Contraband on Headbangers Ball ( Schenker/ Guns/ Blotzer / Pedersen/ Black)

Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Shark Island, Michael Schenker Group, Ratt, L.A. Guns, and Vixen.

Contraband came to be after a Vixen and Ratt unplugged session on MTV.

The band released only one self-titled album in 1991 which received lukewarm reviews. The album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after, while touring with Ratt. The song "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars, and Wild, Wild Livin'" was included in the movie If Looks Could Kill soundtrack. In the US, the album charted at number 187. Their cover version of "All the Way from Memphis" appeared on the UK record chart in July 1991

Richard Black – vocals (Shark Island)
Michael Schenker – guitars (Michael Schenker Group)
Tracii Guns – guitars (L.A. Guns)
Share Pedersen – bass guitar (Vixen)
Bobby Blotzer – drums (Ratt)