Trauma (American band)
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Trauma in 2013 |
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General information | |
origin | San Francisco , California , United States |
Genre (s) | Heavy metal , power metal |
founding | 1980, 2012 |
resolution | 1986 |
Website | http://traumametal.com |
Current occupation | |
Donny Hillier | |
Kris Gustofson | |
Kurt Fry | |
Steve Robello | |
former members | |
Electric bass |
Marcel Eaton |
Electric bass |
Lucas Advincula |
Electric bass |
Glen Gordon |
Electric bass |
Cliff Burton († 1986) |
Drums |
Dennis Schaefer |
Electric guitar |
George 'Tiger' Lady |
Electric guitar |
Ross Alexander Merson |
Electric guitar |
Michael Overton |
Trauma is an American heavy and speed metal band from San Francisco , California that was formed in 1980, disbanded in 1986, and reunited in 2012.
history
The band was formed in 1980, with Metallica bassist Cliff Burton being a founding member. After the band was already heard in 1982 with the song Such a Shame on the compilation Metal Massacre II , the first album, Scratch and Scream , followed in 1984 via Shrapnel Records . The band at that time consisted of guitarists Ross Alexander and Michael Overton, bassist Lucas Advincula, drummer Kris Gustofson and singer Donny Hilliers. The album featured Leather Leone as a background singer, who would later join Chastain . Two years after the album was released, the band broke up.
In 2012 the band was re-formed by the two founding members Don Hillier and Kris Gustofson.
On February 10, 2013, the band played a concert in honor of Cliff Burton, who died in 1986 and who would have celebrated his 51st birthday that day. At the concert, the band played previously unreleased song material written by Burton.
In February 2015, the band released their second album Rapture and Wrath on Pure Steel Records 31 years after their debut album .
style
The band played a mix of speed and power metal on their album Scratch and Scream . The use of guitar solo here was characteristic. The tempo in the songs was often reminiscent of Judas Priest or New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands.
Discography
- 1982: Demo I (demo, self-published)
- 1984: Scratch and Scream (Album, Shrapnel Records )
- 1984: Demo II (demo, self-published)
- 2015: Rapture and Wrath (Album, Pure Steel Records )
Web links
- Official website
- Trauma at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Band biography on the official band website ( memento of the original from March 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 16, 2015.
- ^ Various - Metal Massacre II , accessed August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 402 .
- ↑ Matthias Herr: Matthias Herr's Heavy Metal Lexicon Vol. 4 . Verlag Matthias Herr, 1994, p. 187 .
- ↑ Facebook band information , accessed on March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Facebook band information , accessed on March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Cliff Burton: Trauma with an Exclusive Birthday Gig , accessed August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Pure Steel Records release note , accessed March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Dan Mariscano: Trauma - Scratch and Scream Review ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed August 3, 2013.