ by two former members of the horror punk band , The Misfits . The project was led by bassist Jerry Only , who adopted a new stage name , " Mo The Great " ( or alternately , " Mocavious Kryst "), and his younger brother , guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein . The band fused fantastical and sci - fi imagery with religious themes and messages . The band has also been referred to as a " guitar shop project ", as Only and Doyle constantly tweaked and refined their instruments throughout the band ' s existence , in an attempt to create what they felt would be the ultimate bass and guitar . Bruce Howard Kulick ( born December ___MASK74___ , ___MASK95___ ) is an American guitarist , musician and since 2000 a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad . Previously , Kulick had been a long - time member of the band Kiss ( 1984 - 1996 ). He was also a member of Union with John Corabi from 1997 - ___MASK50___ . Bruce is Jewish and also went to Hebrew school . Freddie Mercury ( born Farrokh Bulsara ; ___MASK40___ September 1946  24 November 1991 ) was a British singer , songwriter and record producer , known as the lead vocalist and co - principal songwriter of the rock band Queen . He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four - octave vocal range . Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen ( including " Bohemian Rhapsody ", " Killer Queen ", " Somebody to Love ", " Don ' t Stop Me Now ", " Crazy Little Thing Called Love ", and " We Are the Champions "); occasionally served as a producer and guest musician ( piano or vocals ) for other artists ; and concurrently led a solo career while performing with Queen . David Fricke ( born June ___MASK19___ , 1952 ) is a senior editor at " Rolling Stone " magazine , where he writes predominantly on rock music . His career has spanned over 30 years . In the 1990s , he was the magazine ' s music editor before stepping down .