The Georgia Satellites
At a time when rock & roll didn't care about its roots, the Georgia Satellites came crashing into the charts with a surprise hit single to remind everybody where the music had come from. The hit single, 1986's "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," rocked as hard as an old Chuck Berry song, as well as being almost as clever. The Satellites weren't a back-to-basics roots rock band, either -- their straightforward sound borrowed equally from Berry, the Rolling Stones, the Faces, Little Feat, and AC/DC, with a Southern backwoods bent. At their best, the Satellites were just a damn good rock & roll band, driven by the classic yet fresh songwriting of lead singer/guitarist Dan Baird. On the strength of "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," their first major-label album sold well, but the follow-up, Open All Night, did not; radio and MTV had treated the band as a kind of novelty -- a bunch of hicks kicking out rock & roll offered a break between the slick pop-metal of Bon Jovi and the introspective pop of Peter Gabriel. By the time they released Open All Night in 1988, no one was interested, even if the album was only slightly weaker than the debut. After one more album, 1989's In the Land of Salvation and Sin, the band called it quits. Guitarist Rick Richards joined Izzy Stradlin's Ju Ju Hounds three years later; Baird pursued a solo career and had a small hit in late 1992 with "I Love You Period." In 1996, he helped form the Yayhoos after releasing his second solo album. The Yayhoos have two albums, the most recent being 2006's Put the Hammer Down. During the mid-'90s, the Georgia Satellites reunited without Baird. They released Shaken Not Stirred in 1997.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Lightnin' in a Bottle: The Official Live Album
Rock - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 19 Nov 2021
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Georgia Satellites
Rock - Released by Elektra Asylum on 16 Sep 1986
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In The Land Of Salvation And Sin
Pop - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 1 Jan 1989
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Route 66 (Live (Remastered))
Rock - Released by Delta Music - Concert Archive on 5 Jun 2022
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Let It Rock...Best Of Georgia Satellites
Pop - Released by Elektra Records on 12 Jan 1993
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Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Greatest Hits
Rock - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 29 Mar 2019
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Ultimate
Pop/Rock - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 12 Mar 2021
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Keep Your Hands To Yourself / Can't Stand The Pain [Digital 45] (45 Version)
Rock - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 1 Jan 1986
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The Very Best Of
Pop - Released by Parlophone Denmark on 28 Jul 2014
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Shaken Not Stirred
Rock - Released by Parlophone Denmark on 1 Jan 1996
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Lightnin' in a Bottle: The Official Live Album (Live)
Rock - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 19 Nov 2021
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Live The Ritz NY Feb 22, 1987 - Remastered
Rock - Released by TGS Records on 1 Jan 2015
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Rhino Hi-Five: The Georgia Satellites
Rock - Released by Rhino - Elektra on 24 Apr 2007
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Live in New York, 1988 - FM Radio Broadcast (Live)
Rock - Released by Rock Melon on 2 Oct 2015
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Sweet Nights (Live NYC '87)
Rock - Released by Fried Bananas on 8 Feb 2021
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Run Run Rudolph (Live)
Rock - Released by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company on 1 Dec 2021
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