Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage ( February 21, 1960 in Vancouver - † August 14, 2018 in North Vancouver as Randall Desmond Archibald ) was a Canadian singer and bassist. He was a founding member of DOA in the metal scene , he became known as the singer of the thrash metal band Annihilator .
Life
Randy Rampage was a founding member and bassist of DOA, which he founded with singer / guitarist Joey Shithead , drummer Chuck Biscuits, and guitarist Dave Gregg. He was on the two albums Something Better Change (1980) and Hardcore '81 (1981) to hear. As part of the early punk scene in North America, he appeared in the documentary Bloodied But UnBowed (2010) with Henry Rollins , Jello Biafra and Duff McKagan, among others.
In 1988 he joined the thrash metal band Annihilator, whose second singer he became. He can be heard on the debut album Alice in Hell . After the subsequent tour, he left the band and was replaced by Coburn Pharr. In 1999 he returned to the band and played with them the album Criteria for a Black Widow , but left the band to start a reunion with DOA.
With DOA he released the album Win the Battle , but then got out again. In 2005 he founded the band Stress Factor 9 together with annihaliator drummer Ray Hartmann . Together with Stu Carruthers ( Grip Inc. , Just Cause ), guitarist Ash Blue (ex- Strapping Young Lad ) and guitarist Kick ( Vertical After ), the only album Brainwarp Mindspin was created in 2006 .
A year later, Rampage returned to DOA after the Northern Avenger album and at the height of the tour, however, he announced his resignation.
In 2012 he founded the band Rampage, initially consisting of Duane Chaos, Zippy Pinhead and Tim Bitz. In 2013, Bitz and Pinhead got out. The line-up was expanded to include The Real McKenzies bassist Brent Johnson, Kick-Ax singer Danny Nargang and former DOA drummer The Great Baldini. Work on the first album began in 2016, but it suddenly came to a standstill when Brent Johnson died of an overdose . Rampage was unable to complete the album.
In 2016 he published his biography I Survived DOA , which he wrote with Chris Walter .
Together with Tim Bitz and Pinto Stiletto, the newly formed band tried to re-record the album. In August 2018, work with producer John Webster in the former Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver was finished. Randy Rampage died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack two weeks before the planned release date , presumably caused by decades of addiction to heroin .
Works
- Together with Chris Walter : I Survived DOA Bookbaby, 2016, ISBN 978-1-927053-28-7 .
Discography
- With DOA
- 1980: Something Better Change
- 1981: Hardcore '81
- 1983: Bloodied But Unbowed ( compilation album , CD Presents)
- 2002: Win the Battle
- 2008: Northern Avenger
- With annihilator
- 1988: Alice in Hell
- 1996: In Command (Live 1989–1990)
- 1999: Criteria for a Black Widow
- With Stress Factor 9
- 2006: Brainwarp Mindspin
- As Randy Rampage
- 1982: Randy Rampage EP
Web links
- Randy Rampage at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Mackie Updated: August 16, 2018: Vancouver punk legend Randy Rampage of DOA dies | Vancouver Sun. August 16, 2018, accessed January 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Blabbermouth: RANDY RAMPAGE, Canadian Hardcore Legend And Former ANNIHILATOR Frontman, Dead At 58. August 15, 2018, accessed January 4, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ John Mackie Updated: August 16, 2018: Vancouver punk legend Randy Rampage of DOA dies | Vancouver Sun. August 16, 2018, accessed January 4, 2019 .
- ^ Punknews.org: Randy Rampage / Chris Walter - I Survived DOA [Book]. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rampage, Randy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Archibald, Randall Desmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer and bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2018 |
| Place of death | North Vancouver |