Danny Mangold

The Metro All Stars was an American rock band composed of Andy Bailey (keyboards), Dusty Cox (saxophone, keyboards), Andy Gauthier (drums), Jody Hanks (vocals), Danny Mangold (lead guitar) and Larry Stock (bass guitar). It was a second-place finalist on the talent show Star Search. In 1975-77, Mangold was guitarist and vocalist with the rock band Silver, then until mid-1978 with Fast Cat, then with The Uglies, all in Fargo, North Dakota. A founding member of Minneapolis Rock/Soul group The Metro All Stars, Mangold's songwriting helped secure the band a recording contract with MTM/Capitol Records in 1986. After moving to Seattle, Washington, Mangold was introduced to Charles Neville of the Neville Bros. by Mark Cardenas (The Time). A...