1. Kee Marcello is currently on tour with the Kee Marcello Band.
10 Facts About Kee Marcello
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Kee Marcello had previously collaborated with Europe vocalist Joey Tempest on the hugely successful single "Give a Helpin' Hand" for the charity project 'Swedish Metal Aid'.
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Kee Marcello produced the platinum selling record and subsequently gave Tempest his very first hit single.
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The success of this collaboration was probably instrumental for the decision of asking Kee Marcello to become the new guitar player.
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In 1988, Kee Marcello recorded his first studio album with Europe, Out of This World, at Olympic Studios in London.
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In 1993, Kee Marcello joined former Easy Action drummer Freddie Von Gerber in the band Red Fun, and released a self-titled album that featured a melodic metal sound with heavy blues influences.
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Kee Marcello did several guest appearances as a guitar player, like on the 1999 In Flames album Colony, contributing the second guitar solo on the song "Coerced Coexistence".
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When Europe reunited with John Norum later that year, Kee Marcello decided not to be part of the reunion.
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Kee Marcello became an endorsee of Gibson Guitars that year.
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Kee Marcello is competing in horse racing in Sweden and made the news when he was not allowed to participate in a celebrity race with sports star Patrik Sjoberg due to failing a mandatory pre-race alcohol test.