Tysondog

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Tysondog
General information
origin Newcastle upon Tyne , England
Genre (s) New Wave of British Heavy Metal
founding 1982 as an orchestra, 2008
resolution 1987
Website www.tysondog.co.uk
Current occupation
Clutch Carruthers
Kevin Wynn
Paul Burdis
Phil Brewis
Electric guitar
 Stevie Morrison
former members
Singing, later also electric guitar
 Alan Hunter
singing
 Ian Davison Swift
Drums
 Peter Reeve
Drums
 Kevin Hunter
Drums
 Ged "Wolf" Cook
Drums
 Rob Walker
Electric guitar
 Russ Tippins
singing
 Brian Ross

Tysondog is an English New Wave of British Heavy Metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne , which was founded in 1982 under the name Orchrist and split up in 1987. The band has been active again since 2008.

history

The band was formed in the summer of 1982. In its early days the band was still called Orchrist and consisted of singer Alan Hunter, bassist Kevin Wynn and guitarist Paul Burdis, before being renamed Tysondog a short time later. Hunter then took over the electric guitar. The band name Tysondog was chosen after the dog named Tyson, who belonged to a friend of a band member. The Neat Records label became aware of the band through a demo that contained three songs and on which Brian Ross can still be heard as a singer . About this in 1983 the single Eat the Rich was released , which in addition to the title song also contained the song Dead Meat . Clutch Carruthers as the singer and Peter Reeve as the drummer can be heard on the recording. Carruthers does the vocals on Dead Meat , while Alan Hunter can be heard as the singer in Eat the Rich . Eat the Rich can also be heard in the film The Chain . With the publication, the quintet was able to increase its popularity. In early 1984, Ged "Wolf" Cook joined the line-up as the new drummer, as Reeve had left the band to become an actor and also played in The Chain . At this time, the guitarist Alan Hunter also helped out with Satan as a singer, as their singer Brian Ross had left the band and performances in Europe were in danger.

Then Tysondog began with Conrad Lant of Venom as producer, the recordings for the debut album, which was released in 1984 under the name Beware of the Dog on Neat Records. Lant provided backing vocals for the song Demon . He later stated that he found the band "Scheiße" and that Tysondog was just an imitation of Judas Priest . He only produced the album because Ged Cook was the brother of Venom manager Eric Cook. Shortly after the recordings, drummer Cook left the band, joined Atomkraft and was replaced by Rob Walker. The release of the album was followed by national appearances, as well as in the Netherlands at the Dynamo Open Air and the Aardschok Festival . The band also played at the Royal Standard in London , where Lars Ulrich was also present in the audience . In 1985 the EP Shoot to Kill was released , which contains the three songs Shoot to Kill , Back to the Bullet and Changeling , which could not be heard on any album, as well as a newly recorded version of the song Hammerhead . The song TWAT , which was also created during the recording of the EP, was also included exclusively on the Roadrunner Records sampler 12 Commandments to Metal . A tour with Madam X was planned for the publication, but this had to be canceled. After the release, Eric Cooke also became the band's manager. Since the singer Clutch Carruthers a car accident on the way to a result of the health consequences Marquee Club had to pause, it was quiet around the band before in 1986 with the album Crimes of Insanity yet, the first Taste of Hate meant, reported back . On the album Alan Hunter was only occasionally heard as a guitarist, as he was no longer a full-time member of the group. He was later to join Pariah . In 1986 the single School's Out was released , which was a cover version of the Alice Cooper song of the same name , which was also included on Crimes of Insanity . At a celebration for the 100th edition of the Kerrang , the band played the Judas Priest song You've Got Another Thing Comin ' with Warlock . A planned tour through the USA together with Venom had to be canceled because the band could not get a work permit. In addition, the band lost their contract with Neat Records. Due to internal problems, the band announced their breakup in early 1987. As a result, the recordings that had already been made, including a cover version of the Sex Pistols song Pretty Vacant , could no longer appear for a third album. The group's last appearance was held in Newcastle, which Alan Hunter also attended. Rock Brigade Records released a compilation of both albums, with recordings from the shoot-to-kill sessions included as a bonus. In 2002 the compilation Painted Heroes - The Anthology was released , which contained the band's entire musical oeuvre so far. It was released through Castle Music , a sub-label of Sanctuary Records .

In 2008 the band was re-founded. On July 20, 2014, the band signed a recording deal with Rocksector Records at the SOS Festival in Manchester . The band now consists of the singer Carruthers, the bassist Wynn, the guitarist Burdis, as well as the drummer Phil Brewis and the guitarist Stevie Morrison.

style

According to Malc Macmillan in his book The NWOBHM Encyclopedia , Tysondog's music has similarities with that of Blitzkrieg , Trident, and Cloven Hoof . Crimes of Insanity got closer to Power Metal . Joop van Nijmweggan wrote in Metal Hammer about Beware of the Dog that this is ordinary Heavy Metal like Spartan Warrior or Dark Heart . Uwe Lerch vom Crash wrote in his review of Crimes of Insanity that the band can convince live; However, the band only managed this to a limited extent in the studio. Martin Popoff wrote in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 2: The Eighties about Beware of the Dog that you can hear a Judas Priest influence on the album. The band is like Tank , but with less talent, or the early Jaguar . The sound carrier was roughly recorded and executed and the music was badly written. However, a will to recognize what they have in common with Fist . On Crimes of Insanity , the band is more professional, but it also loses individuality.

Discography

  • 1983: Eat the Rich (single, Neat Records )
  • 1984: Beware of the Dog (Album, Neat Records)
  • 1985: Shoot to Kill (EP, Neat Records)
  • 1986: Crimes of Insanity (Album, Neat Records)
  • 1986: School's Out (single, Neat Records)
  • 1999: Crimes of Insanity / Beware of the Dog (compilation, Rock Brigate Records )
  • 2002: Painted Heroes - The Anthology (compilation, Neat Records)
  • 2012: Hammerhead 2012 (EP, Global Music )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Malc Macmillan: The NWOBHM Encyclopedia . IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-931624-16-3 , p. 672 f .
  2. ↑ a b c ABOUT THE DOG. (No longer available online.) Tysondog.co.uk, archived from the original on November 7, 2014 ; accessed on November 6, 2014 . 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.tysondog.co.uk
  3. ↑ a b c d e Eduardo Rivadavia: Tysondog. Allmusic , accessed November 6, 2014 .
  4. ^ A b Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Manfred Kerschke: NWoBHM New Wave of British Heavy Metal The glory Days . Iron Pages, Berlin 1995, p. 151 f .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on January 7, 2016 ; accessed on November 6, 2014 . 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
  6. ↑ a b c d Info. Facebook , accessed November 6, 2014 .
  7. ^ Tysondog - Painted Heroes. Discogs , accessed November 6, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Joop van Nijmweggan: Tyson Dog . Beware of the Dog. In: Metal Hammer . November 1986, p. 66 .
  9. ↑ Uwe Lerch: Tysondog . Crimes of Insanity. In: Crash . October 1986, p. 69 .
  10. ↑ 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. 373 .