Had the Fire down under album in 1981. It is a masterpiece. Altar of the King is a huge sleeper on the album GREAT SONG! Love this live video the band is so tight it matches perfect with the album audio.
RIP Guy Speranza (vocal). Quit the music business too early in 1981 & declined Scott Ian's Anthrax offer to become their vocalist. He sure got that killer voice & is definitely among the best rock vocalists that ever walk the earth! Also RIP Mark Reale (guitar), the legend. Their early music was in the vein of hard driven blues rock (thrown in any sped up AC/DC, Boston & Deep Purple - Burn, Speed King, Highway Star era - in the mix, especially with Reale's riff) & slowly created their own brand of tight & crisp hard rock tunes. The next vocalist, Rhett Forrester (RIP) was also awesome & continued their best until 1984.
The drummer is absolutely solid. Pounds out a steady rhythm without any frills. A band is only as good as its rhythm section (bass & drums) ...take it from a guitar player...
r.i.p. Guy S and Mark R. Miss you guys, very much. I'll never forget "the mope" in Hempstead, NY. I bet he's still standin on the corner waitin for us to pick em up......r.i.p.
Thanks for the link, you really do have some great footage on this channel. These guys rock! I've always thought they should have been much bigger than they were! Thanks for leading me to these cool vids!
live ist das aber nicht!? Macht aber auch nix - großartiges Stück..und ich erinnere mich, weshalb ich dem HardRockGenre einst so ergeben war!! Dolle Scheibe insgesamt.
