The album wasn’t as much a commercial success, reaching only #144 on the billboard charts, a sign that the grunge invasion was taking force. Also, the song, “Steelheart”, featured Matijevic hitting his highest note of the three albums. Steelheart’s next effort, “Tangled In Reins” was a much more mixed combination than the debut, with sleaze glam songs like “Sticky Side Up” to smooth ballads such as “Mama Don’t You Cry”. “Everybody Loves Eileen” and “Can’t Stop Me Lovin’ You”, the latter tune further showing off Matijevic’s vocal range yet also giving lead guitarist Risola time to shine, had accompanying music videos created for them as well. while its related music video soon became MTV’s 2nd most requested clip. Second single “I’ll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)” reached #14 in the U.S. In terms of specific songs, the power ballad “She’s Gone” showcased Matijevic’s incredible vocal range and hit #1 on several international charts. Before too long, the album even hit platinum status. ‘Steelheart’ sold 33,000 albums on its first day in Japan alone. The guys found themselves hitting the big time as the album reached #40 on the Billboard 200 chart, the band’s fan-base growing around the world. Musically, their work featured a style similar to hard rock and pop metal acts of the day, examples being Ratt and Whitesnake, yet the guys scored a coup in working with seminal producer Mark Opitz, who had worked on iconic rock releases such as AC/DC’s ‘Powerage’. Steelheart had the line-up of Matijevic (vocals), Chris Risola (guitar), Frank DiCostanzo (guitar), James Ward (bass), and John Fowler (drums) when the band’s self-titled debut album came out in 1990. Since then, Mili and his band-mates have showcased just how broad their influences are and the raw strength of Mili’s vocals have been noticed by many critics. The group’s debut album, titled simply ‘Steelheart’, brought the group strong commercial success yet had them pegged, somewhat unfairly, to the glam metal movement. The outfit has gone through many line-up shifts since it got started in 1990, yet Mili’s powerful voice and multi-octave range has remained the heart and soul of the band.
Steelheart is a musical group fronted by Croatian-American musician Miljenko “Mili” Matijevic.
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