Raven - Faster Than The Speed Of Light (3CD) (Cherry Red Records Edition 2023)

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Raven - Faster Than The Speed Of Light (3CD) (Cherry Red Records Edition 2023)

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Raven - Faster Than The Speed Of Light (3CD) (Cherry Red Records Edition 2023)

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Year : 2023 (Cherry Red Records Edition)
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 432 mb


Bio:

Raven are an English heavy metal band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. They had a hit with the single "On and On", and refer to their music as "athletic rock".Raven was formed in 1974 in Newcastle, England, by brothers John and Mark Gallagher, and Paul Bowden.Raven began creating a sound which was rooted in British hard rock, with progressive rock tendencies, and a willingness to take musical chances. The band's highly energized live show and interaction between band members developed a unique image and style of play, described as "athletic". They began wearing guards, helmets, and plates from various sports (hockey, baseball, etc...), and incorporating them into the playing of their instruments (for instance, elbow pads and hockey masks were used to strike cymbals). Their music began to develop into a unique amalgam of speed and power - heavily influencing the genres of speed/thrash metal and power metal. The band have a reputation as an extremely energetic live band - and for regularly destroying their equipment.They started by playing local pubs and working men's clubs in the North East of England - occasionally opening shows for punk bands such as The Stranglers and The Motors.Eventually, the band signed with Neat Records, the legendary, low-budget metal label of the North. They released their 1st single "Don't Need Your Money" in 1980 and embarked on a number of UK shows opening for bands such as Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz, Motörhead, Whitesnake and Iron Maiden. Their first album Rock until You Drop was released to wide acclaim in 1981, leading the band to tour Italy and the Netherlands. Their second album, Wiped Out was released in 1982 and was influential on creating the burgeoning thrash and speed metal genres, making an impressive showing on the UK charts at the time.Sufficient noise was made for the American market to take notice and New Jersey's Megaforce Records signed them, issuing their next recording in the States as All for One in 1983. The band came stateside in 1983, and toured extensively on the "Kill 'em All For One" tour with young thrashers Metallica (on their first tour) as their opening act.The manager and founder of Megaforce Jon Zazula believed that Raven was major-label material and kept them touring constantly until the big labels noticed. The infamous Live at the Inferno recording, released in 1984, was a product of one of those tours. Atlantic Records signed Raven to a worldwide contract after a minor bidding war (major label contracts would follow for Metallica and Anthrax in the following year). The band moved its permanent base from Newcastle to New York City.Stay Hard was released in 1985, and proved a minor hit on the strength of single and video "On and On". The Atlantic years proved to be less than stellar for the band. A drastic shift in a more commercial direction came at the label's behest, with many die-hard fans being alienated by the slick, lightweight production of The Pack Is Back. However, the band redeemed themselves with a return to form on the Mad EP in 1986 and the Life's a Bitch album in 1987, before arranging their departure from Atlantic.After the tour for Life's a Bitch, drummer Rob "Wacko" Hunter left the band in late 1987 to spend more time with his new wife and family. He would later pursue a career in audio production and engineering, eventually working with jazz musicians Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr..Virginian Joe Hasselvander (ex-Pentagram) joined as drummer in late 1987 and the band dropped the outlandish image for a more conventional denim-and-leather look for their 1988 release Nothing Exceeds Like Excess, which was self-produced and continued the bands return to form with fast, involved compositions. A concert at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia was released by Combat Records as Ultimate Revenge 2 and featured the band on 4 cuts, alongside a number of thrash bands such as Death, Forbidden and Dark Angel. Next was a US tour opening for Testament, and then a European tour with German band Kreator. The advent of grunge and the dissolution of their record label Combat Records led the band to concentrate on continental Europe and Japan, where they retained more of a following.In 1990 the band recorded the album Architect of Fear in Germany again self-produced showcasing the bands heavier side. They toured Europe in 1991 as special guests of German band Running Wild. 1992 had the band releasing an EP called Heads Up, featuring 4 new studio songs and 3 live tracks from the 1991 tour. They again toured Europe with German band Risk as openers.The band spent the first half of 1993 writing and demoing new material, delays ensued due to John Gallagher having a house fire and thieves stealing guitars from the remains. In 1994 the band regrouped and inked a deal with Japanese label Zero - an album entitled Glow was recorded at Showplace Studios, Dover NJ (notable for having a strip club connected to the tape closet!) The album was self-produced and varied in feel, even sporting a few ballads alongside heavier material such as "Altar" and "Enemy". A cover of Thin Lizzy's "The Rocker" also made the album.In 1994 the band attended and played live at the Foundations Forum metal convention in Burbank, California, and stole the show alongside acts as disparate as Korn, Yngwie Malmsteen and Machine Head.The band toured Japan for the first time in May 1995, a live album called Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan was recorded featuring songst from Glow, as well as older cuts such as "For the Future".1996 was spent writing and recording a new studio album Everything Louder - sessions took place in Manassas VA at future Brett Michaels guitarist Pete Evick's studio and the recording was a frantic affair done over 4 weekends with almost no reheasal - the better to get a "live" feel onto tape. The album came out in 1997 in Japan, Europe and the US, and the band went on the road in Europe with support acts Tank and HammerFall.1999 promised a Raven box set with the NY label Spitfire Records. However, after a "lack of communication" John took the extra live/studio/bootleg tracks and working with engineer S.A. Adams compiled a collection entitled Raw Tracks, featuring unreleased material from 1984 to the present. The band also reunited with producer Michael Wagener and worked on an album titled One for All recorded at Wagener's Wireworld Studio in Nashville TN. Following its release, the band toured opening for old friend Udo Dirkschneider's band U.D.O. in Europe and also with them in the US in 2000

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The fledgling Raven were formed by brothers Mark and John Gallagher, playing their first gig in 1975 while building up a loyal following across the North East of England. Coming to the attention of NWOBHM pioneers Neat Records, a power-trio were formed when John Gallagher on bass and vocals and Mark Gallagher on lead guitar, joined forces with drummer Rob “Wacko” Hunter, releasing debut 45 ‘Don’t Need Your Money’ in 1980, followed by debut LP ‘Rock Until You Drop’ in 1981. Successfully capturing the energy of their live shows, the album picked up instant champions across the influential UK rock press, rewarding them with key features in Kerrang! and Sounds.These would lead to tours with Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake and Motörhead.These self-styled “athletic rockers” were a huge influence on future thrash and speed metal bands, such as Slayer, Megadeth and early touring partners Metallica. Becoming a big crowd draw, Raven did what they do best, and hit the road, exemplified by their live album, ‘Live At The Inferno’, released in 1984. Their last album for Neat Records before signing a major deal with Atlantic Records in the States, ‘Live At The Inferno’ cherry picks their biggest hitters from their early 45s and first three Neat albums.Jumping forwards by more than a decade, ‘Destroy All Monsters: Live In Japan’ (CD2) was recorded in 1995 at Tokyo’s famed rock venue, Club Citta. Though the set does have a concentration of their early New Wave Of British Heavy Metal days, latter rockers such as ‘For The Future’, ‘Architect Of Fear’ and ‘White Hot Anger’ get a well-deserved airing.As much as Raven had been a huge influence on the metal and thrash of the 1980s, the roots of the band lay in the classic hard rock and even the heavier end of glam of the 1970s. Raven were able to pay homage to their heroes across eleven cover versions on ‘Party Killers’ (CD3), including the rock classics ‘Fireball’ (by Deep Purple), ‘Bad Reputation’ (by Thin Lizzy) and finishing off with the ‘Ziggy Stardust ‘classic, ‘Hang On To Yourself’ (by David Bowie).

• FOR FANS OF: Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Metallica.
• 3CD collection spanning the decades of athletic rock supremos Raven.
• Featuring two live albums, recorded a decade apart.
• Plus a fine collection of covers of the acts who inspired them.

Line-Up:

John Gallagher - Vocals, Bass (1974-present) (ex-Killers)
Mark Gallagher - Guitars (1974-present)
Rob Hunter - Drums, Vocals (backing)

Tracklist:

CD1: LIVE AT THE INFERNO (1984)

01. Intro / Live At The Inferno
02. Take Control
03. Mind Over Metal
04. Crash Bang Whallop
05. Rock Until You Drop
06. Faster Than The Speed Of Light
07. All For One
08. Forbidden Planet
09. Star Wars
10. Tyrant Of the Airways / Run Silent, Run Deep
11. Crazy World
12. Let It Rip
13. I.G.A.R.B.O.
14. Wiped Out
15. Fire Power
16. I Don’t Need Your Money
17. Break The Chain
18. Hell Patrol
19. Live At The Inferno

CD3: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS LIVE IN JAPAN (1995)

01. Victim
02. Live at the Inferno
03. Crash! Bang! Wallop!
04. True Believe
05. Medley: Into the Jaws of Death – Hard as Nails – Die for Allah
06. Guitar Solo
07. Medley: Speed of The Reflex – Run Silent, Run Deep – Mind Over Metal
08. Gimme A Reason
09. Inquisitor
10. For the Future
11. Bass Solo
12. Architect of Fear
13. White Hot Anger
14. Drum Solo
15. Break the Chain

CD3: PARTY KILLERS: THE COVERS ALBUM (2021)

01. Fireball (Deep Purple)
02. Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy)
03. He’s a Whore (Cheap Trick)
04. In for the Kill (Budgie)
05. Is There a Better Way (Status Quo)
06. Ogre Battle (Queen)
07. Queen of My Dreams (Edgar Winter Group)
08. Too Bad So Sad (Nazareth)
09. Cockroach (Sweet)
10. Tak’ Me Bak ‘ome (Slade)
11. Hang On To Yourself (David Bowie)


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