Rhett Forrester was the tall, lean blonde whose soulful voice and charismatic personality helped launch Brooklyn's RIOT.

Forrester recorded three successful albums with RIOT . They included Restless Breed, Riot Live, and Born In Amenca.

Howewer un 1983. plagued with managerial and record company woes, RIOT eventually disbanded.

Forrester remained in New York working on a number of side projects. They included the vocal tracks on Jack Starks solo album, Out Of The Darkness and the New York cornpilation, Thrasher.Taking a year off, he moved to Paris, France to record his first solo album Gone With The Wind.

With his solo career in full swing, Forrester returned to the States to record Even The Score, a cult classic which landed him squarely as one of Rock's premiere vocalists.

n Japan, Burrn ! magazine voted Forrester the number one vocalist of the year. He combined the commanding presence of Robert Plant with the soulful voice of Paul Rodgers.