The Right to Rock

The Right to Rock
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1985
Studio
Genre
Length39:49
LabelGold Mountain/A&M (US)
Vertigo (Europe)
King (Japan)
ProducerGene Simmons
Keel chronology
Lay Down the Law
(1984)
The Right to Rock
(1985)
The Final Frontier
(1986)
Singles from The Right to Rock
  1. "The Right to Rock"
    Released: 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10

The Right to Rock is the second studio album by American rock band Keel. It was the first to be produced by Kiss's Gene Simmons under their new label Gold Mountain Records (which was distributed by A&M Records at the time). When the band started recording the album, drummer Bobby Marks left. He was replaced by different drummers: Fred Coury (who went on to join Cinderella), Barry Brandt (of Angel) and Steve Riley (who plays on the entire album but subsequently left to join the band W.A.S.P.). Dwain Miller eventually became the band's permanent drummer right before the album was released. The band had only written three songs when the label sent them to the studio, therefore Keel covered three Gene Simmons demos and re-recorded three songs from their debut album – "Tonight You're Mine" was renamed to "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" for this album.