The Right to Rock

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. When the band started recording the album, drummer Bobby Marks left. He was replaced by different drummers: Fred Coury, Barry Brandt and Steve Riley. 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 " for this album.

Track listing

;Side one

"The Right to Rock" ' – 3:35
"Back to the City" ' – 3:47
"Let's Spend the Night Together" ' – 3:41
"Easier Said than Done" ' – 3:25
"So Many Girls, So Little Time" ' – 3:15

;Side two

"Electric Love" ' – 4:05
"Speed Demon" ' – 3:39
"Get Down" ' – 5:02
"You're the Victim " – 2:59

The remastered version of the album features two bonus tracks – a remixed version of "Easier Said than Done", and a "reunion" version of "The Right to Rock".

Personnel

;Band members

Ron Keel – vocals and guitar
Marc Ferrari – guitar and vocals
Bryan Jay – guitar and vocals
Kenny Chaisson – bass and vocals
Steve Riley – drums and vocals

;Production

Gene Simmons – producer
Mike Davis – engineer, mixing
Paul Wertheimer, Sebastian Thoner, Bruce Smith, Eddie Delena, Craig Engel – assistant engineers
Greg Fulginti – mastering
Aaron Rapoport – photography
Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
John Taylor Dismukes – illustrations
Ron Keel – liner notes

In popular culture

The song "Speed Demon" by Keel was used in the 2002 movie, Men In Black II at the post office scene, when Agent J shows Agent K an alien inside a mail sorting machine.