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DARK ANGEL (USA)
Don Doty: vocals
Jimmy Durkin: guitar
Eric Meyer: guitar
Robbie Yahn: bass
Gene Hogland: drums
US, LA band in black-metal vein with fast-moving throbbing sound that
hits you where it matters. Their last listed album contains a version
of Zeppelin's 'Immigrant'song'.
We Have Arrived (Axe Killer) 1985
Darkness Descends (Under One Flag) 1986
Leave Scars (Under One Flag) 1988
DARK HEART (UK)
Alan Clark: guitar
Steve Small: guitar
Colin Bell: bass
Ian Thompson: drums
Phil Brown: vocals
Previously known as Tokyo Rose who had a few tracks on the obscure
Guardian compilation Pure Overkill, they changed the name to Dark
Heart and signed to Roadrunner, releasing an LP before Phil Brown
departed.
Shadows of the Night (Roadrunner) 1984
DARK STAR (UK)
Rick Staines: synthesizer, vocals
David Harrison: guitar
Robert Key: guitar
Mark Oseland: bass
Steve Atkins: drums
Originally named Berlin, Dark Star come from the Midlands. Their 'Lady
of Mars' appeared on EMI's Metal for Muthas Volume 2. They have an
album on Avatar Records which displays good, honest British rock with
some pretensions towards US AOR. From time to time the band's career
has come to a standstill, only for it to restart.
Dark Star (Avatar) 1981
Real to Real (FM) 1987
DARK WIZARD (Holland)
Berto van Veen: vocals
Marcel de Groot: guitar
Kees Reinders: bass
Tony White: drums
A mini-album, Devils's Victim, preceded their debut full-length set.
They play very much within the Mausoleum black metal area where bands
sound remarkably like each other. The group have a bizarre stage act
that includes zombies being raised from the dead and jumping out of
their coffins.
Devil's Victim (Mausoleum) 1984
Reign of Evil (Mausoleum) 1985
DARXON (Germany)
Massimo Mateis: vocals
Markus Szart: guitar
Peter Schmidt: bass
Doinik Hulshorst: drums
Their first album was disappointing, in spite of some good cuts.
Accept-Steeler-influenced, Darxon improved considerably, although Matteis
was the only original member left by the third album, produced by Jorg
Fischer, guitarist of Accept. The band broke up in 1988
Killed in Action (Wishbone) 1984
Tokyo (Wishbone) 1985
No Thrills (Rockport) 1987
JIMMY DAVIS (USA)
Memphis-based gusty blues-based rocker, dusted with a smidgeon of classy
AOR. Excellent voice, like a cross between Brian Adams and Bob Seger,
and an ear for the superlative, Davis with his band Junction concocted a
faultless debut (produced by Jack Holder) and almost dented American
charts.
Kick the Wall (QMI) 1987
DC STAR (USA)
Henry Farmer: bass
Kenny Talor: vocals
Jeff Avery: keyboards, guitar
Dave Simmons: guitar
Glenn Jones: drums
Fantastic HM outfit from Washington DC who’ve been on the circuit for
almost ten years. Signed to Atlantic subsidiary Mirage in 1984 and
recorded a great album of Def Leppard-style good time hard rock.
Rockin’ in the Classroom (Mirage) 1985
DEAD RINGER (USA)
Charlie Huhn: vocals
Jesse Johnson: guitar
Joe Bouchard: keyboard
Dennis Dunaway: bass
Neal Smith: drums
Excellent melodic hard rock on a budget production featuring ex-Victory
vocalist Charlie Huhn.
Electrocution of the Heart (Grudge) 1989
JOANNA DEAN (USA)
Glorious blues howler from Memphis, very much in the spine-tingling
tradition of Janis Joplin but blessed with hard rock backing. Excellent
vocal performance and good songs made her debut album an acclaimed
release, while the follow-up, Bad Romance (credited to band name Bad
Romance), featured an excellent duet with Cinderella vocalist Tom
Keifer in ‘Love Hurts’ (previously covered by Nazareth).
Ain’t Misbehavin (Polydor) 1988
Bad Romance (Polydor) 1990
PAUL DEAN (Canada)
Former lead guitarist with Canadian AOR stars Loverboy, who recorded
his debut solo album during the main group’s demise but released after
official split. Heavier than Loverboy, with song contributions from
numberous big names including Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Stanly and Desmond
Child. Despite an enthusiastic response the album failed to generate
collective interest and make a commercial impact. Dean is currently
piecing Loverboy back together for a second attempt at fortune.
Hard Core (Colunbia) 1988
DEATH ANGEL (USA)
Mark Osqueda: vocals
Rob Cavestany: guitars
Andy Galeon: guitar
Dennis Pepa: bass
Gus Pepa: drums
Formed at the centre of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash explosin
during the mid-eighties, the band recorded a flawed but exciting
debut album whilst some members were still school age. Maturing
dramatically with their second album, they toured Europe for the
first time, supporting Motorhead, and made a label switch to Geffen
for their third and bes work to date. An intriguing band who indicate
greater success for the future.
The Ultra Violence (MFN) 1987
Frolic in the Park (MFN) 1988
Act III (Geffen) 1990
DEDRINGER (UK)
John Hoyle: vocals
Neil Hudson: guitar
Al Scott: guitar
Lee Flaxington: bass
Kenny Jones: drums
This British boogie band received little attention from critics and fans,
fell apart and regrouped in 1982. They signed with Neat Records. They
made numerous singles before they left Dindisc and changed personnel
prior to Neat’s signing. New members were Neil Garfitt on vocals and
Chril Graham on bass, replacing Hoyle and Flaxington respectively.
Direct Line (Dindisc) 1980
Second Arising (Neat) 1983
DEEP PURPLE (UK)
Ian Gillan: vocals
Ritchie Blackmore: guitar
Jon Lord: keyboards
Roger Glover: bass
Ian Paice: drums
For many, Deep Purple is the band; certainly the group is one of the prime
Exponents of heavy metal. They formed in 1967 under the name of Roundabout
but had no success. As Deep Purple in 1968, the first line-up was Paice,
Lord had been with the Artwoods, an R’n’B outfit. Blackmore had played in
Germany.
Shades of Purple was recorded in May 1968, with the track ‘Hush’ scoring
success Stateside as a single and causing the group to be offered a three-
album contract. The Book of Taliesyn saw them covering Neil Diamond’s
‘Kentucky Woman’ without much inspiration, but Blackmore has a fine guitar
outburst and there are a number of interesting cuts on the album.
Deep Purple was the last of Deep Purple MK 1 with Simper and Evans
departing to be replaced by ex-Episode Six members, Glover and Gillan. The
album, though, showed considerable change irrespective of who was leaving
or coming, and has lengthy classic compositions. Before the album’s release
the new members had been heard on a single, ‘Hallelujah’, which originally
had been intended for the first set-up.
Concerto for Group and Orchestra passed quitely but Deep Purple in
Rock was the breakthrough and featured some of the epic moments of heavy-
metal vinyl history. It is high-energy rock with every track a winner –
‘Black Night’, ‘Child in Time’, ‘Speed King’ and ‘Strange Kind of Woman’ are
among the crėme de la crėme. ‘Child in Time’ was particularly memorable,
with Gillan’s distinctive banshee-like vocals, Blackmore’s guitar genius,
Lord’s sensitive keyboard work and perfect musical colouring from Paice
and Glover.
Fireball saw Glover’s bass shine on the title-cut ‘Fireball’. It was a
good album but rather neglected in retrospect simply because it falls
between the greatness of Deep Purple in Rock and another classic, Machine
Head. The latter was recorded all at once rather than over a period, and
to many the songs worked best later when they had been played live and
had attained maturity. Machine Head includes the classics ‘Highway Star’,
‘Smoke on the Water’, ‘Pictures of You’ and ‘Space Truckin’.
Made in Japan saw the band on stage in Japan, a country where they
achieved a phenomenal following. The assembled cuts came from a number
of gigs. Who Do We Think We Are was made at the end of 1972 and the
beginning of 1973, when fracas seemed the order of the day within the
group personnel.
The split finally came in June 1973 and Deep Purple MK 2 was over.
Lord, Blackmore and Paice remained. Glenn Hughes from Trapeze joined, as
did an unknown vocalist from Redcar, David Coverdale. The band’s front
sound is very different in Burn, with Coverdale’s rich-sounding vocals
and his ability to cope with more melodic rock. ‘Sail Away’ was excellent
while ‘Mistreated’ became the song Coverdale always had to sing live, and
‘Burn’, the title cut, is also worth remembering. Stormbringer quickly
followed, again in 1974, but Blackmore was beginning to dislike the
funkier Deep Puple and went off and recorded several of his songs, which
had not been included in Stormbringer. His recording project blossomed
into a solo LP and into his own band, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (see
Rainbow).
Blackmore was replaced by Tommy Bolin, an experienced session player
who had replaced Joe Walsh in the James Gang in 1973-4. Come Taste the
Band was the only studio album of Deep Purple MK 4 and many feel that,
inspired by Bolin, Purple played the heaviest for some time. However, the
live group did not fare as well as the recording group. After a dreadful
Liverpool concert in 1976, Coverdale announced his departure.
Made in Europe had been intended for 1975 and appeared in single form
and not the double originally intended. The recordings were those of Deep
Purple MK3. The Puple MK 4 band featured on Last Concert in Japan, an
album which never appeared in the UK.
From this period the band began a search to find unreleased tracks or
different tracks of familiar cuts and these can be found on their last
three albums. Bolin died in 1977.
But high drama came when Deep Purple MK 2 reformed in 1984, released
a new album and toured the world. The LP was generally received
indifferently; most realized that Purple had deliberately played safe by
regurgitating tired worn-out riffs and unvaried clichés of their hey-day.
A further world tour preceded their 1987 release. The 1988 set is a ‘live’
duble with production from Glover. Scandinavian Nights is a double-record
set of a concert in Stockholm. For the new decade Gillan had gone, with
former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner replacing him.
Shades of Deep Purple (Parlophone) 1968
The Book of Taliesyn (Harvest) 1969
Deep Purple (Harvest) 1969
Concerto for Group and Orchestra (Harvest) 1970
Deep Purple in Rock (Harvest) 1970
Fireball (Harvest) 1971
Machine Head (Harvest) 1971
Made in Japan (Purple) 1972
Who Do We Think We Are (Purple) 1973
Burn (February) 1974
Stormbringer (Purple) 1974
Come Taste the Band (Purple) 1975
Made in Europe (Purple) 1976
Last Concert in Japan (March) 1977
Powerhouse (Purple) 1977
Deep Purple in Concert (Harvest) 1980
Deep Purple Live in London (Harvest) 1980
Perfect Strangers (Polydor) 1984
The Anthology (EMI Harvest) 1985
The House of Blue Light (Polydor) 1987
Nobody’s Perfect (Polydor) 1988
Scandinavian Nights (Connoisseur) 1988
Slaves and Masters (BMG) 1990
DEF LEPPARD (UK)
Joe Elliott: vocals
Steve Clark: guitar
Pete Willis: guitar
Rick Savage: bass
Rick Allen: drums
Sheffield-based Def Leppard played their first gig in July 1978. On their
own Bludgeon Riffola label they recorded an EP, ‘Getcha Rocks Off’, found
management and then signed with Phonogram. Their record debut was On
Through the Night, which produced two hit singles, ‘Hello America’ and
‘Wasted’. The second album, High ’n’ Dry, was much tighter, had an American
AOR feel and was produced by John ‘Mutt’ Lange. 1982 was a disappointing
Year for the band, at least in the UK. There was no record product of any
real consequence and Phonogram – doubtless in an attempt to keep inteest
alive in the band – issued a three-track EP headed by ‘Bringin’ on the
Hearbreak’. Pete Willis left the band and Phil Collen from Girl replaced
him in 1983 during the reording of Pyomania, an album that eventually
elevated Leppard into true superstar status. Technically it’s regarded
as one of the greatest rock albums so far constructed. Pyomania has
sold over six million copies in America alone, hogging the top of
Billboard’s chart for most of late 1983 and early 1984. In the US the
band have become major stars and their overnight success, thanks to
Pyromania, has enabled the band to find the necessary momentum to
crack the UK album charts, and find British acclaim that had previously
not come their way.
The band’s activities received serious cutailment in 1985 when Allen
lost an arm in a car crash. However, miraculously, and a tribute to the
band’s patience and closeness as people, Allen continued with the band,
thanks to his own bravery, a special drum kit and the addition of another
drummer. For a band of their selling power actual product has been pretty
miserable, even given the halt in proceedings due to Allen’s accident. Some
two years lapsed before Hysteria made its presence felt, with the band
estimating a minimum two million sales would cover the costs accumulated
in recording. At one point Jim Steinman, of Meatloaf, Billy Squier and
Bonnie Tyler association, was brought in as producer but this proved
disastrous. With the album’s release, the band toured for the first time
since 1983 and became US tax exiles. Hysteria yielded no less than five
hit singles. Early January 1991, Clarke was found dead after a massive
booze bender. There were no suspicious circumstances.
On Though the Night (Vertigo) 1980
High ’n’ Dry (Vertigo) 1981
Pyromania (Vertigo) 1983
First Strike (Flash) 1985
Hysteria (Vertigo) 1987
DEFIANCE (USA)
Steev Esquivel: vocals
Doug Harrington: guitar
Jim Adams: guitar
Mike Kaufmann: bass
Matt van der Ende: drums
This San Franciscan band is best heard on their first album, when vocals
came from Ken Elkington. The band belong in speed metal territory.
Product of Society (Roadrunner) 1989
Void Terra Firma (Roadrunner) 1990
DEMON (UK)
Dave Hill: vocals
Mal Spooner: guitar
Les Hunt: guitar
Chriss Ellis: bass
John Wight: drums
Demonic heavy metal of the first order with great use of melody and
instrumental dynamics. Early live shows proved humorous rather than
exhibiting their musical skills. It became clear that a complete
rethink of their ideas was necessary. The Plague is a concept affair
that has an elaborate story book and completely reverses their earlier
style. Live gigs had ceased altogether. Disaster struck, however, in
1984 when guitarist Spooner died seven days after recording British
Standard Approved. The band vowed to continue as an active unit.
By the late eighties the band were attempting to throw off their
black metal image. There have been a number of re-issues, with The
Unexpected Guest reappearing in 1987 with another mix, and Clay
issued their first album again in 1988. The band’s Sonic release is a
German concert recording from 1989, and is a double record set.
Night of the Demon (Carrere) 1981
The Unexpected Guest (Carrere) 1982
The Plague (Carrere) 1983
British Standard Approved (Clay) 1985
Heart of Our Time (Clay) 1985
Breakout (Clay) 1987
Taking the World by Storm (Clay) 1989
One Helluva Night (Sonic) 1989
Hold on to the Dream (Sonic) 1991
DERRINGER (USA)
Rick Derringer: guitar, vocals
Danny Johnson: guitar
Kenny Aaronson: bass
Vinny Appice: drums
The Derringer band has had an assortment of line-ups over the years but
the above was his best. Derringer formed his own band in 1976, although
his history stretches back to the pop group, the McCoys, who found success
in the 1960s. The McCoys had a worldwide hit with the rather languid
though catchy ‘Hang on Sloopy’. The group merged in 1969 with Johnny
Winter to form Johnny Winter And. Derringer worked on several albums with
Winter and at the same time his guitar finesse adorned albums for artists
like Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Todd Rundgren and Richie Havens.
Derringer has made several solo albums and his All American Boy
Produced a major US hit single, ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Hoochie Koo’. In 1975 he
decided to form his own band and among the first invited was Vinny Appice
who was later to join Black Sabbath. Many albums followed but, although
Derringer led some fine line-ups and injected some pulsating rock guitar
into his compositions, there was little achieved in general popularity
stakes. After Live, Aaronson, Appice and Johnnson left to form Axis.
Recently Derringer has turned his creative talents towards production
and songwriting mostly for TV movies. Of the acts he has produced,
Madam X, Bonnie Tyler and Weird Al Yankovic appear the most successful.
He also teamed up with drummer Carmine Appice for the DNA project in 1983.
All American Boy (Blue Sky) 1974
Spring Fever (Blue Sky) 1975
Derringer (Blue Sky) 1976
Sweet Evil (Blue Sky) 1977
Live (Blue Sky) 1977
If I Weren’t so Romantic (CBS) 1978
Guitars and Women (CBS) 1979
Face to Face (CBS) 1980
Good Diry Fun (Passport) 1983
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