“Pride
Of Lions is my vision of the best elements of the great melodic rock
era of the 80’s, updated of course with more modern production
sounds.” These are the words of Jim Peterik, a man who just
might know what he’s talking about when it comes to great melodic
rock. Jim was one of the key figures on the music scene in the 70’s
and 80’s forming the popular horn- rock band The Ides Of march
at the age of 15 and singing and writing that band’s platinum
number one hit in 1970, “Vehicle”. (You may remember this
song by the signature call- to- arms horn riff at the top and Jim’s
growling first line. “I’m the friendly stranger in the
black sedan, won’t you hop inside my car”. From there
Jim went on to form one of the most influential bands in rock- Survivor.
Beside co- penning all of Survivor’s hits including “High
On You”, “I Can’t Hold Back, “The Search Is
Over”, “Burning Heart, “Is This Love”, and
of course the multi- platinum, Grammy- winning theme from Rocky III,
“Eye Of The Tiger”, Jim also chalked up top 10 hits with
38 Special including “Hold On Loosely”, “Caught
Up In You”, “Rockin’ Into The Night”, “Wild-
Eyed Southern Boys”, “Fantasy Girl” and many more.
With Sammy Hagar he co- wrote the platinum theme from the sci- fi
animation feature, “Heavy Metal”. Jim’s other co-
writes reads like a who’s who of aor rock- Lynyrd Skynrd, Van
Vant, Aerosmith, John Wetton, Cheap Trick, Uriah Heep, REO Speedwagon,
David Carl, Kelly Keagy, Kevin Chalfant, Joseph Williams, Mecca, Fergie
Fredrickson and many more.
To
learn more about Jim Peterik please visit JimPeterik.com
“Pride
Of Lions is my vision of the best elements of the great melodic rock
era of the 80’s, updated of course with more modern production
sounds.” These are the words of Jim Peterik, a man who just
might know what he’s talking about when it comes to great melodic
rock. Jim was one of the key figures on the music scene in the 70’s
and 80’s forming the popular horn- rock band The Ides Of march
at the age of 15 and singing and writing that band’s platinum
number one hit in 1970, “Vehicle”. (You may remember this
song by the signature call- to- arms horn riff at the top and Jim’s
growling first line. “I’m the friendly stranger in the
black sedan, won’t you hop inside my car”. From there
Jim went on to form one of the most influential bands in rock- Survivor.
Beside co- penning all of Survivor’s hits including “High
On You”, “I Can’t Hold Back, “The Search Is
Over”, “Burning Heart, “Is This Love”, and
of course the multi- platinum, Grammy- winning theme from Rocky III,
“Eye Of The Tiger”, Jim also chalked up top 10 hits with
38 Special including “Hold On Loosely”, “Caught
Up In You”, “Rockin’ Into The Night”, “Wild-
Eyed Southern Boys”, “Fantasy Girl” and many more.
With Sammy Hagar he co- wrote the platinum theme from the sci- fi
animation feature, “Heavy Metal”. Jim’s other co-
writes reads like a who’s who of aor rock- Lynyrd Skynrd, Van
Vant, Aerosmith, John Wetton, Cheap Trick, Uriah Heep, REO Speedwagon,
David Carl, Kelly Keagy, Kevin Chalfant, Joseph Williams, Mecca, Fergie
Fredrickson and many more.