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Jeff Scott Soto
Soto in 2023
Background information
Born
(1965-11-04) November 4, 1965 (age 58) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Hard rock
AOR
heavy metal
power metal
Occupations
Singer
musician
songwriter
Instruments
Vocals
guitar
keyboards
Years active
1983–present
Labels
Frontiers
Rat Pak
Pavement
Member of
Soto/Bieler
W.E.T.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Joel Hoekstra's 13
SOTO
Art of Anarchy
Formerly of
List
Sons of Apollo
Yngwie Malmsteen
Kryst the Conqueror
Talisman
Eyes
Axel Rudi Pell
Takara
Human Clay
Humanimal
Redlist
Soul SirkUS
Journey
Steel Dragon
Website
jeffscottsoto.com
Musical artist
Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent.[1] He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–07.
He sang lead vocals in the band Eyes as well as Sons of Apollo. He also had a long tenure as the front man of hard rock band Talisman. Currently he works as a solo artist, with his self-named band SOTO and as the vocalist of supergroups W.E.T. and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In 2020, Jeff joined forces with the band Art of Anarchy and their debut together drops in 2024. His style ranges from hard rock to power metal, being influenced by classic soul singers as Sam Cooke as well as Journey's Steve Perry, and Freddie Mercury of Queen.
^"The unexpected Journey of Jeff Scott Soto". Blogs.tampabay.com. September 16, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
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vocalist JeffScottSoto taking his place. In December, the replacement was made permanent. Within six months of his permanent appointment, Soto had left...
Clay, Swedish Erotica and JeffScottSoto. He also be involved several unreleased groups like The Three Kings with JeffScottSoto and Swedish guitar player...
rose to prominence in Los Angeles during the 1990s while working with JeffScottSoto and Takara. In 1994, he moved to Florida and joined Signal Zero, later...
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Malmsteen vocalist, JeffScottSoto, was hired to record vocals for the album. Although it has been rumoured for many years that Soto was under contract...
Force in 1984, which featured vocalist JeffScottSoto, keyboardist Jens Johansson and drummer Barriemore Barlow. Soto and Johansson remained for the next...
Mike Terrana, and singers Charlie Huhn, Johnny Gioeli of Hardline, JeffScottSoto, and Rob Rock. Gioeli remains the longest surviving vocalist of the...
instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz, but it ended up featuring vocals by JeffScottSoto and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the release of Rising Force...
side-project of his then-current band Alcatrazz, but due to singer JeffScottSoto's appearance on the album, Malmsteen opted to release it as a solo album...
Two years later he formed the band Talisman together with vocalist JeffScottSoto. Throughout the years Talisman was Jacob's major effort and the band...
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featured performances by Russell Allen, Vinny Appice, Tony Franklin, and JeffScottSoto. In 2016, Hoekstra played on Michael Sweet’s album One Sided War and...
producer Jeff Pilson (born 1959), American musician Jeff Porcaro (1954–1992), American session drummer and member of the rock band Toto JeffScottSoto, American...
who also contributed to the Soundtrack, with Miljenko Matijevic and JeffScottSoto as vocalists, who cannot be seen. He also contributed to the Mortal...
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