Still above average!

Survivor originally from Chicago. There in 1977 the songwriter Jim Peterik, who had already attracted attention with the Ides of March and the hit "Vehicles" and the guitarist Frank Sullivan met. Joined the band later, the singer David Bickler, the one primarily for his incisive voice throaty Sound essential feature in the first career stage added steered. The debut offered relatively unspectacular melodic rock with catchy melodies and sustainable riffing.
Even the successor "Premonition" was then that the songwriter couple Peterik / Sullivan found himself slowly. First semi-hits like "Chevy Nights" and "Runway Lights" fell on,
Sylvester Stallone was aware of the band and instructed them to the movie "Rocky III Eye of the Tiger" the title track "Eye of the Tiger" to write. The rest is history, Survivor won a Grammy and was nominated for an Oscar. The eponymous album was very successful. Fast catchy rockers like "Feels Like Love" and "Children Of The Night" alternated with slightly bluesy stompers and ballads. In the foreground is always the melody and the good arrangements, the piano or keyboard may sometimes in the foreground before it is then displaced by Sullivan's guitar again.
The highs and also the finale Bickler era then formed the album "Caught In The Game" with the ingenious title song and the classic "Jackie Do not Go". Bickler goodbye for voice problems.
Succeeding could Jimi Jamison (ex-Cobra) win, who is responsible among other things for the theme song Baywatch. The series of hit albums was "Vital Sings", "When Seconds Count" and "Too Hot To Sleep" fortgsetzt, chart successes were also with soundtrack contributions to Rocky IV ("Burning Heart") and Karate Tiger ("Moment Of Truth" ) achieved.
Survivor tours after intermediate reactivating Bickler and separation again today with Jamison - publications are long gone done. Peterik is today successfully with PRIDE OF LIONS go
I personally prefer the Bickler era what beleibe not mean that Jamison was not a good singer. Already with "Vital Signs" but noticed that the band clearly was smooth polished yet not at home. Even if one or the other guitar is played sometimes dirty, the albums were then already so well produced by Jamison that the effect somewhere fell by the wayside.
In "When Seconds Count" there still is a very good AOR album that though no longer quite hernreicht to the predecessor. Anspieltipps "Oceans", "Man Against The Worl," "Is This Love" and "Rebel Son"