A Los Angeles band formed, according to official statements on exactly the lucky Japanese date of 8th August 1988, by guitarists Amir Derakh, Matt Thorr and drummer David Alford, all erstwhile members of prominent Rock outfit ROUGH CUTT, along with Michael Raphael and former S.O.S. and AGENT-X front man Danny Simon. Antecedent to ROUGH CUTT, both Thorr (as Matt Thorne) and Alford had figured in the formative line up of RATT.

JAILHOUSE's only commercially released product was the live mini-album 'Alive In A Mad World', recorded at the Hollywood Roxy club and issued through the Restless imprint. The record included four live tracks, one of which would be a sterling cover of THIN LIZZY's seminal 'Jailbreak', plus the acoustic 'Stand Up'. An unusually altruistic aspect of this release would be that proceeds from sales went to National Runaway Switchboard and the Options House, two charitable organisations working with runaway teenagers.

JAILHOUSE made a significant impact on radio and television with the tracks 'Please Come Back' and 'Modern Girl' before momentum strangely slowed. The group had signed to Enigma Records but would be caught up in that company's downfall. It would seem that at one stage a version of JAILHOUSE had seen Simon and Raphael working alongside erstwhile WARLOCK bassist Tommy Hendrikson and ex-DEEP FREEZE drummer Ricky Parent, both WAR AND PEACE veterans. JAILHOUSE fizzled out sometime in 1991.

In 1992 Simon formed GRIND with ex-WARRIOR bassist Kelly Patrick and erstwhile FEMME FATALE drummer Bobby Murray, being subsequently joined by former TYXE vocalist / guitarist Gregory Leslie. The band offered a certain Bluesy vibe to their material and, at other times, sounded like early KISS and briefly worked with producer Kevin Beamish on demo tapes. Meantime, guitarist Michael Raphael forged NEVE, scoring a deal with Columbia Records before moving on to a career in production.

Danny Simon then changed his name to Simon Daniels and formed THE FLOOD, signing to Interscope Records in late 1996. A JAILHOUSE studio album turned up on D Rock Records in 1998. Derakh underwent a complete change of image and musical styles to find platinum success with post Grunge outfit ORGY.

In 2004 archive JAILHOUSE tracks 'Sweet Angel', 'Stand Up' and 'Tell Me Why' featured on the RLS Records compilation album 'Kings of Sunset Strip - Volume 1' alongside ANGORA, TOMMI GUNN and YOUNG GUNNS. In mid 2005 Amir Derakh would act as co-producer on LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington's debut solo album. That same year found Michael Raphael touring with JANI LANE.