Hawaii (band)

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Hawaii
General information
origin Honolulu , Hawaii , United States
Genre (s) Speed ​​metal , power metal , heavy metal
founding 1981 as Vixen
resolution 1986
Last occupation
Deen Castronovo
Marty Friedman
Joey Galisa
Eddie Day
Electric guitar
 Tom Azevedo
former members
singing
 Kim La Chance
Electric bass, vocals
 Gary St. Pierre
Drums
 Jeff Graves
Electric bass
 Kimo
Electric bass
 Paul Escorpeso
singing
 Lisa Ruiz

Hawaii was an American heavy , speed , and power metal band from Honolulu , Hawaii , that was formed in 1981 under the name Vixen and disbanded in 1986. The group also called itself Aloha in the meantime .

history

The band was founded in 1981 by the guitarist Marty Friedman who left Tension under the name Vixen. The only permanent member should be drummer Jeff Graves. In November, the band recorded a first demo that included five songs, including a cover version of The Animals ' The House of the Rising Sun was. A second demo was recorded in April 1982. Through the demo, Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records became aware of the band, who released the song Angels from the Dust on the compilation US Metal II . A third demo followed, whereupon bassist Paul Escorpeso was replaced by Kimo. In 1982 the EP Made in Hawaii was recorded and released in 1983 via Azra Records . Before the release, singer Kim La Chance left the band and was replaced by Lisa Ruiz. The band then changed their name to Aloha. Under this name, the band released another demo. A song from it, Heavy Metal Virgin , can be heard on Metal Massacre II . A little later, singer Ruiz was replaced by bassist and singer Gary St. Pierre, whereupon the band renamed itself Hawaii. After the release of the debut LP One Nation Underground in mid-1983 on Shrapnel with the trio line-up of St. Pierre / Friedman / Graves, the EP Loud, Wild and Heavy, recorded for Cavern Production, followed in 1984 with a different line-up. Bassist and vocalist Gary St. Pierre left the band to join Vicious Rumors . The bass was now played by Joey Galisa and Friedman had brought in his old Tension colleague Edie Day for the vocals. In January 1985, the second guitarist Tom Azevedo joined them. Shaken by management and label problems, the next album The Natives are Restless was released on the band's own label Volcanic Records at the end of 1985 , which was distributed by various companies. In 1986, Marty Friedman broke up the band after moving to San Francisco . The band's high point was Hawaii's performance in the opening act for Deep Purple on May 3, 1985.

style

The band played faster metal at the beginning, whereas the songs on The Natives Are Restless became noticeably slower, in the direction of "catchy [r] US-Metal - with sing-a-long choruses and pithy riffs, as one would expect from the early Mötleys or Raven knows"; the style was also reminiscent of Accept in places . The vocals on One Nation Underground are extremely high. The songs are compared to the works of Loudness and Watchtower , where they were produced worse. The guitar playing by Marty Friedman, who experimented with sounds from distant cultures, was striking, for example with the Japanese-inspired instrumental Omichan No Uta .

Discography

as vixen
  • 1981: Demo 1 (demo, self-published)
  • 1982: Demo 2 (demo, self-published)
  • 1982: Demo 3 (demo, self-published)
  • 1983: Made In Hawaii (EP, Azra Records )
  • 2004: The Works (compilation, Pyram Axis Records )
as aloha
  • 1982: Aloha / Demo (demo, self-publication)
than Hawaii

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Anonymous: Hawaii . In: Metal Hammer , January 1986, p. 25.
  2. ↑ a b c d Alex Gernandt: Hawaii. The natives are restless . In: Crash , February 1986, p. 16.
  3. ↑ Hawaii (3) - Loud Wild And Heavy , accessed May 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 191 .
  5. ↑ HAWAII BAND PAGE , accessed May 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ Mike Blim: Hawaii . The Natives Are Restless . In: Metal Hammer , December 1985, p. 83.
  7. ^ Eduardo Rivadavia: Hawaii One Nation Underground , accessed May 11, 2013.