Year : 1982-1985 (Metallic Blue Records Edition 2025)
Style : Hair Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 85 mb
Bio:
Surgical Steel was a heavy metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA, that was formed in 1980.In the late 80s the band changed its name to Notorious and released one more demo with the line-up of Keeler, Kendall, Kosanovich (on bass) and drummer Dave Ownbey, and the songs "Sherrie", "When You're In Love", "Call Me", "Stay With Me", and "Young & Dangerous".Surgical Steel was a Phoenix band, fronted by Jeff Martin. Clearly patterned after Judas Priest, and Jeff's friend Rob Halford, Surgical Steel had it all....Spikes, leather, big hair and plenty of Final Net Superhold for everyone.David was one of the roadies for Surgical Steel.Jeff Martin - Vocals - Jeff of course, left Surgical Steel and joined Racer X. As many of you know, Rob Halford and Jeff were friends, and Rob would show up to many shows and sing.During "Officer Steel", Jeff would often dress as a cop, and bust the band for "drugs", finding Tylenol and Vitamins...throwing the baggies into crowd and stare with his mirror glasses.Bob Milan - Drums - Jeff and Bob worked out a routine where they would both do a drum solo in tandem! The way they succeed in doing this is..Bob's drum riser was about 5' high and a steel platform with a black tarp thrown over the sides. Jeff made a little riser underneath the large one so the small one could be rolled out from underneath, and Jeff would release the cymbal stands, they'd pop up, and he would proceed to kick some ass!In 1985, Surgical Steel made it to the silver screen. Looking in the Arizona area for a metal band, Surgical Steel was picked to be the "big band" in the story about Leif Garrett's garage band making it big. The movie is called Thunder Alley, starring Leif Garrett, Clancy Brown and Jeff Martin.
Album:
SURGICAL STEEL formed in 1981 with Greg Chaisson (BADLANDS, STEELER) on bass, Jimmy Keeler on guitar, Steve Wilson on vocals, John Aquilino (SCHOOLBOYS, ICON) on guitar and Bob Milan (ARLEQUIN, RIP N TEAR, BOB WELCH) on drums. The band went through a few line-up changes, but first started recording with Jeff Martin (RACER X, BADLANDS, MSG, LETHAL X) on vocals, Paul Kosanovich on guitar along with Jimmy, Greg and Bob.After doing some demos, SURGICAL STEEL first complete recording was the track “Rivet Head” that was featured on the Metal Blade Records compilation “Metal Massacre II”. The band would catch the attention of The Metal God himself Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST, FIGHT) where he and the band SURGICAL STEEL would become very good friends. Halford joined the band in the studio and recorded dual lead vocals (with Jeff) on the song “Smooth And Fast” along with some backing vocals on the track “Bedtime Baby”.In 1985, Surgical Steel made it to the silver screen. Looking in the Arizona area for a metal band, Surgical Steel was picked to be the “big band” in the story about Leif Garrett’s garage band making it big. The 1985 movie is called ‘Thunder Alley’, a cult classic. The soundtrack featured most of the songs the band released private in 1984, only a few copies.Now Metallic Blue Records is releasing for the first time on CD SURGICAL STEEL recordings on two volumes, this one titled “Metal From America“, remastered, with a very good sound quality. Surgical Steel had it all…. spikes, leather, big hair and plenty of Final Net Superhold for everyone, but also very good songs mixing American Hard Rock with early ’80s U.S Metal.
Line Up:
Jeff Martin – Lead Vocals - See also: Blasted to Static, Lethal X, Racer X, ex-Black Symphony, ex-Leatherwolf, ex-Dokken (live), ex-Bad Dog, ex-Badlands, ex-Blindside Blues Band, ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Paul Gilbert, ex-Red Sea, ex-UFO
Paul Kosanovich (R.I.P. 2018) - Guitars
Jimmy Keeler – Guitar
Greg Chaisson – Bass
Bob Milan – Drums
Production:
Recorded At – Chaton Studios
Recorded At – Pantheon Studios, Arizona
Glass Mastered At – Disc Makers – MJG0485
Artwork [Cover Art] – Raziel Kainen
Design [Album Design] – Tyler Thorsted
Engineer – Andy Seagle, Steve Miller, Steve Escalier* (tracks: 1)
Engineer [Additional] – Tommy Gibbons
Executive-Producer – Dan B. Pool*, Dan Wexler
Management [Merchandise] – Mark Heilbrunn
Recorded By – Surgical Steel
Remastered By – Andrew Thomas
Written-By – Greg Chaisson (tracks: 1, 7, 9), Jeff Martin (3) (tracks: 2 to 9), Jimmy Keeler* (tracks: 1, 3 to 9), Paul Kosanovichn* (tracks: 4, 8)
Tracklist:
01. Rivet Head
02. Smooth And Fast (feat. Rob Halford on dual lead vocals)
03. Bedtime Baby (feat. Rob Halford on backing vocals)
04. To The Bitter End
05. IOU Nothing
06. No Foolin’ Around
07. Moby Dick
08. Bad Boy
09. Officer Steel
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