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- Country of origin:
- International
- Location:
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Status:
- Split-up
- Formed in:
- 1985
- Genre:
- Heavy Metal
- Lyrical themes:
- Solidarity
- Last label:
- Mercury Records
- Years active:
- 1985
A charity project that collected in excess of $1 million for famine relief in Africa. The project was led by Ronnie James Dio and included 40 notable '80s heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists.
| Jimmy Bain | Bass, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| (R.I.P. 2016) See also: ex-Last in Line, ex-Rainbow, ex-WWIII, ex-Dio, ex-L.A. Law, ex-Sledge Leather, ex-3 Legged Dogg, ex-Harlot, ex-Key, ex-Street Noise, ex-Wild Horses | |
| Frankie Banali | Drums, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| (R.I.P. 2020) See also: ex-Blackthorne, ex-Freakshow, ex-Alex Masi, ex-Quiet Riot, ex-W.A.S.P., ex-Dokken (live), ex-Twisted Sister (live), ex-Heavy Bones, ex-Steppenwolf, ex-Faster Pussycat (live), ex-Robert Fleischman (live) | |
| Vinny Appice | Drums, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Dunsmuir, Last in Line, Martiria, Resurrection Kings, Serpent's Ride, ex-Heaven & Hell, Appice, ex-Kill Devil Hill, ex-WWIII, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Dio, ex-Power Project, ex-3 Legged Dogg, ex-9 Chambers, ex-Axis, ex-Bruzer, ex-Circle of Tyrants, ex-Derringer, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Minoru Niihara, ex-Dio Disciples (live) | |
| Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Blue Öyster Cult | |
| Carlos Cavazo | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Snow, Big Noize, Black Plague, Dangerface, Hurricane, King Kobra, Rough Riot, The Dirty Rats, ex-Quiet Riot, ex-Power Project, ex-3 Legged Dogg, ex-Heat, ex-Hollywood Allstarz, ex-Ratt, ex-Speed of Light | |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Yngwie Malmsteen, Generation Axe, ex-Steeler, ex-Alcatrazz | |
| George Lynch | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: T&N, Dokken (live), Electric Freedom, KXM, Souls of We, Sweet & Lynch, The Banishment, The End Machine, ex-Dirty Shirley, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Lynch-Pilson, ex-Sergeant Rocks, ex-The Boyz, ex-Xciter | |
| Neal Schon | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Journey, Neal Schon, ex-Abraxas Pool, ex-Azteca, ex-Bad English, ex-Hardline, ex-HSAS, ex-Just If I, ex-Planet Us, ex-Santana, ex-Schon & Hammer, ex-Soul SirkUS, ex-Sy Klopps Blues Band | |
| Brad Gillis | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Night Ranger, Skills, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Vicious Rumors, ex-Fiona, ex-Next, ex-Rubicon | |
| Vivian Campbell | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Def Leppard, Last in Line, Riverdogs, Vivian Campbell, ex-Sweet Savage, ex-Thin Lizzy, ex-Dio, ex-Shadow King, ex-The Dudes of Wrath, ex-Whitesnake (live) | |
| Eddie Ojeda | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: ex-Twisted Sister, ex-Eddie Ojeda, ex-Scarecrow, ex-SPX, ex-Toro | |
| Craig Goldy | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Craig Goldy, Dream Child, Resurrection Kings, ex-Craig Goldy's Ritual, ex-Dio, Dio Disciples, ex-M.A.R.S., ex-Budgie (live), ex-Driver, ex-Giuffria, ex-Hard Luck, ex-Rough Cutt | |
| Adrian Smith | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Iron Maiden, ex-Urchin, Primal Rock Rebellion, Smith/Kotzen, ex-Bruce Dickinson, ex-A.S.A.P., ex-Adrian Smith's Blues Band, ex-Broadway Brats, ex-Evil Ways, ex-Psycho Motel, ex-Stone Free, ex-The Entire Population of Hackney / The Sherman Tankers | |
| Dave Murray | Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Iron Maiden, ex-Urchin, ex-Electric Gas, ex-Legend, ex-Stone Free, ex-The Secret | |
| Claude Schnell | Keyboards, Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: ex-Mark Edwards, ex-Impellitteri, ex-Last in Line, ex-Dio, ex-Rough Cutt | |
| Dave Meniketti | Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Meniketti, Y & T, ex-Yesterday & Today | |
| Ronnie James Dio | Vocals (1985) |
| (R.I.P. 2010) See also: ex-Dio, ex-Heaven & Hell, ex-Rainbow, ex-Deep Purple (live), ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Elf, ex-Ronnie and the Redcaps, ex-Ronnie and the Rumblers, ex-Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, ex-The Electric Elves, ex-The Elves, ex-The Vegas Kings | |
| Rob Halford | Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Halford, Judas Priest, ex-Fight, ex-Black Sabbath (live), ex-2wo, ex-Abraxas, ex-Athens Wood, ex-Bullring Brummies, ex-Hiroshima, ex-Lord Lucifer, ex-Thark | |
| Kevin DuBrow | Vocals (1985) |
| (R.I.P. 2007) See also: ex-Quiet Riot, ex-Heat, ex-Kevin DuBrow, ex-Little Women | |
| Eric Bloom | Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Blue Öyster Cult, ex-Rick and the Ravons | |
| Paul Shortino | Vocals (1985) |
| See also: King Kobra, Rough Riot, ex-Quiet Riot, ex-Badd Boyz, ex-Rough Cutt, ex-Shortino / Northrup, ex-Great White (live) | |
| Geoff Tate | Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Geoff Tate, Operation: Mindcrime, Sweet Oblivion, Avantasia (live), ex-Queensrÿche, ex-The Mob, ex-Queensrÿche, ex-Myth, ex-Babylon, ex-Trinity, ex-Tyrant | |
| Don Dokken | Vocals (1985) |
| See also: Dokken, Don Dokken, ex-War & Peace | |
| Ted Nugent | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Ted Nugent, ex-Damn Yankees, ex-Damnocracy, ex-The Amboy Dukes | |
| Carmine Appice | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Appice, Appice Perdomo Project, Cactus, Carmine Appice, King Kobra, Paul Stanley, Rated X, Vanilla Fudge, Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish's Rascals (live), ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Beck, Bogert & Appice, ex-Blue Murder, ex-CB&A, ex-Derringer, Bogert & Appice, ex-DNA, ex-KGB, ex-Legacy X, ex-Mother's Army, ex-Rod Stewart, ex-Ted Nugent, ex-Edgar Winter (live), ex-Leslie West (live) | |
| Mick Mars | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Mötley Crüe, ex-Garcia Brothers, ex-Spiders and Cowboys, ex-The Jades, ex-Vendetta, ex-White Horse (aka Mottley Croo) | |
| Tommy Aldridge | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Destinia, ex-M.A.R.S., Iconic, Whitesnake, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Patrick Rondat, ex-Thin Lizzy, ex-Vinnie Moore, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen (live), ex-Motörhead, ex-Oliver Weers, ex-Black Oak Arkansas, ex-Elements of Friction, ex-Gary Moore, ex-House of Lords, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Manic Eden, ex-Pat Travers Band, ex-Hughes/Thrall (live), ex-John Sykes (live) | |
| David Alford | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: ex-Max Havoc, ex-Sexist, ex-Rough Cutt | |
| Mick Brown | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: T&N, ex-Dokken, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Ted Nugent, ex-The Bourbon Ballet, ex-The Boyz, ex-The End Machine, ex-Tooth and Nail, ex-Xciter | |
| Jeff Pilson | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: T&N, Black Swan, Foreigner, Freakshow, The End Machine, ex-Craig Goldy, ex-Dokken, ex-Dio, ex-Power Project, ex-Cinema, ex-Flesh And Blood, ex-Frontiers All Stars, ex-George Lynch, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Lynch-Pilson, ex-McAuley Schenker Group, ex-Minoru Niihara, ex-Rock Justice, ex-Tooth and Nail, ex-Underground Moon, ex-War & Peace, ex-Wild Horses | |
| Amir Derakh | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Julien-K, ex-Dead by Sunrise, ex-Jailhouse, ex-Orgy, ex-Rough Cutt | |
| Chris Hager | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Rough Cutt, ex-Ratt, ex-Rough Riot | |
| Chris Holmes | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: ex-Psycho Squad, Chris Holmes, Mean Man, Stonebreed (live), ex-Animal, ex-W.A.S.P., ex-Sister, ex-Baton Rogue Morgue, ex-Buster Savage, ex-LA Guns, ex-LAX, ex-Secret Society, ex-Slave, ex-The Big Ball Stars, ex-Where Angels Suffer, ex-BulletBoys (live), ex-Phil Lewis's L.A. Guns (live) | |
| Blackie Lawless | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: W.A.S.P., ex-Sister, ex-London, ex-Circus Circus, ex-Killer Kane Band, ex-New York Dolls | |
| Mark Stein | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Greg Walls, Vanilla Fudge, ex-Alice Cooper, ex-Boomerang, ex-Tommy Bolin | |
| Matt Thorr | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Platinum Overdose, ex-Grass, ex-Jailhouse, ex-Mickey Ratt, ex-Rough Cutt, ex-Sarge | |
| Derek Smalls | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Spinal Tap | |
| Vince Neil | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Mötley Crüe, Vince Neil, ex-Rockandi | |
| David St. Hubbins | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Spinal Tap, ex-Lenny and the Squigtones | |
| Rudy Sarzo | Vocals (backing) (1985) |
| See also: Dream Child, Quiet Riot, Social Disorder, ex-Dio, ex-M.A.R.S., ex-Queensrÿche, A New Revenge, Animetal USA, Devil City Angels, Gunzo, Project Rock, TRED, ex-Dee Snider, ex-Hollentor, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Pamela Moore, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen (live), ex-Angel, ex-Blue Öyster Cult, ex-Dio Disciples, ex-Hardline, ex-Manic Eden, ex-Ratt, ex-The Dudes of Wrath, ex-The Guess Who, ex-Whitesnake | |