The 80s Rockers For Japan benefit took place on Saturday, April 16th at Harper’s in Reseda, California. The show was organized by XYZ's Terry Ilous and included members of some of the '80s most popular rock and metal bands.

Video footage from the event, for the track 'Over The Mountain', and featuring Robin McAuley (vocals - SURVIVOR, MSG), Mitch Perry (guitar - MSG, ASIA, EDGAR WINTER), Brian Tichy (drums - WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, BILLY IDOL), Rudy Sarzo (bass - DIO, QUIET RIOT, Whitesnake, OZZY OSBOURNE, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT) and Robert Sarzo (guitar - HURRICANE), can be seen below:

Ilous and Jeff Paris also wrote a song called 'One Family' and created a video that features many of the participating musicians. The song was recorded, and the video shot, live at the benefit. It will soon be available on iTunes. Proceeds from the event and sales of the track and video will be donated to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief efforts.

Ilous spoke with BraveWords.com's Deb Rao recently about the importance of such a show.

"I was watching television and was amazed at what happened to all the people in Japan," says Ilous. "To be really honest with you I started crying. I felt really bad. I saw kids everyone. I have myself an Asian kid so I looked at the kids and it reminded me of my daughter. It could happen anywhere in the world including Los Angeles. The Japanese were saying that they were in disarray. There was no help yet. So I said well we need to help. We need to do whatever we can. So I said the only thing I can do is play music and do a concert. Maybe I can all my friends? Maybe we can raise money? So I called Rudy Sarzo, Chris Slade of AC/DC, Simon Wright, and Briian Tichy. All these friends are going to participate to raise money. So I called a club called Harpers. I called Rob the owner and I said, 'would you like to do a benefit?' He said, 'Absolutely.' We are going to donate 100 percent of the door. We will do it for the Red Cross. All of a sudden it started to snowball."
"Japan has always been very supportive to rock n' roll music," Ilous continues. "We have been to Japan many times. It is so supportive. So what I can do is do a little Benefit. I am a Buddhist, I always believe that my motto is,” Giving is receiving." It is that simple. You give to someone and somehow you receive love. You receive back. So I am doing this show. I know a lot of people will be happy. I know tomorrow morning someone is going to be able to eat. I won't be able to raise tens of thousands of dollars but I will be able to raise some money. I know tomorrow morning a little kid is going to be able to eat because of my friends and myself and Bravewords advertising this show. I will feel better."