Heavy pettin

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Heavy pettin
General information
origin Glasgow , Scotland
Genre (s) New Wave of British Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
founding 1981
resolution 1988
Last occupation
Dave Leslie
Gary Moat
Alex Dickson
Electric guitar, keyboard
Gordon Bonnar
Steve "Hamie" Hayman
former members
Electric bass
 Brian Waugh
Electric guitar
 Punky Mendoza

Heavy Pettin (often spelled Heavy Pettin ' ) was a Scottish hard rock and new wave of British heavy metal band from Glasgow that was formed in 1981 and disbanded in 1988.

history

The band was formed in the first half of 1981 after the band Weeper split up. The founding members were drummer Gary Moat, guitarist Gordon Bonnar and bassist Brian Waugh. A short time later the line-up was supplemented by the singer Stevie Hayman and the guitarist Punky Mendoza. The formation took its name from the UFO album No Heavy Petting . In the following months, a first demo was recorded, which contains the songs Love Times Love , Hell Is Beautiful and Speed ​​Kills . As there were only a few bands in Scotland that played similar music, a few appearances with various punk and independent bands were held before the band held their own appearances as headliners. The group had their first appearance as the opening act for The Cuban Heels held in the Virgin Megastore in Glasgow. Through the demo, the group achieved an appearance on the Friday Rock Show in spring 1982 , for which the songs Love Times Love , Hell Is Beautiful , Roll the Dice and Shout It Out were recorded. It was broadcast on June 11, 1982. Thereupon Neat Records became aware of the band, about which the single Roll the Dice , with Love Times Love as B-side, appeared in the same year . The two songs were recorded again especially for the sound carrier. Due to good sales the band was signed by Polydor . With the producers Reinhold Mack and Brian May she went to the Munich Musicland Studios to begin recording the debut album, which was released in Europe in 1983 under the name Lettin Loose . In America , the album was released in 1984, got a different cover design and was named after the band. From this the songs In and out of Love , Rock Me and Love Times Love were released as singles. Until 1985 the band held performances with Saxon , Accept , Kiss , Ozzy Osbourne , Mötley Crüe , and AC / DC on both sides of the Atlantic . In 1983 the band was also at the Reading Festival and in 1984 in Paris at the Breaking Sound Festival . From October 1984 to May 1985 in London's Red Bus Studio , the band worked on their second album, before it was released under the name Rock Ain't Dead in 1985 by Polydor. The album was produced by Mark Dearnley and Jim Steinman . Sole Survivor was released as a single . The song was different from the album version. The B-side contains Crazy , which is otherwise only heard on the CD version of the album. In the summer of 1984 an appearance in London was videotaped. In addition, the bootleg album Rock into Dead was released, which was recorded on September 14, 1985 at the Metal Hammer Festival in Loreley . After a long hiatus, the band held more gigs in early 1987 and played with Magnum , among others . In addition, a new song called Heaven Sent was recorded, which is included on a Metal Hammer sampler. A new single was released in 1987 under the name Romeo and played live several times on national TV. At times the group was also in talks for the Eurovision Song Contest . Since the style of the band had changed significantly and the interest of the fans waned, the release of a third album was not realized and Polydor separated from the band. Previously, they had only announced the separation from Polygram America , while the group in England should continue to be under contract with Polydor. In mid-1987, a release with Arista Records was discussed instead , but this was also not realized. At the end of the year, guitarist Punky Mendoza left the line-up and was replaced by Alex Dickson. After a few months, the group played their last gig in front of a local audience, with original bassist Brian Waugh also leaving the group and being replaced by Dave Leslie. After the dissolution in March 1988, the third, previously unreleased album was published in 1989 on FM Records under the name Big Bang , but sold poorly. Tony Taverner was the producer for this . In the following period several attempts were made to revive the band, which in 1998 resulted in the publication Demos 98 . However, all attempts failed.

style

According to Malc Macmillan in The NWOBHM Encyclopedia , Heavy Pettin was one of the most successful Scottish bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The band play a mix of hard rock and heavy metal in the style of Saxon, Def Leppard and early Tobruk . Some semi- anthemic and melodic hard rock songs are featured on Lettin Loose . Rock Ain't Dead is much more commercial and reminds of Blackhearts from Tokyo Blade . Big Bang is comparable to the music of Lionheart and uses trendy keyboards. On Demos 98 , the band moved further from their original style. The music has been tailored to the US market and has a post-grunge vibe, with vocals that are reminiscent of Axl Rose .

According to Matthias Mader in NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days , the single Roll the Dice closes the gap between Def Leppard and Praying Mantis with its two songs .

Martin Popoff assigned the album Lettin Loose to hard rock in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 2: The Eighties ; it could be classified between the Def Leppard albums On Through the Night and High 'n' Dry . In contrast to Def Leppard, however, the group worked more heavy metal into their songs. He also referred to the music as Melodic Rock , which has a Led Zeppelin production. In contrast to its predecessor, Rock Ain't Dead had its groove withdrawn. The singing is nasal and the drums are not convincing either, which is also a shame for the songwriting. The following Big Bang can no longer be assigned to Heavy Metal.

The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal describes the band's music as a mix of American and British heavy metal.

Jason Ankeny from Allmusic classified the music in hard rock. The later song Romeo is based on pop music.

rockdetector.com noted that the group played melodic hard rock, with Hayman's unique, high-pitched vocals being particularly characteristic. Rock Ain't Dead has patriotic traits.

Colin Larkin described the group's music in The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal Second Edition as melodic hard rock comparable to the music of Def Leppard.

The Metal Hammer calls the music on Lettin Loose Hard Rock. With Love on the Run , Krokus could "cut a slice of it", Victims of the Night had a Def-Leppard-like song structure and Hell Is Beautiful reminded of Ozzy Osbourne "in his best days". The songs are sometimes bumpy and the vocals too thin. In an interview in a later issue with Wilfried F. Rimensbeger, the singer Hayman stated that the band tries to play good, hard, yet melodious rock. Rimensbeger compared the music on Rock Ain't Dead with that of AC / DC. In the same issue, Reinhard Harma reviewed the album and found that the singing is nerve-wracking and reminds of Biff Byford . In addition, he often tries to imitate David Lee Roth , which he does not succeed, although the music is otherwise mostly above hard rock standards. The songs are melodic and, similar to Def Leppard, clearly structured. Five years later, Matthias Breusch reviewed Big Bang and assigned the music to Adult Orientated Rock. The songs only vary slightly in terms of dynamics and the hooklines are often not convincing. The album was produced on average.

Discography

  • 1981: Demo (demo, self-published)
  • 1982: Roll the Dice (Single, Neat Records )
  • 1983: Lettin Loose (Album, Polydor )
  • 1983: Rock Me (single, Polydor)
  • 1983: In and out of Love (Single, Polydor)
  • 1983: Love Times Love (single, Polydor)
  • 1984: Heavy Pettin (re-release by Lettin Loose, Polydor)
  • 1985: Rock Ain't Dead (Album, Polydor)
  • 1985: Heart Attack Live (Live album, Heatsink Records )
  • 1985: Sole Survivor (Single, Polydor)
  • 1985: The Video (VHS, Polygram )
  • 1985: 25 Hours a Day / Rock Ain't Dead (split with Y&T , Polydor)
  • 1987: Rome (single, Polydor)
  • 1987: The 2nd Wave of New British Metal (Split with Chariot , Strangeways and Paul Samson's Empire, Metal Hammer )
  • 1989: Big Bang (Album, FM Records )
  • 1998: Demos 98 (demo, self-published)
  • 2006: Pettology (Box-Set, Majestic Rock )
  • 2007: Prodigal Songs (compilation, Majestic Rock)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Malc Macmillan: The NWOBHM Encyclopedia . IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-931624-16-3 , p. 277 ff .
  2. ↑ a b Tony Jasper, Derek Oliver: The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal . Facts on File Inc., New York 1983, ISBN 0-8160-1100-1 , pp. 123 .
  3. ↑ a b Jason Ankeny: Heavy Pettin '. Allmusic , accessed June 12, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rockdetector.com
  5. ↑ a b c d Colin Larkin: The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal Second Edition . Guinness Publishing, Enfield, Middlesex, England 1995, ISBN 0-85112-656-1 , pp. 164 f .
  6. ^ A b Reinhard Harma: Heavy Pettin . Rock ain't dead. In: Metal Hammer . September 1985, p. 83 .
  7. ↑ Charly Rinne: Breaking Sound Festival . Paris Le Bourget. In: Metal Hammer . October 1984, p. 65 .
  8. ^ Hammer-Willy: Heavy London Special . In: Metal Hammer . January 1985, p. 66 .
  9. ^ A b Wilfried F. Rimensbeger: Heavy Pettin . In: Metal Hammer . September 1985, p. 64 .
  10. ^ A b Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Manfred Kerschke: NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days . Iron Pages, Berlin 1995, p. 112 f .
  11. ↑ The Bailey Brothers . In: Metal Hammer . August 1987, p. 25 .
  12. ↑ The Bailey Brothers . In: Metal Hammer . July 1987, p. 23 .
  13. ↑ Edgard Klüsener: The Metal Decade Month by Month Part 4: 1988-1989 . March 1988. In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 3 , 1990, p. 40 .
  14. ↑ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 2: The Eighties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2005, ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5 , pp. 153 f .
  15. ↑ Heavy Pettin . In: Metal Hammer . February 1984, p. 7 .
  16. ^ Matthias Breusch: Heavy Pettin ' . Big bang. In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 3 , 1990, p. 32 .