No quarter
| No quarter | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Cwmbran , Wales |
| Genre (s) | New Wave of British Heavy Metal , Hard Rock |
| founding | 1980, 1992 |
| resolution | 1985 or later, 1995 or later |
| Last occupation | |
| Philip "Snappi" Lyes | |
| Dave Young | |
| Glenn Daniel | |
| Justyn Hook | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Handle |
Electric bass |
Rob Palmer |
Electric bass |
Chris Turner |
Drums |
Bilko Watkins |
Drums |
Steve Chard |
No Quarter was a Welsh new wave of British heavy metal and hard rock band from Cwmbran that was formed in 1980 and broke up around 1985. In 1992 the group reunited before it broke up again around 1995.
history
The band was founded in 1980 and presented a first demo with five songs under the name Songs in Circles the following year . The demo was distributed via Neon Records , with a total of around 1,500 copies being sold. There were also some buyers in Denmark , Germany , France and Australia . The demo made those responsible for the Friday Rock Show aware of the band. For the broadcast, the band recorded half an hour of material that aired on April 16, 1982. The band played songs like Power and the Key , Racing for Home , The Last Song and Calling . Due to the success of the performance, the band was able to place Power and the Key on the Heavy Metal Heroes Vol. 2 sampler and thus be present on record for the first time . In the same year, a seven-track second demo was released called Uncertain Future , which was again distributed by Neon Records. Since the band was not satisfied with the sound quality, they stopped distribution after a short time, so that only a few copies came into circulation. In 1983 Rob Palmer joined the line-up as the new bass player. The band was already well known in South Wales , but was still unknown in the rest of the UK . In order to change this, the band released the self-financed EP Survivors on Reel Records in the same year , which contains the two other songs Time and Space and Racing for Home in addition to the title song , although the release was limited to 1,000 copies. As the original pressing was soon sold out, Bullet Records decided to re-issue. More gigs followed, with the band playing in the same year at Broadmoor Hospital, a prison facility for the criminally insane. About a year later, singer Philip "Snappi" Lyes collapsed during a performance, whereupon his permanent resignation for health reasons was announced. The band had already made the track list for the next EP and recorded the song Broadmoor Blues , in which the group addressed the appearance at Broadmoor Hospital. Since the band was not sufficiently satisfied with the result despite the high production costs, the EP was only offered half-heartedly. In addition, there was a dispute with the management before the EP was pressed, whereupon it disappeared with almost the entire circulation of the sound carrier. As a result, only a handful of units of the sound carrier were released in 1985 as an EP under the name Birds of Prey on Bonzo Bear Records . The band did not recover from this and it came to a breakup.
In 1992 the group was revived, initially just to play the old songs again. However, appearances were held a little later and new material was written, with the line-up now consisting of singer Lyes and guitarist Dave Young, bassist Glenn Daniel and drummer Justyn Hook. In 1994 the compilation The Best of No Quarter was released via Vinyl Tap Records , which consists of previously unreleased material and the three songs from the EP Survivors . After the release, the band broke up again.
style
According to Malc Macmillan in The NWOBHM Encyclopedia , the band was heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin . This influence can also be heard in Power and the Key by Heavy Metal Heroes Vol. 2 . There are further sonic parallels to Lone Star and the NWoBHM bands Whitefire , Friends and Harrier . The Led Zeppelin influence, which according to The International Encyclopedia of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal can already be recognized by the band name, was also confirmed by Matthias Mader in NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days .
In his review of Survivors , Martin Popoff wrote in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 2: The Eighties that No Quarter is an underrated NWoBHM representative. The music is solid Upbeat - Pop - Metal and could be a mixture of The Sweet and Teaze be called. There are also acoustic elements that are similar to those of Led Zeppelin. As comparable publications, Popoff cited records from Holocaust , Quartz , Warrior , Paralex , Crucifixion , Witchfinder General and Angel Witch . In the third volume of his book series, Popoff wrote about The Best of No Quarter that No Quarter is one of the best neglected NWoBHM bands. On the compilation of the band sound like a commercial, un- satanic version of Angel Witch or something like a cross between Diamond Head and Stampede or even like Quartz only without a budget.
Discography
- 1981: Songs in Circles (demo, self-release)
- 1982: Uncertain Future (demo, self-published)
- 1983: Survivors (EP, Reel Records )
- 1985: Birds of Prey (EP, Bonzo Bear Records )
- 1994: The Best of No Quarter (compilation, Vinyl Tap Records )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Manfred Kerschke: NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days . Iron Pages, Berlin 1995, p. 124 f .
- ↑ a b Malc Macmillan: The NWOBHM Encyclopedia . IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-931624-16-3 , p. 416 ff .
- ↑ 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. 237 .
- ↑ 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. 246 .
- ↑ Martin Popoff: The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2007, ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9 , pp. 320 .