KBC Band (album)

KBC Band is KBC Band's only album, featuring Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane. The single "It's Not You, It's Not Me" was released shortly before the album's release.

KBC Band
Studio album by KBC Band
Released	October 9, 1986
Recorded	1986 at The Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Genre	New wave, pop rock, hard rock
Length	41:11
Label	Arista
Producer	KBC Band Jim Gaines John Boylan

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

When originally released, the album cover was printed on both the outside and inside. In one vinyl release, the inside jacket of the album had a picture of a road with a car traveling on it with sign in the distance that said: "Life is a test. Had this been a real life, you would have been told where to go and what to do" — a satire of the message broadcast by the Emergency Broadcast System.

Outtakes were included on the Marty Balin albums Balince and Nothin' 2 Lose: The Lost Studio Recordings.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Mariel" (Paul Kantner, Marty Balin) – 4:30
2. "It's Not You, It's Not Me" (Van Stephenson, Phil Brown) – 3:33
3. "Hold Me" (David Evan, Gene Heart) – 6:30
4. "America" (Kantner, Balin) – 6:18

Side two

1. "No More Heartaches" (Cary Sharaf) – 3:30
2. "Wrecking Crew" (Mark "Slick" Aguilar, Tim Gorman) – 3:42
3. "When Love Comes" (Heart, Evan) – 4:22
4. "Dream Motorcycle" (Kantner, Balin) – 3:47
5. "Sayonara" (Kazumasa Oda) – 4:59

Personnel

• Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jack Casady – bass
• Mark "Slick" Aguilar – lead guitar, background vocals
• Keith Crossnan – saxophone, background vocals
• Tim Gorman – keyboards, background vocals
• Darrell Verdusco – drums, background vocals

Additional personnel

• Pete Escovedo – percussion on "Mariel"

Production

• KBC Band – producer on all tracks
• Jim Gaines – producer and engineer on all tracks except "Sayonara"
• John Boylan – producer on "It's Not You, It's Not Me" and "Sayonara", additional production on "When Love Comes" and "No More Heartaches"
• Paul Grupp – engineer on "Sayonara"
• Stephen Hart, Rick Sanchez, Robert Missbach, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers
• Stephen Hart – additional engineering
• Frank Filipetti – mixing engineer
• Moira Marquis – assistant mixing engineer
• Steven Shmerler – art direction
• Leon Leach – innersleeve photography
• Dyer/Kahn, Inc. – design
• Milton Sincoff – art production
• Vincent Lynch, Lynchpin Productions – management
• Cynthia Bowman – public relations
• Recorded at the Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
• Mixed at Right Track Recording, New York

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
The Billboard 200[2]	75

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position[3]
1986	"It's Not You, It's Not Me"	The Billboard Hot 100	89
		Billboard Album Rock Tracks	6
1987	"America"	Billboard Album Rock Tracks	8

References

1. Viglione, Joe. "KBC - KBC Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
2. "KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
3. "KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

• KBC Band (Vinyl lyrics sleeve). KBC Band. New York City: Arista Records. 1986. AL-8440.CS1 maint: others (link)