The mega underrated Wrathchild! I couldn't believe that this song wasn't on youtube so I took it upon myself to make it so. If anyone has an original copy of this demo please contact me.
This band was one.of the greatest for their fan appreciation at live shows. They are definitely Kix influenced, they played the same areas and opened for Kix on several occasions. If you search you'll find pics of Brad and Steve singing together. They deserved more attention than they ever got.
I can hear alot of Steve Whiteman influence in Brad's voice. Don't forget Brad was in Kix for a time. He played on I believe the Cool Kids album by KIx
Hell yeah, 97 was the shit! I still have my t shirt from '88. The station was hard to get good reception half the time, but when it came in, it rocked! 🤘
I was in a band called Fair Warning. we used to open for these guy alot when they played Swizzles. Back in 1985-1987. I knew Jay the guitarist, they were really cool guys to us. Shannon, Brad, Terry never gave an attitude towards us. like you would get with other bands in that area that were pretty big draws. Our manager told us they used to ask for us to open for them. which I thought was really cool. Hearing this is bringing back those memories of those show we did with them. another song that was good was, No Deposit, No Return.
I've got a t-shirt I bought from a Wrathchild in America show here in NC, from a show at Swizzles, "Swilling' and Swaying at Swizzles" I need to dig that thing out. I remember you guys too, might have to give you a listen once again \m/
Awesome!!..I've been trying to find this for a long time..I used to watch these guys at a local bar called Fishermen's Inn a loooong time ago almost 30 years......Great tune!!
Man THESE were the days! I went and saw these guys SO many times around Baltimore/P.A./VA. from day 1 all the way up to the 2000's right up till Shannon joined Godsmack! They prolly hold the record for the most times I've ever seen a band....
Man this takes me back! Wrathchild and Kix at Shiley Acres 1983! BYOB The only rule was no glass. We happened to be sitting next to these guys on the lawn. What a party! There's a grainy old video from that party called WC Shiley Acres 1983.
thank you who ever you are! had cassette of this song and several others, thought was never released,from frankie myers from winch. may he rest in peace brother was buried with wrathchild hat on his head!! if you are in the wrathchild family ! you know! long live franky! and rock on!!! see you @ shileys june 2nd,2011,inwood,w.va.
This song is definitely “KIX” influenced, Brad played guitar with them early on. This is stellar, need to find this on LP. Thanks for posting! I saw them open for PANTERA & had an opportunity to hang, great guys. SHANNON was a standout even then. Shout out to their Tech YANNI🤘🏾Looking forward to the reunion.....🙏🏾🤘🏾✊🏾
Luv the group,saw them play many times in Frederick Md. Saw Kix at Hammeracks . They are both from close areas and sound similar but if you can't tell the difference you're not listening close enough.
I remember reading an article on that way back in the day, there was a band over in england (or europe somewhere) by the name of Wrathchild apparently. Therefore 'Wrathchild America"
if im not mistaken, this song was used by the band, for the mtv video contest, they used to come to Morgantown W. Va. and play quite a bit, Wrathchild, from pa. i belive, there original drummer, at least the one i know, was one of the kids interviewed for the documetary "Rise and Decline of the Western Civilization"
I didn't see that anyone answered the trivia question pertaining to what name Wrathchild (before the "America") recorded this song under... A: Militia. In the midst of the whole name debate with the English Wrathchild, the band temporarily changed its name to Militia. I believe they went back to Wrathchild and then legal compromise led to the "America" tag and the UK Wrathchild also had to amend its name appropriately. The bottom line is that the release of the debut "Climbin' the Walls" album was delayed, adversely affecting its sales performance.
I know some of the guys personally, and in hindsight, had this band had a better name to begin with,things would have been MUCH different....They are MEGA talented, but like they say, It's ALL in the name when it comes to the industry back then...
You just made my day, always wanted a decent digital copy of this song. My only copy of this was on an old cassette and a radio recording.Thank you........ I am also looking for a rare demo from a band called "KillerHit" I think that was close to there name. The song was unmistakable, its called "Mangor The Nipple Whore" can someone point me in the direction of this song, please and thank you
+Brian Lauver That one is nowhere to be found. I have contacted with 3 of 4 members of that band and they don't have demos at all. Although there's a live version of that song! Just type 'killerhit' in RU-vid search and the second video should be their live show, "Mangor" was last in the set.
