Angel’s second album, Helluva Band, was – and remains – a quality record, containing, in The Fortune, one of the best songs the quintet ever recorded. It highlighted just how motivated and well-oiled the group had become since leaving their slot as house band at Washington DC’s Bogies nightclub on America’s East Coast for the much sunnier climes of LA on the opposite side of the US.
They were formed in 1974 by the former Bux duo of guitarist Punky Meadows and bassist Mickie Jones with keyboard maestro Gregg Giuffria (a native of Gulfport, Mississippi, who had previously opened for The Who and Jimi Hendrix with his former band Flower Power and had also played with Capitol recording artists David And The Giants), drummer Barry Brandt and vocalist Frank DiMino.
