Lanny Cordola

Backing Vocals, Guitarist

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Who is Lanny Cordola?

Lanny Cordola is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. He has been a member of bands such as Giuffria, House Of Lords, and Magdallan.

Before joining Giuffria, Lanny was the main songwriter for his original bands named Lights, American Heroes and Mondo Cane with such songs as "All For One," "Lonely Money," "Blow It All Away," "Nasty Girl," "Gypsy In A Twisted World," "Dream Carnival," "High On A Dream," "Empty Cabaret," "Can't Wait Any Longer," "Uncontrolled Fire," "Prime Time," " Photogenic," "Walking On The Edge," "Violent City" and "Riddles In The Night."

Both American Heroes and Mondo Cane gained their greatest success in Hollywood in the early 80s. Other contributing members of those bands included Bret Alstadt on lead vocals, Joey Leon on drums and Loren Robinson on bass guitar. Shawn Perry became Mondo Cane's manager in 1982 and Mark Lundquist, a keyboard player and backing vocalist, was added to the band in 1984. Robinson left and the band went through three other bass players before folding in 1985.

Lanny attended Cypress High School in Cypress, California and began his career by playing weekend parties in neighborhood garages and then branching out into the entertainment circuit by playing various clubs in Orange and Los Angeles night clubs. While "on tour" in the Southern California club circuit, Paul Shook Brent Cobleigh and Scotty Gustafski were the road crew for American Heroes/Mondo Cane. They went on to start to form their own band, Charade, rehearsing several of AH/MC's songs.

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Also known as
  • Cordola, Lanny
  • Lenny Cordola
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Cypress High School

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on July 23, 2013

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