Jeff Scott Soto - Informativo

Jeff Scott Soto (nascido em 4 de novembro de 1965) é um cantor de rock americano de ascendência porto-riquenha. Ele foi o vocalista nos dois primeiros álbuns de Yngwie Malmsteen e o vocalista principal do Journey em 2006–07.

Ele foi vocalista principal das bandas Eyes e Sons of Apollo . Teve uma longa trajetória como vocalista da banda de hard rock Talisman . Atualmente, trabalha como artista solo com sua banda homônima, SOTO, e como vocalista dos supergrupos WET e Trans-Siberian Orchestra . Em 2020, Jeff uniu forças com a banda Art of Anarchy no álbum Let There Be Anarchy, lançado em 2024. Seu estilo varia do hard rock ao power metal, com influências do cantor clássico de soul Sam Cooke , Steve Perry (do Journey ) e Freddie Mercury (do Queen) .

Solo Career:

Studio albums:

Love Parade (1994)

Holding On - EP (2002)

Prism (2003)

Lost in the Translation (2005)

Believe in Me - EP (2006)

Beautiful Mess (2009)

Damage Control (2012)

Retribution (2017)

Wide Awake (In My Dreamland) (2020)

The Duets Collection, Vol. 1 (2021)

Complicated (2022)

Live Albums:

JSS Live at the Gods 2002 (2003)

Live at the Queen Convention 2003 (2004)

One Night in Madrid (2009)

Live at Firefest 2008 (2010)

DVDs:

JSS Live at the Gods 2002 (2003)

Live at the Queen Convention 2003 (2004)

One Night In Madrid (2009)

with Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force:

Rising Force (1984)

Marching Out (1985)

Inspiration (1996)

Singles

"Studio/Live '85" (1985)

"I am a Viking" (Japan, 1985)

DVDs:

Live In Japan '85 (2015)

with Kryst the Conqueror

Deliver Us From Evil (1989)

with Eyes

Eyes (1990)

Windows Of The Soul (1993)

Singles:

"Calling All Girls" (1990)

"Nobody Said It Was Easy" (1990)

with Talisman:

Studio albums:

Talisman (1990)

Genesis - (1993)

Humanimal (1994)

Humanimal Part II (1994)

Life (1995)

Truth (1998)

Cats and Dogs (2003)

7 (2006)

Live Albums:

Five out of Five (Live in Japan) (1994)

Live at Sweden Rock Festival (2001)

Five Men Live (2005)

Singles:

"Just Between Us" (1990)

"I'll be Waiting" (Sweden, 1990)

"Mysterious (This Time is Serious)" (1993)

"Time after Time" (1993)

"Doing Time With My Baby" (1994)

"Colour My XTC" (1994)

"All + All" (1994)

"Frozen" (1995)

"Crazy" (1998)

"Never Die (A Song For Marcel)" (2019)

DVDs:

The World's Best Kept Secret (2005)

with Axel Rudi Pell:

Eternal Prisoner (1992)

The Ballads (1993)

Between the Walls (1994)

Made In Germany - Live (1995)

Black Moon Pyramid (1996)

Magic (1997)

Magic Moments: 25th Anniversary Special Show - Live (2015)

Singles:

"Forever Young" (1994)

"Cry of the Gypsy" (1994)

DVD / Blu-ray:

Magic Moments: 25th Anniversary Special Show - Live (2015)

with Takara:

Eternal Faith (1993)

Taste of Heaven (1995)

Blind in Paradise (1998)

with Human Clay:

Human Clay (1996)

u4ia (1997)

Closing the Book on Human Clay (2003)

The Complete Recordings (2015)

with Steel Dragon:

Rock Star (Music from the Motion Picture) (2001)

with Humanimal:

Humanimal (2002)

Find My Way Home - EP (2002)

with Soul SirkUS:

World Play (2005)

with Redlist:

Ignorance (2007)

with W.E.T.:

W.E.T. (2009)

Rise Up (2013)

One Live in Stockholm (2014)

Earthrage (2018)

Retransmission (2021)

Apex (2025)

Singles

"One Love" (2009)

"Comes Down Like Rain" (2009)

"Brothers In Arms" (2009)

"Learn to Live Again" (2012)

"Love Heals" (2013)

"Watch the Fire" (2018)

"Big Boys Don't Cry" (2020)

"Got to be About Love" (2020)

with Trans-Siberian Orchestra:

Night Castle (2009)

Letters From the Labyrinth (2015)

with SOTO:

Inside the Vertigo (2015)

Divak (2016)

Origami (2019)

Revision (2020)

with Joel Hoekstra's 13:

Dying to Live (2015)

Running Games (2021)

with Sons of Apollo:

Psychotic Symphony (2017)

Alive / Tengo Vida - EP (2018)

Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony (2019)

MMXX (2020)

with Art of Anarchy:

Let There Be Anarchy (2024)

with Ellefson-Soto:

Vacation in the Underworld (2022)

Unbreakable (2025)

Guest Appearances – Lead Vocals:

Threshold - Threshold - 1983

Panther - Panther - 1986

Dragonne - On Dragons Wings - 1988

Kuni - Lookin' For Action - 1988

Alex Masi - Attack Of The Neon Shark - 1989

Skrapp Mettle - Sensitive - 1991

Rich Girl - Rich Girl: Original Soundtrack Unreleased - 1991

Biker Mice From Mars - Biker Mice From Mars: Original Soundtrack - 1993

Da Black Side Brown - Da Black Side Brown - 1994

Gary Schutt - Sentimetal - 1994

Hollywood Underground - Hollywood Underground - 1996

Yngwie Malmsteen - Inspiration - 1996

The Boogie Knights - Welcome To The Jungle Boogie - 1997

Ken Tamplin And Friends - Wake The Nations - 2003

Chris Catena - Freak Out! - 2003

Christian Rivel's Audiovision - The Calling - 2003

Laudamus - Lost In Vain - 2003

Roger Sause - Freestyle Funk - 2004

Edge of Forever - Feeding The Fire - 2004

Michael Schenker - Heavy Hitters - Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions - By Invitation Only - 2005

Jorge Salán - Chronicles of an Evolution - 2007

Tempestt - Bring 'Em On - 2007

Taka Minamino - AngelWing - 2009

Jorge Salán - Estatuas en la calle - 2010

Danger Angel - Danger Angel - 2010

Jane Bogaert - Fifth Dimension - 2010

Last Autumn's Dream – A Touch of Heaven - 2010

"The Flames Still Burns" - from "Ballroom Hamburg — A Decade of Rock" compilation (2010)

Pushking - The World as We Love it - 2011

Evolution - Evolution - 2011

Talon - III - 2011

Mitch Malloy - II - 2011

Wolfpakk - Wolfpakk - 2011

Last Autumn's Dream - Nine Lives - 2011

Koritni - Welcome To The Crossroads - 2012

Reign of the Architect - Rise - 2012

AOR - The Secrets Of L.A - 2013

The Dave K Project - Resurrection / True Lies - 2013

Gus G - I Am The Fire - "Summer Days" - 2014

Gus G - Brand New Revolution - 2015 [16]

Joel Hoekstra - Dying To Live - 2015

AOR - L.A. Darkness - 2016

Lita Ford - Time Capsule - 2016

Lola Astanova - Freedom - 2016

RTfact - Life is Good- 2017

Brad Jurgens - Deranged- 2017

Band of Brothers - Band of Brothers- 2017

HighWay - "Wake Up" - 2017 [17][18]

Jason Bieler - Hope & Strife E.P. - 2018

Jimmy Waldo & Steven Rosen - Voices From The Past - 2018

Schubert In Rock - Commander of Pain - 2018

Octavision - Coexist - 2020

Black Maze Rose - Black Maze Rose (on "Laws Of Attraction") - 2020

Jason Bieler - Songs for the Apocalypse - 2021

Star One - Revel in Time (on "Back from the Past") - 2022[19]

Sky Empire - The Shifting Tectonic Plates of Power - Part One - 2023

D'Luna - Monster - 2024

Shakespeare's Macbeth a rock opera, lead vocals as Macbeth-2025

Various Artists Tributes Albums:

Smoke On The Water: A Tribute to Deep Purple (1994): "Hush"

Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen (1996): "Save Me "

Hot For Remixes: Tribute to Van Halen (1999): "So This Is Love (Sheep On Drugs Remix)"

Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne (2000): "Shot In The Dark"

Little Guitars: A Tribute to Van Halen (2000): "So This Is Love" (Re-released)

Tribute To Aerosmith: Let The Tribute Do The Talkin' (2001): "Cryin'"

An All-Star Lineup Performing The Songs of Pink Floyd (2002): "Us & Them"

Warmth In The Wilderness: A Tribute to Jason Becker (2002): "Desert Island"

We Salute You: A Tribute to AC/DC (2004): "Problem Child"

Numbers from the Beast: An All-Star Salute to Iron Maiden (2004): "Aces High"

The Sweet According to Sweden: A Tribute to The Sweet (2004): "Love Is Like Oxygen"

24/7/365: The Tribute to Led Zeppelin (2004): "Royal Orleans"

The Crown Jewels: A Tribute to Queen (2005): "We Will Rock You"

'80s Metal Tribute to Van Halen (2006): "So This Is Love" (Re-released)

Butchering The Beatles (2006): "Magical Mystery Tour"

Guest Appearances – Backing Vocals:

Rated X - Matter Of Time E.P. - 1987 (Uncredited)

House of Lords - House of Lords - 1988

Glass Tiger - Simple Mission - 1990

Stryper - Against the Law - 1990

Stryper - Can't Stop the Rock - 1991

Saigon Kick - Saigon Kick - 1991

Lita Ford - Dangerous Curves - 1991

McQueen Street - McQueen Street - 1991

Randy Jackson's China Rain - Bed of Nails - 1991

Steelheart - Tangled in Reins - 1992

Babylon A.D. - Nothing Sacred - 1992

Lita Ford - Black - 1992

Mitch Malloy - Mitch Malloy - 1992

Slaughter - The Wild Life - 1992

Pariah - To Mock a Killingbird - 1993

Thomas Vikstrom - If I Could Fly - 1993

Monster - Through The Eyes of the World - 1995

Amalgan - Delicate Stretch of the Seems - 1997

Paul Gilbert - Alligator Farm - 1997

Fergie Frederiksen - Equilibrium - 1999

Neil Turbin - Threatcon Delta - 2003

Takara - Invitation to Forever - 2008

Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again - 2008

Mad Max - Here We Are - 2008

Danger Angel - Revolutia - 2013

Danger Angel - All The King's Horses - 2016

Beg, Borrow & Steal - Push And Shove (The Lost Album) - 2017 (Recorded in 1991) (Uncredited)

Ronnie Montrose - 10 x 10 - 2017: on "Still Singin' With The Band" and "I'm Not Lying"

Harem Scarem - United - 2017

Big Clyde - Freakin' Out - 2022

Guest songwriting:

Khymera - A New Promise - 2005: "You Can't Take Me (Away from You)"

Uriah Heep - Living The Dream - 2018: "Grazed By Heaven"

Uriah Heep - Chaos & Colour" - 2023: "Save Me Tonight"

As Producer:

Spektra - Overload - 2021

Videos:

Jeff Scott Soto - Show Hunters