| The Right to Rock | |
| Type: | Studio Album |
| Artist: | Keel |
| Cover: | Keel TheRightToRock.jpg |
| Released: | January 28, 1985 |
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| Length: | 39:49 |
| Label: | Gold Mountain/A&M (US) Vertigo (Europe) King (Japan) |
| Producer: | Gene Simmons |
| Prev Title: | Lay Down the Law |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | The Final Frontier |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
The Right to Rock is the second studio album by American rock band Keel. It was the first to be produced by Kiss's Gene Simmons under their new label Gold Mountain Records (which was distributed by A&M Records at the time). When the band started recording the album, drummer Bobby Marks left. He was replaced by different drummers: Fred Coury (who went on to join Cinderella), Barry Brandt (of Angel) and Steve Riley (who plays on the entire album but subsequently left to join the band W.A.S.P.). Dwain Miller eventually became the band's permanent drummer right before the album was released.[1] The band had only written three songs when the label sent them to the studio, therefore Keel covered three Gene Simmons demos and re-recorded three songs from their debut album – "Tonight You're Mine" was renamed to "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" for this album.
The remastered version of the album features two bonus tracks – a remixed version of "Easier Said than Done", and a "reunion" version of "The Right to Rock".