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SAMMY HAGAR (USA)
Sammy Hagar first came to prominence when he recorded the debut
Montrose album in 1973. This album is generally regarded as one
of the greatest HM albums of all time and the first to dictate
the North American approach to hard rock. Hagar is a unique
vocalist; he can scream louder and higher than anyone else but
his real forte is his songwriting ability.
After leaving Montrose in 1974 Hagar formed a short-lived San
Francisco Bay area band (it was his home area) called Sammy
Wild and the Dust Cowboys. This association failed to produce
any recorded material but Hager was offered a solo deal with
Capitol Records.
Hagar’s first release received good critical acclaim and
followed a pattern preserved on all his early LPs. This is the
use of songs – some hard rock and others more mellow – but
all off them first-rate. His first three albums are all good
but not great. This accolade must go to All Nihgt Long which
was recorded live in and around San Francisco. It remains as
one of the greatest testaments to hight-energy rock ’n’ roll
ever made, a truly magnificent and thoroughly satisfying set
of Hagar’s best songs so far.
Street Machine was released with the knowledge that Hagar
was about to achieve commercial success, but unfortunately
it just did not contain enough good material to justify this
apparent career upgrade. Subsequent albums, though appealing,
present a rather awkward dilemma. Firstly, on stage, Hagar is
content to turn up the guitars and blast out a set of high-
powered heavy (but thoughtful) rock. Secondly, his albums
straddle AOR blandness and hard-rock excitement. It would
seem his schizophrenic actions have resulted in a rather
unfortunate career stalemate. This fact was highlighted by
the relative failure in commercial terms of his later album
releases. In 1985 he stunned the hard-rock world by being
announced as the new vocalist in Van Halen, so replacing
Dave Lee Roth.
Nine on a Ten Scale (Capitol) 1976
Red (Capitol) 1977
Musical Chairs (Capitol) 1977
All Nihgt Long (Capitol) 1978
Street Machine (Capitol) 1979
Danger Zone (Capitol) 1980
Standing Hampton (Geffen) 1981
Three Lock Box (Geffen) 1982
Live 1980 (Capitol) 1983
VOA (Geffen) 1984
Sammy Hagar (Geffen) 1987
HALLOWS EVE (USA)
Stacy Anderson: vocals
Skellator: guitar
David Stuart: guitar
Tommy Stewart: bass
Ronny Appoldt: drums
Absolute total-death thrash metal and in pure musical terms they have
perhaps the worst vocalist (with the exception of Slayer’s) to have
ever graced vinyl, but here this is no disadvantage! Musically they
fall between Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
Tales of Terror (Roadrunner) 1985
Death and Insanity (Roadrunner) 1986
Monument (Roadrunner) 1988
HAMMER (UK)
Marty Day: drums
The Dog: vocals, keyboards
Bob Henman: guitar
Graeme Hutchinson: bass
Kenny Nichoson: guitar
Previously known as Holland. They come from the North of England.
Hammer are a keyboard-driven rock outfit playing some very impressive
hard rock indeed.
Contract with Hell (Ebony) 1985
HAMMERSMITH (Canada)
Doran Beattie: vocals
Dan Lowe: guitar
Craig Blair: guitar
Royden Morice: bass
Dale Buchner: drums
Originally formed from the ashes of Painter. Jeff Boyne played guitar
and James Llewellyn drums on Hammersmith. They were replaced by Blair
and Buchner for It’s for You. They were essentially a heavy-rock act
as demonstrated on Hammersmith. The second album saw them investigating
humorous, sometimes bizarre, lyrical and musical ideas. An interesting
band if you can find their LPs. Lowe went on to join 451°.
Hammersmith (Mercury) 1975
It’s for You (Mercury) 1976
HANDSOME BEASTS (UK)
Garry Dallowy: vocals
Paul Robins: guitar
Steve Hough: bass
Pete Malbasa: drums
This is a four-piece from Wolverhampton and their vocalist is one of
the largest individuals in the business. Heavy Records have issued
three singles and one album from the band. Their music is typical
NWOBHM but with a little more melody than average.
Beastiality (Heavy Metal) 1981
HANNOVER SET (Canada)
Frank Zrione: vocals
Gerog Bernhardt: guitars
Chris Brockway: guitars
David Applin: bass
Kim Hunt: drums
The Hannover Fist (geddit?) project was assembled as a kind of Canadian
supergroup and attracted heavy financial backing. Unfortunately almost
on completion of the recording for their debut LP the band split and so
left a deflated and hardly saleable commodity. The LP was released but
deleted almost within the same week. Musically it’s an excellent pot-
pourri of styles from Coney Hatch, Helix, April Wine to Chilliwack.
Hannover Fist (MCA) 1985
HANOI ROCKS (Finland)
Mike Monroe: vocals, saxphone
Andy McCoy: guitar
Nasty Suicide: guitar
Sam Yaffa: bass
Gyp Casino: drums
A glan band with an image reminiscent of New York Dolls, Japan and
Motley Crue. The outfit were formed by the nucleus of McCoy and
Yaffa, who were members of Finland’s top band, Pelle Moljoona Oy
with Mike Monroe, Nasty Suicide and Casino completing the line-up.
Musically more R ’n’ B than heavy rock. In 1982 the band moved base
to London and enrolled Razzle on drums. They met fashionable applause
and soon became darlings of the music critics’ fickle attention. A
major deal came their way with CBS Records in 1984 and the group
became hotly tipped as the next big thing and were seen spearheading
the revival in sleazy rock ’n’ rool first pioneered by the Rolling
Stones. Two Steps from the Move was recorded in Montreal with famed
producer Bob Ezrin (Alice Cooper association) but failed to ignite
the expected public explosion of approval. It bombed. Failure was
commpounded by a disastrous and uncompleted 1984 USA tour and the
final straw in a growing saga of misadventures came when Razzle met
an untimely death in a car crash. The driver was Vince Neil of
Motley Crue and he was arrested on charges of causing death. They
soldiered on with former Clash drummer Terry Chimes until founder
member Sam Yaffa opted to leave. The three survivors, Monroe, McCoy
and Nasty Suicide, sought a new bass man. Idle Flowers musician
Rene Berg joined but after gigs in Poland he was out. Things could
not continue this way. The band called it a day. McCoy, Nasty and
Chimes have formed Cherry Bombz featuring ex-Toto Coelo Anita
Chellemah on lead vocals and former Rocks roadie Timo Caltio on
bass. Monroe has Yaffa in his new band.
Bangkok Rocks, Saigon Shakes (Johanna) 1980
Oriental Beat (Johanna) 1981
Self Destruction Blues (Johanna) 1982
Back to Mystery City (Lick) 1983
All Those Wasted Years (Johanna) 1984
Two Steps from the Move (CBS) 1984
RANDY HANSEN (USA)
If over-indulgence is the bugbear of modern metallic axemanship then
Randy Hansen ought to be shot. Buried beneath the Hendrix legacy that
refuses to rest and a thousand foot pedals Hansen raids the cliché
cupboard like a starved orphan. His debut does posses some thought
even if it has been stolen entirely from Axis Bold As Love. The
follow-up, however, is awful; Hendrix regurgitation and little else.
Randy Hansen (EMI) 1980
Astral Projection Live (Shrapnel) 1983
HARDSTUFF (UK)
John Cann: vocals, guitar
John Gustafson: vocals, bass
Paul Hammond: drums
A really excellent hard-rock band from the mid-1970s. Their music is
prime three-piece raunch, very English and very hard. John Cann was
ex-Atomic Rooster.
Bullet Proof (Purple) 1972
Bolex Dementia (Purple) 1973
HARLEQUIN (USA)
George Belanger: vocals
Glen Willows: guitar
Gary Golden: keyboards
Aalph James: bass
David Budzak: drums
Harlequin are kings of melodic hard rock. Love Crimes is a great LP,
with every song crafted in their own style. Victim of Song was not
as hot, but it is worth a listen. The last listed album sees them
back on form.
Victim of Song (Epic) 1978
Love Crimes (Epic) 1980
One False Move (Epic) 1982
Harlequin (Epic) 1984
HAVANA BLACK (Finland)
Guts: vocals
Crazy: guitar
Risto: bass
J.T.: drums
Rewarding blend of seventies-influenced rock, including Bad Company,
Humble Pie and the Babys, from Finnish-based four-piece who released
their domestic debut in 1988. The band were subsequently ‘discovered’
by American-based Guns N’ Roses management company a year later,
who negotiated a deal with Capitol Records to release a cleaned-up
version of debut LP. Good music, but limited potenial when placed
alongside the Quireboys and the Black Crowes.
Indian Warior (Capitol) 1989
HAWAII (USA)
Marty Friedman: guitar
Eddie Day: vocals
Tom Azcredo: guitars
Joe Galisha: bass
Jeff Graves: drums
Formed from the ashes of Vixen and Aloha, Hawaii was pretty much
ex-Deuce axeman Friedman’s baby. They played devastating, unrefined
metal but failed to achieve full potential. Friedman moved to
Cacophany, whose 1987 album Speen Metal Symphony was released on
MFN, and more recently has become a member of Megadeath.
One Nation Underground (Shrapnel) 1983
Loud Wild and Heavy (Indie) 1985
The Natives Are Restless (Steamhammer) 1985
HAWKWIND (UK)
Dave Brock: guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, vocals
Harvey Bainbridge: vocals, bass, keyboards, synthesizers
Hugh Lloyd-Langton: vocals, guitar
Martin Griffin: drums
The line-up listed is the one credited on Hawkwind’s 1982 album
Choose Your Masques. Over the years mumerous line-up changes
have occurred, with Brock, ex-Famous Cure, Dharma Blues Band and
Busker, as the consistent base. The group began and developed as
part of the acidorientated alternative culture of the late 1960s.
Hard-driving head rock typified their early work and it has never
deserted them. Cosmic space themes have often been their song-lyric
content while in live work there has been a stress on the visual.
Hawkwind began as an ‘anti’ group, an attitude which still
remains even if in rock terms they have become a long-lasting and
much-liked institution of British rock. Along the way, ‘in’ and
‘out’ members have included Robert Calvert, Bainbridge, Lloyd-
Langton, Simon King, Dik Mik, Simon House and Del Dettmar.
Motorhead mentor Lemmy Kilmister has served his time, as have
Alan Powell, ex-Vinegar Joe, Chicken Shack, Pacific Gas and
Electric; Paul Rodolph, ex-Pink Fairies; and the legendary Ginger
Baker. 25 Years On and PXR5 were recorded under the name Hawklords.
Throughout the first half of the 1980s Hawkwind’s following,
musical output and irregular personnel departures continued
unabated. In some instances there was growth and improvement.
1985 activity centred around the vinyl successor to their Space
Ritual opus with a double record album Live Chronicles planned
with appropriate accompanying literature and sketches, and an
extensive tour in support. Membership of the band changes so
often and rapidly that it is practically impossible to chronicle!
Two recommended compilation albums are Roadhawks (UA) and Repeat
Performance (Charisma), but in more recent times a plethora of
re-issued material, along with new product, has appeared, making
an unenviable task for any record chronicler of this band. Calvert
died in 1989, and See For Miles have issued Hype, but for earlier
masterworks there is Beat Goes On.
Hawkwind (United Artists) 1970
In Search of Space (United Artists) 1971
Doremi Faso Latido (United Artists) 1972
Space Ritual (United Artists) 1973
Hall of the Mountain Grill (United Artists) 1974
Warrior on the Edge of Time (United Artists) 1975
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (Charisma) 1976
Quark, Strangeness and Charm (Charisma) 1977
25 Years On (Charisma) 1978
PXR5 (Charisma) 1979
Live ’79 (Bronze) 1980
Levitation (Bronze) 1980
Sonic Attack (RCA) 1981
Friends and Relations (Flicknife) 1982
Choose Your Masques (RCA) 1982
Church of Hawkwind (RCA) 1982
Zones (Flicknife) 1983
Friends and Relation: Twice upon a Time (Flicknife) 1983
The Text of Festival (Illuminated) 1983
This Is Hawkwind: Do Not Panic (Flicknife) 1984
Utopia 1984 (Mausoleum) 1985
The Chronicles of the Black Sword (Flicknife) 1985
Live Chronicles (GWR) 1986
Out ＆ Intake (Flicknife) 1987
The Official Log Book (Flicknife) 1987
Xenon Codex (GWR) 1988
Space Bandits (GWR) 1990
HAYSTACKS BALBOA (USA)
No-nonsense blues boogie with taut guitar work and swelling melody.
Considering it was recorded in 1970 this album must have shook
foundations and tumbled walls! Heavier than Mountain but not as
articulate.
Haystacks Balboa (Polydor) 1970
HAYWIRE (Canada)
Paul MacAusland: vocals
Martin Birt: guitar
David Rashed: keyboards
Ronnie Switzer: bass
Sean Kilbridge: drums
Meticulous AOR pop rock outfit from Canada. The emphasis is on
squeaky-clean harmonies, neat hooks and consummate vocal
gymnastics, courtesy of frontman Paul MacAusland. A plantinum-
selling act in their Canadian homeland, but strangely label-less
in USA and Europe. Their third album was produced by Bjorn
Nessjoe (TNT, Stagedolls) and found them moving in a far heavier
direction than previously maintained.
Bad Boys (Attic) 1986
Don’t Just Stand There (Attic) 1987
Nut House (Attic) 1990
HAZE (UK)
Paul McMahon: vocals, guitar
Christ McMahon: bass
Paul Chisnell: drums
Their first album is very poorly produced rock that lacks any
convincing direction. It is similar to the most tedious parts
of Yes and Pink Floyd. The second release is better, with clearer
production and some good instrumental work.
C’est la Vie (Gabadon) 1984
Warts ’n’ All (Pinnacle) 1986
Stoat & Bottle (Gabadon) 1987
HEAD EAST (USA)
John Schlitt: vocals
Mike Somerville: guitar
Roger Boyd: keyboards
Dan Birney: bass
Steve Huston: drums
Like REO Speedwagon, Head East were one of the most hard-working and
successful bands working the Midwest arena circuit. However, unlike
REO Speedwagon, they did not last the pace and have now split. Their
music is very good boogie hard rock with the accent on commercial
hooklines ideally suited to the sun and warmth of the Midwest. Their
first three albums are patchy but Head East and the live album Live
are excellent. Their first two LPs of the 1980s saw them reach for
commercial success with shorter songs and by covering Russ Ballard
material. The pressure became too much and they failed to attract
the attention of the radio media on the East and West coasts of the
USA. Us No. 1 showed signs of group disintegration, with Schlitt,
Somerville and Birney leaving to be replaced by Dab Odum, Tony
Gross and Mark Boatman respectively. They split but resurfaced at
the end of the eighties, though sounding a pale shadow of their
former selves.
Flat as a Pancake (A&M) 1975
Get Yourself Up (A&M) 1976
Getting’ Lucky (A&M) 1977
Head East (A&M) 1978
Live (A&M) 1979
A Different Kind of Crazy (A&M) 1979
Us No. 1 (A&M) 1980
Onwards and Upwards (Allegiance) 1982
Choice of Weapon (Dark Heart) 1989
HEAD MACHINE (UK)
Ken Leslie: keyboards, vocals, guitar
John Leadhen: bass
Brian and Lee Poole: drums
Head Machine were an incredibly heavy English band who sounded like a
cross between Atomic Rooster and Uriah Heep. They wrote excellent songs
and had first-class production for the period.
Orgasm (Major Minor) 1970
HEADPINS (Canada)
Darby Mills: vocals
Bill Henderson: vocals, guitar
Brian Macleod: drums
Headpins started as a studio project by Chilliwack stalwarts Bill
Henderson and Brian Macleod when their own band was inactive. They
invited the delicious Darby Mills, who makes Kate Bush seem positively
unattractive, to take the lead vocals. After the first album received
positive reaction, Mills formed a touring band. The style is brilliant
high-energy, over-the-top metal with touches of AC/DC.
Turn It Loud (Solid Gold) 1982
Line of Fire (MCA) 1984
Head over Heels (MCA) 1985
HEART (Canada)
Ann Wilson: vocals
Ann Wilson: vocals, guitar, keyboards
Howard Leese: guitar, keyboards
Mark Andes: bass
Denny Carmassi: drums
The band was formed in the early 1970s by the Wilson sisters. They had
played the Vancouver bar circuit until they were spotted by a small
Canadian company, Mushroom, who signed them and released the album
Dreamboat Annie. The line-up at this point was Roger Fisher on guitar,
Steve Fossen on bass, and Kat Hendixsie on drums.
Canadian sales were good but Mushroom met with no response from US
record companies and they decided to issue it themselves Stateside.
This proved to be the right move. ‘Magic Man’, a cut off the album
issued as a single, went to the top ten. With this success, an ensuing
European tour, a change of record allegiance to Portrait ( a new
subsidiary of CBS), Heart were in good trim. Their second album, Little
Queen, spawned an all-time classic cut, ‘Barracuda’. It also saw the
debut of Michael Derosier on drums.
In 1978 the album Magazine was issued by Mushroom; it consisted of
old demos and odd live takes. The group objected to its release and
a lengthy legal fracas ensued.
Eventually, the album tracks were re-mixed and, after the original
was withdrawn, the new version was released. Dog and Butterfly was
Heart’s next major release and it proved to be one of their better
albums, concentrating on a mix of their folksy style and good rauchy
Led Zeppelin-influenced hard rock. The 1980 released Bebe le Strange
was much rockier, especially songs like ‘Even It Up’ and the title
track.
A period of silence descended after this release. The double album
Greatest Hists/Live was what the title says – a mix of live and
studio tracks; a rabble-rousing version of Led Zeppelin’s classic
‘Rock ’n’ Roll’commemorating John Bonham’s death was the highlight.
During this break from new recording, Steve Fossen and Michael Derosier
departed due to internal group troubles and were replaced by Denny
Carmassi (ex-Gamma) and Mark Andes. However, the album Private Audition
was released before this change of personnel.
After a period of silence and following their last nondescript album
for Epic, Heart returned powerfully in 1985. Their debut set for Capitol
was produced by Ron Nevison. Much of its material can be ranked alongside
their best. Ann Wilson’s vocals easily put many contemporary rock female
artists into the shade.
Heart have beat powerfully ever since, save for a few irregular moments,
and while initially they received only a passing interest from British
rock fans, their appeal by the end of the eighties was enormous, with the
extra addition of general chart pop fans who particularly like ‘Ann
Wilson balladeer’. As the band shifted into the new decade Ann Wilson
talked of the music and lyrics much more closely reflecting their
experience. Heart have become one of rock’s great survivors.
Dreamboat Annie (Mushroom) 1976
Little Queen (Portrait) 1977
Magazine (Mushroom) 1977
Dog and Butterfly (Portrait) 1979
Bebe le Strange (Portrait) 1980
Greatest Hists/Live (Portrait) 1981
Private Audition (Epic) 1982
Passion Works (Epic) 1983
Heart (Capitol) 1985
Bad Animals (Capitol) 1987
Brigade (Capitol) 1990
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