History Music / SurvivorBand

* PowerWalk: The band performs one in the music video for "Eye of the Tiger."

While they're less well-remembered than contemporaries like Music/{{Journey|Band}} or Music/{{Foreigner|Band}}, they had a harder and heavier sound for most of their career. Although out of the limelight since the end of the eighties, members of the group still perform as Survivor and have recorded one album. Until Jimi Jamison's untimely death in 2014, they had both vocalists, Jamison and Bickler perform together.

While they're less well-remembered than contemporaries like Music/{{Journey|Band}} or Music/{{Foreigner|Band}}, they had a harder and heavier sound for most of their career. Although out of the limelight since the end of the eighties, members of the group still perform as Survivor and have recorded one album. Until Jimi Jamison's untimely death in 2014, they had both vocalists, Jamison and Bickler perform together with them.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Averted when Dave Bickler left the band, replaced by Jimi Jamison, as they still continued making hits. Played straight when Jimi Jamison left the band midway through the recording of their last album, ''Reach''- guitarist Frankie Sullivan [[StepUpToTheMic took over the vocals]] for two songs. They then hired Robin Mc Auley as their vocalist- and didn't record again for over five years (and counting), although Jamison has returned to the band.

Survivor is an American rock group from Chicago best known for their number-one hit "Eye of the Tiger", which was famously featured in the soundtrack to the Creator/SylvesterStallone film ''Film/RockyIII''. While they had other hits, none matched the huge success of this one, and as such they're often thought of as a OneHitWonder group.

!!It's the Eye of the Troper, it's the thrill of the fight:

-->"Eye of the Tiger"

!!"It's the Eye of the Troper, it's the thrill of the fight":

* NiceHat: Dave Bickler's trademark beret.

While they're less well-remembered than contemporaries like Music/{{Journey}} or Music/{{Foreigner}}, they had a harder and heavier sound for most of their career. Although out of the limelight since the end of the eighties, members of the group still perform as Survivor and have recorded one album. Until Jimi Jamison's untimely death in 2014, they had both vocalists, Jamison and Bickler perform together with them.

* NotableMusicVideos: The video for "Eye of the Tiger", particularly the opening scene of the band striding down a street clad in leather jackets and jeans, is one of the most recognised of the early eighties.

* OneMarioLimit: A guitarist named Jimmy is a dime a dozen, but [[Music/JimiHendrix spelled like that...]] Not helped by the more famous one being called “Jimmie James” as a session musician.

* OneMarioLimit: A guitarist named Jimmy is a dime a dozen, but [[Music/JimiHendrix spelled like that..]] Not helped by the more famous one being called “Jimmie James” as a session musician.

!!Tropes include:

* NamesTheSame: As ''that'' [[Series/{{Survivor}} popular American TV show]]. Which didn't go too well with the band, as they threatened to sue Creator/{{CBS}}, the network that aired the show. They didn't succeed.
** They reunited (partly) in the 1990s, with Dave Bickler as their vocalist. At the same time, Jimi Jamison formed a band and they performed as 'Jimi Jamison's Survivor', which didn't go down too well with the original band members.
** Their less famous hit ballad, Is This Love, also the name of a ''much'' more popular Music/{{Whitesnake}} song. To the point being where both songs share the ''same first line'' for the chorus, being "Is this love that I'm feeling?"

* SignatureSong: "Eye Of The Tiger" and "Burning Heart".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jamison was a preferred choice as a vocalist for Music/DeepPurple, after Ian Gillan left the band in the late 1980s, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the record company did not let it happen]]. They had to choose Joe Lynn Turner instead.

* VocalTagTeam: Their first two albums had some moments, with Jim Peterik providing additional vocals. It now happens extensively after they brought back both Dave Bickler and Jimi Jamison, as it does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebZA1ZqO9RE here]].

Survivor is an American rock group from Chicago best known for their number-one hit "Eye of the Tiger", which was famously featured in the soundtrack to the Creator/SylvesterStallone film ''RockyIII''. While they had other hits, none matched the huge success of this one, and as such they're often thought of as a OneHitWonder group.

* PopStarComposer: Impressed by their song "Poor Man's Son", Sylvester Stallone asked the band to write something for ''Rocky III'' after Music/{{Queen}} denied him permission to use "Another One Bites the Dust". The result was, of course, "Eye of the Tiger". Aside from that obvious example, they wrote "Burning Heart" for ''RockyIV'' and "The Moment of Truth" for the ''Film/TheKarateKid'' soundtrack.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jamison was a preferred choice as a vocalist for DeepPurple, after Ian Gillan left the band in the late 1980s, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the record company did not let it happen]]. They had to choose Joe Lynn Turner instead.

** Their less famous hit ballad, Is This Love, also the name of a ''much'' more popular Music/{{Whitesnake}} song.

Survivor is an American rock group from Chicago best known for their number-one hit "Eye of the Tiger", which was famously featured in the soundtrack to the SylvesterStallone film ''RockyIII''. While they had other hits, none matched the huge success of this one, and as such they're often thought of as a OneHitWonder group.

Their greatest success was the inclusion of "Eye of the Tiger" in the soundtrack for the third ''Rocky'' film, which cemented their position as a leading ArenaRock group. They had further successes with the album ''Vital Signs'' and its hit singles "The Search Is Over", "High On You" and "I Can't Hold Back", but subsequent releases were scuppered by poor marketing on the part of their record label, precipitating their breakup at the end of the eighties.

While they're less well-remembered than contemporaries like Music/{{Journey}} or Music/{{Foreigner}}, they had a harder and heavier sound for most of their career. Although out of the limelight since the end of the eighties, members of the group still perform as Survivor and have recorded one album. Until Jimi Jamison's untimely death in 2014, they had both vocalists, Dave and Jimi, performing together with them.

While they're less well-remembered than contemporaries like Music/{{Journey}} or Music/{{Foreigner}}, they had a harder and heavier sound for most of their career. Although out of the limelight since the end of the eighties, members of the group still perform as Survivor and have recorded one album. Currently, they have both vocalists, Dave and Jimi, performing together with them.

* OneHitWonder: They're best known in America for "Eye of the Tiger", in spite of having other Top 40 hits, including four which reached the Top 10. Played straight elsewhere; in most territories, the ''Rocky'' song was pretty much their only significant hit.