The Undisputed Truth

However, the group had little success at the new label and soon faded into obscurity. This statement was quickly denied by the other members. The Undisputed Truth, along with Rose Royce, followed Whitfield during his exodus from Motown to set up Whitfield Records in 1975. Towards the end of 2003, Mike Tramp said that White Lion was planning to reunite. Their single big hit was the ominous "Smiling Faces Sometimes", which hit #3 on the US pop charts in 1971. In 1993, bassist James Lomenzo joined former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde in a band called Pride and Glory, while vocalist Mike Tramp started a solo career. A number of their singles became minor hits, many of them later songs for Whitfield's main act The Temptations, among them "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth" and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". It must be noted that the song "Radar Love" was included in this album, a cover considered by many, one of the best ever made.

Joe Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, formerly of The Delicates, on additional leads and background vocals. As an afterthought, Atlantic Records released the Best of White Lion compilation album in 1992. The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Unfortunately, by the end of 1991, White Lion had broken up. This was followed, in 1991, by Mane Attraction. In August 1989, White Lion released their third album Big Game.

The Pride album's third single When The Children Cry made it to #3, making Pride one of about 18 hard rock albums to ever have multiple top 10 hits. White Lion concluded the Pride tour by opening for Stryper from September 1988 to February 1989 during Stryper's In God We Trust tour. Like Guns N' Roses, White Lion's show at the Ritz was filmed and later aired on MTV. Around the time this single was released, White Lion played at the Ritz club in New York City.

In August 1988, the album's second single Tell Me stopped at #58. Wait hit #8 on the singles chart, while Pride stalled at #11 on the album chart. While opening for AC/DC, the Pride album and Wait single finally charted. In January 1988 started opening for AC/DC on their Blow Up Your Video tour.

White Lion spent the rest of 1987 on tour with KISS. In September 1987, White Lion became the opening band for KISS (who had just started their Crazy Nights tour). The Pride tour started in July 1987 as White Lion opened for Ace Frehley's 80s band Frehley's Comet. However, it took seven months before the song became a hit.

On June 21, 1987, their second album, Pride, was released (the same day as Keel's Keel album, and Helix's Wild in The Streets) The first single from Pride was 'Wait/Don't Give Up, released on June 1, 1987. By then, their debut album was out of print and extremely hard to find. Early in 1987, the band was signed by Atlantic Records. In 1986, White Lion, with a fictitious "female" member, had a brief part in the Tom Hanks/Shelley Long movie The Money Pit.

A few months later, Grand Slam records went bankrupt. The band then finished their debut album, Fight to Survive, which was released on November 9, 1985. Within a month of joining, Dan spitz left and was replaced by former Anthrax drummer Greg D'Angelo. Nicki Capozzi was replaced by Dan Spitz, and Felix Robinson was replaced by James Lomenzo.

While recording the song The Road to Valhalla, both Capozzi and Robinson left the band. The band was signed by a small label called Grand Slam records in January 1985. Later, the band grew to include drummer Nicki Capozzi and bassist Felix Robinson. After moving from Denmark, Mike met guitarist Vito Bratta, forming a band.

The band was formed in New York City in 1984 by Denmark-born vocalist Mike Tramp.
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