The management of Great White - the band who witnessed tragedy when over 100 of their fans and their guitarist Ty Longley were killed in a fire during a gig at a Rhode Island club - have distanced themselves from a compilation album of the band's songs called 'Burning House Of Love'.

The inappropriately titled album is a collection of cover versions recorded
over the years by Great White - including their rendition of a track originally recorded by a band called 'X' which the album is named after. The album has been compiled and put out by a record label called Horizon Italy and distributed in the US by a company called City Hall Records.

Speaking for the band Obi Steinman told reporters the album had not been
authorised or approved by Great White, and that since being aware of the
release they had ordered Horizon Italy to stop its distribution. He said moves had already been taken to withdraw the CD from record stores and online music sellers.

He said Horizon Italy had not considered the link between their choice in title and the sad events that surrounded that gig back in Feb 2003, adding that the band's lawyers were now looking into whether the label had the right to release the music in the first place.