Rhabstallion

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Rhabstallion
General information
origin Huddersfield , England
Genre (s) New Wave of British Heavy Metal , Power Metal
founding 1976
resolution 1984
Last occupation
Graham Hooper
Mark Crowther
David Thompson
Electric guitar
 Andy Wood
Steve Ancliffe
former members
Drums
 Mick North
Drums
 Jack Himsworth
Electric guitar
 Stuart Toddington
singing
 John Anderton

Rhabstallion was an English new wave of British heavy metal and power metal band from Huddersfield that was formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1984.

history

The band was formed in 1976 from the merger of various local bands from Huddersfield. The group then wrote their own material and played it live. After making demo recordings of various songs in early 1980 , she took part in the summer sampler New Electric Warriors from Logo Records with the song Chain Reaction . In early 1981, the band recorded their first self-financed single, with drummer Mark Crowther now in the band, who had replaced Jack Himsworth. The single was released in the same year on the band's own label Rhab Records under the name Day to Day with the song Breadline as the B-side. Despite the release, the group failed to secure a recording deal. As a result, Steve Ancliffe joined as the new singer. Due to the lack of a record deal, the band had to arrange and promote their following tours themselves. In the spring of 1982 the band recorded the two songs Stranger Stranger and Shock'n'Roll at Fairview Studios in Kingston upon Hull . The planned release as a second single, however, did not materialize, so that only a demo was created. In February 1983, the BBC recorded an appearance at the University of Bradford and broadcast it on Bubbling Under . By this time Andy Wood had replaced guitarist Stuart Toddington. In early 1984 the band went back to the studio to record more new songs like I Could Not Believe My Eyes and Runaway . However, since no record deal could be achieved with this either, the band broke up. The members then devoted themselves to other projects. Guitarist David Thompson and drummer Jack Himsworth worked in the band Lost Weekend . The band's success also brought attention to Rhabstallion. In 1993 negotiations began for an album, whereupon the compilation Day to Day was released in 1994 via Vinyl Tap Records . The sound carrier consists of live material, old demo recordings and two newly recorded pieces. This comprises a total of 14 songs, some of which date back to 1979. The band also got back together for a few gigs.

style

According Malc Macmillan in The Encyclopedia NWOBHM sounds Chain Reaction of New Electric Warriors like a mixture of Turbo , dealer and Silverwing to. On the following single, the band has matured in terms of songwriting, although tonal parallels to Salem can also be heard. After the addition of the singer Ancliffe, who had an impressive range, the group went more towards Power Metal, so that the music was comparable to that of Traitors Gate and Persian Risk . The songs of the 1984 demo are more demanding and melodic and show a slight Queensrÿche influence . Martin Popoff wrote in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties about the compilation Day to Day that it combines the melody of White Spirit with the music of early Samson and Praying Mantis . The recording quality is bad and the songs are badly played.

Discography

  • 1980: Demo I (demo, self-published)
  • 1981: Day to Day (single, Rhab Records)
  • 1982: Demo II (demo, self-published)
  • 1984: Demo III (demo, self-published)
  • 1994: Day to Day (compilation, Vinyl Tap Records )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Manfred Kerschke: NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days . Iron Pages, Berlin 1995, p. 132 .
  2. ↑ Biography. rockdetector.com, archived from the original on June 24, 2016 ; accessed on June 16, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b c Malc Macmillan: The NWOBHM Encyclopedia . IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-931624-16-3 , p. 480 ff .
  4. ↑ 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. 365 .