MARK REAL .... R.I.P.
\r\nMark Reale (June 7, 1955 – January 25, 2012) was an American heavy metal guitarist best known for being the only constant original member in the band Riot.
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\r\nMark was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. He grew up listening to The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Ritchie Blackmore and lists George Harrison as one of his greatest influences. After attending concerts by Ronnie Montrose, Rick Derringer and Edgar Winter he decided to become a rock guitarist, forming the band Riot in 1975 who are still active today. Many music magazines and critics have called him one of the most underrated heavy metal guitarists ever.
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\r\nMark Reale has been the principal songwriter and main creative force behind Riot starting with the band’s 1977 debut album Rock City. The group’s most acclaimed album was 1981’s seminal Fire Down Under, the last of three studio albums to feature original vocalist Guy Speranza. Other notable records include Restless Breed (1982), the band’s comeback album, Thundersteel (1988), and its follow-up, The Privilege of Power (1990). Riot’s most recent album was Immortal Soul in 2011. Riot has toured all around the world and been a support act for major acts such as Kiss, AC/DC, Sammy Hagar, Molly Hatchet, and Rush while maintaining a particularly strong fanbase in Japan and Continental Europe.
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\r\nAfter Riot’s temporary breakup following the Born In America (1983) release, Reale formed a short-lived outfit named Narita with former members of S.A. Slayer, including future Riot bassist Don Van Stavern. The band recorded a sole demo in 1984 before calling it quits. Reale decided to re-activate Riot which led to a new record deal with CBS Records and the Thundersteel album in 1988. In 1998, Reale co-founded the group Westworld with vocalist Tony Harnell of TNT fame. Westworld released three studio albums and one live disc between 1999 and 2002.\r\n
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\r\nOn January 25, 2012, Reale died of complications related to Crohn’s disease. Reale, who had Crohn’s disease most of his life, had been in a coma since January 11th due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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\r\nReale’s Riot bandmates have issued the following statement:
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\r\n“To friends and fans of Mark Reale and Riot, we are deeply saddened to confirm that Mark has lost his battle with a lifelong illness. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated by Mark’s family, friends, and bandmates at this difficult time.”
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\r\nDiscography
\r\n• Rock City (1977)
\r\n• Narita (1979)
\r\n• Fire Down Under (1981)
\r\n• Restless Breed (1982)
\r\n• Born In America (1983)
\r\n• Thundersteel (1988)
\r\n• The Privilege of Power (1990)
\r\n• Nightbreaker (1993)
\r\n• The Brethren of the Long House (1996)
\r\n• Irishmore (1998)
\r\n• Shine On Live In Japan (1998)
\r\n• Sons of Society (1999)
\r\n• Through the Storm (2002)
\r\n• Army of One (2006)
\r\n• Immortal Soul (2011)
\r\nWith Westworld
\r\n• Westworld (1999)
\r\n• Skin (2000)
\r\n• Live... In the Flesh (2001)
\r\n• Cyberdreams (2002) \r\n
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\r\nCrohn’s disease\r\n
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\r\nCrohn’s disease, also known as regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is at its worst), vomiting (can be continuous), or weight loss,[1][2][3] but may also cause complications outside the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the eye, tiredness, and lack of concentration. \r\n
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\r\nCrohn’s disease is caused by interactions between environmental, immunological and bacterial factors in genetically susceptible individuals. This results in a chronic inflammatory disorder, in which the body’s immune system attacks the gastrointestinal tract possibly directed at microbial antigens.
\r\nCrohn’s disease has traditionally been described as an autoimmune disease, but recent investigators have described it as a disease of immune deficiency.
\r\nThere is a genetic association with Crohn’s disease, primarily with variations of the NOD2 gene and its protein, which senses bacterial cell walls. Siblings of affected individuals are at higher riskMales and females are equally affected. Smokers are two times more likely to develop Crohn’s disease than nonsmokers. Crohn’s disease affects between 400,000 and 600,000 people in North America.[10] Prevalence estimates for Northern Europe have ranged from 27–48 per 100,000. Crohn’s disease tends to present initially in the teens and twenties, with another peak incidence in the fifties to seventies, although the disease can occur at any age.[1][12] There is no known pharmaceutical or surgical cure for Crohn’s disease.[13] Treatment options are restricted to controlling symptoms, maintaining remission, and preventing relapse.\r\n
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\r\nThe disease was named after American gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn, who, in 1932, together with two colleagues, described a series of patients with inflammation of the terminal ileum, the area most commonly affected by the illness.
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