Song:Rock You
Album:Rock It Science
The hard rock band Helix were very successful in their native Canada. And they had success in the US in the 80s with songs like Rock You. A version of Helix still tours. Helix was formed in 1974 for a Kitchener, ON battle of the bands by drummer Ron Arnold. Other members were lead singer Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, Don Simmons on keyboards and Keith "Bert" Zurbrigg on bass. Zurbrigg wore a tuxedo on stage. By 1976 only Vollmer and Zurbrigg remained and the other members were Brent "The Doctor" Doerner and Paul Hackman on guitar and Brent's twin brother Brian Doerner on drums. After releasing two albums on their own label, Brian Doerner was replaced by Leo Niebudek and Zurbrigg was replaced by Mike Uzelac. Supposedly actor Michael J. Fox auditioned to play bass but did not get the gig. After Greg "Fritz" Hinz replaced Niebudek, Helix signed with Capitol Records after several rejections. They changed from being a standard bar band to being a hair metal band. They had their greatest success with the 1983 album No Rest For The Wicked and the 1984 album Walkin' The Razor's Edge. Uzelac had drug problems and was replaced by Daryl Gray. Rock You is probably Helix' best known song from Walkin' The Razor's Edge. Helix wrote most of their own songs. Rock You was written by Bob Halligan of the group Kix while the bands were touring together. It was produced by .38 Special producer Rodney Mills. Helix also had success with a cover of the Crazy Elephant classic Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'. Helix recorded for Capitol until 1990. Tragedy struck when their van rolled over while on tour in Vancouver on July 5, 1992. Paul Hackman died in the crash. In 1993 Vollmer recorded a solo album but released it as a Helix album. He now admits that was a huge mistake. Vollmer continues to lead Helix on tour and they record on his label. He's the only original member but Hinz and Gray from the 80s version are still in the band. Vollmer owns the Helix recordings. He licensed them to Perris Records for this comp. They just released a new album Old School and Helix will tour Canada as usual. Here's the video for Rock You by Helix.
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