Effective period / Period of releases: 1986

Members: Scott Boyd, Scott Bender, Bill Baldwin (2), Chris Procopio, John Meanor, Karla Goldman, Tim Malone (3), Chris Zdinak, Stan Brusoski

18 Names were one of Pittsburgh's premier rock bands of the mid to late '80s. They privately released an incredible piece of female fronted melodic hard rock / AOR in 1986 entitled "Armed and Ready". Featuring one of the greatest female rock voices of the '80s, Karla Goldman (who later released "Karla", her highly touted solo album in 1990), along with bassist Scott Bender (of Paul Gilbert's Scotland and Baton Rouge (3)), drummer Chris Procopio (of Triple X (25)) and the tasty guitar and keyboard interplay of Bill Baldwin and John Meanor respectively.