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Phantom Blue is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, USA, that was formed in 1987.

Founded by best friends Michelle Meldrum and Nicole Couch, Phantom Blue recorded a demo that won them a contract with Shrapnel Records and an eponymous debut album in the Summer of 1989, attracting transatlantic interest, and minor hit single Why Call it Love. However, the band resented the glam metal/hair metal image given by their record company, which did not equate with their actual much heavier sound, and also being made to shoot the video for Why Call it Love at a male penitentiary. Much momentum was lost in finding a new management and record deal (finally with Geffen Records), and their follow-up album Built to Perform did not emerge until 1993.

A reasonably successful European tour to promote it followed in 1994. Unfortunately some destabilizing lineup changes followed before the independently-released Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts in 1995 which also featured a comic book on the band that was packaged with the CD. The band's live album Caught Live was released in 1997. By the end of the decade, vocalist Gigi Hangach had left, leaving drummer Linda McDonald the only surviving founding member of the band. Nevertheless the band soldiered on, releasing the EP Full Blown in 1998 before calling it quits.

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Phantom Blue
Common Shrew
2001, DVDr, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label
Various
Warmth In The Wilderness - A Tribute To Jason Becker
2001
Various
NMShowcase - Sampler '96
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label,
Various
Pinnacle Cassette Upfront 0006
1995, Cass, Comp, Promo, Pinnacle Independent News, ,
Leftfield
Various
Roadrunner 1994
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Roadrunner Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Thrash/Hardcore/Industrial/Heavy Metal
Various
The Finest Of Hard-Rock (Vol. 1 + 2)
1994, 4xCD, Comp + Box, K-Tel, ,
Hard Rock
Various
Metal Bestial
1994, CD, Comp, Roadrunner Records, ,
Death Metal/Hardcore/Heavy Metal
Various
May Have Fun !?!
1994, VHS, Comp, Promo, Roadrunner Records
Various / Various
RAWk Tuneup 3 - Lonn's Seismic Shredders / Aftershock - Rumblings From The 21st Floor
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, The Album Network,
Various
EMPH-Attic 44 - May 1994
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Attic, ,
Indie Rock/Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Funk Metal/Pop Rap/Alternative Rock/New Age
Various
Cave Or Die - One
1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Roadrunner Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Thrash/Hardcore/Industrial/Heavy Metal
Various
The Finest Of Hard-Rock (Vol. 1)
1994, ,
Hard Rock
Various
Metal CD Collection 13
1993, CD, Comp, Northern & Shell Publications, MCD Magazine, ,
Thrash/Heavy Metal
Various
Voice
1993, CD, Comp, Roadrunner Records,
Various
Was Heißt Hier Metal?
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Roadrunner Records, ,
Experimental/Heavy Metal
Various
Pc Disc - Special For Radio
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Ricordi,
Various
FEMS 10 Years Anniversary (Voice Of FEMS)
1993, CD, Comp, Far East Metal Syndicate,
Various
FEMS 10 Years Anniversary (Voice Of FEMS)
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Sam, Far East Metal Syndicate,
Various
Wild Dreams Golden Soft-Rock Ballads
1993
Various
Metal Queens - The Video
1991, VHS, PAL, BMG Video, ,
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Various
Kerrang! Ladykillers
1990, ,
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Various
Metalvision
1990
Various
Metal Queens - Women In Rock
1990, ,
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Various
Now That's What I Call Metal
1990, ,
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Thrash
Various
Hard 'N' Heavy Volume 4
1989, VHS, ,
Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Glam/Thrash/Funk Metal
Various
Metal Ballads Hits
2005, CD-ROM, Comp, Unofficial, MP3, Star Track (4), ,
Heavy Metal/Doom Metal/Glam/Grunge/Ballad
Various
Munich City Nights - Vol. 63
1996, CD, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial, Enigma Records (10)
Various
Women In Rock
1996
Various
Metal Queen - Women In Rock
,
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal