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Overkill (EP)
''Overkill'' is the first EP recorded by thrash metal band Overkill released in 1985 on Azra/Metal Storm records. It is also considered by the band as their "first album", making their debut '' Feel the Fire'' their second record and so forth. Released only on vinyl, the EP has been seen as a rare collector's item amongst Overkill fans, and all tracks are included on the '' !!!Fuck You!!! And Then Some'' compilation. All of the songs from this EP (except for "The Answer") would be re-recorded for the band's future albums; "Rotten to the Core" and "Overkill" were re-recorded for '' Feel the Fire'', while "Fatal If Swallowed" was re-recorded for '' Taking Over''. Track listing Personnel * Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals * Bobby Gustafson – guitars * D.D. Verni – bass * Rat Skates Rat Skates (born Lee Kundrat on May 17, 1961) is an American filmmaker, writer and musician. He is most widely known as a director of music documentaries and his contributions to the thrash m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overkill (band)
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many lineup changes, leaving bassist D.D. Verni and lead vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth as the only constant members. In addition to Verni and Ellsworth, Overkill's current lineup includes Dave Linsk on lead guitar, Derek Tailer on rhythm guitar and Jason Bittner on drums. Along with Nuclear Assault and Anthrax, whose one-time lead guitarist Dan Spitz was also an early member of Overkill, the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal bands, and they are often called "the Motörhead of thrash metal", based on their unique playing style, which was influenced by punk rock and the new wave of British heavy metal. The band has a notable mascot named "Chaly", a skeletal bat with a skull-like face, horns, bony wings and green eyes, who has appeared on most of their album covers. To date, Overkill has released nineteen studio albums, an album of cover songs, two EPs, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville is a borough and the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.New Jersey County Map . Accessed July 10, 2017. The borough is located in the heart of the Raritan Valley region within the , located about from and from |
Thrash Metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work. The lyrical subject matter often includes criticism of The Establishment and concern over environmental destruction, and at times shares a disdain for Christian dogma with that of black metal. The language is typically direct and denunciatory, an approach borrowed from hardcore punk. The genre emerged in the early 1980s as musicians began fusing the double bass drumming and complex guitar stylings of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) with the speed and aggression of hardcore punk. Philosophically, thrash metal developed as a backlash against both the conservatism of the Reagan Era and the much more moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Metal
Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), , p. 31. It is described by AllMusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music. It is usually considered less abrasive and more melodic than thrash metal, showing less influence from hardcore punk. However, speed metal is usually faster and more aggressive than traditional heavy metal, also showing more inclination to virtuoso soloing and featuring short instrumental passages between couplets. Speed metal songs frequently make use of highly expressive vocals, but are usually less likely to employ "harsh" vocals than thrash metal songs. Origins New wave of British heavy metal One of the key influences on the development of speed metal was the new wave of British heavy metal, or NWOBHM. This was a heavy metal movement that started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power In Black
Power in Black is the first demo from American thrash metal band Overkill in 1983, although some songs had been recorded previously, such as "The Beast Within". Three of the songs from this demo ("Overkill", "There's No Tomorrow" and "Raise the Dead") were re-recorded for Overkill's debut '' Feel the Fire'', while "The Beast Within" and "Death Rider" have never been re-recorded on future albums. Track listing Side one # "Overkill" – 3:23 # "The Beast Within" – 4:05 # "There's No Tomorrow" – 3:35 Side two # "Death Rider" – 3:50 # "Raise the Dead" – 3:13 Personnel * Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals * Bobby Gustafson Robert Wayne Gustafson (born July 15, 1965) is an American musician, best known as the former guitarist of the New Jersey-based thrash metal band Overkill from 1982 until his split with the band in 1990. He was also the rhythm guitarist for thr ... – guitars * D.D. Verni – bass * Rat Skates – drums External links Official OVERKILL Site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel The Fire (Overkill Album)
''Feel the Fire'' is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on October 15, 1985 through Megaforce Records. Overview The final track, "Sonic Reducer", is a cover of a 1977 song by punk rock band Dead Boys; it was not included on the vinyl or cassette versions of the album, and on some CD reissues it was instead placed between "Second Son" and "Hammerhead". "Rotten to the Core" has been a mainstay of the band's live setlist since 1984. setlist.fm. 2013-12-24. Reception ''Feel the Fire'' received a positive review from 's Alex Henderson, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrash Metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work. The lyrical subject matter often includes criticism of The Establishment and concern over environmental destruction, and at times shares a disdain for Christian dogma with that of black metal. The language is typically direct and denunciatory, an approach borrowed from hardcore punk. The genre emerged in the early 1980s as musicians began fusing the double bass drumming and complex guitar stylings of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) with the speed and aggression of hardcore punk. Philosophically, thrash metal developed as a backlash against both the conservatism of the Reagan Era and the much more moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
!!!Fuck You!!! And Then Some
''Fuck You and Then Some'' (stylized as ''!!!Fuck You!!! and Then Some'') is a 1996 reissue of the Overkill (band), Overkill Extended play, EPs ''Overkill (EP), Overkill'' (1985 in music, 1985) and ''Fuck You (EP), !!!Fuck You!!!'' (1987 in music, 1987), combined with bonus live tracks, including a cover version, cover of Black Sabbath's Sabotage (Black Sabbath album), "Hole in the Sky". The cover of this compilation album is the same as ''!!!Fuck You!!!'' with the addition of "And Then Some" to the title. Track listing Personnel * Bobby Ellsworth, Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals * D. D. Verni, D.D. Verni – bass * Bobby Gustafson – guitars * Rat Skates – drums (tracks 1-6, 9-12) * Sid Falck – drums (tracks 7-8) References External links Official OVERKILL Site Overkill Lyrics 1996 compilation albums Overkill (band) albums Megaforce Records compilation albums Thrash metal compilation albums {{1990s-thrash-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taking Over (Overkill Album)
Taking Over may refer to: * "Taking Over" (Overkill album), 1987 * "Taking Over" (Sizzla album) or the title song, 2001 * "Taking Over" (EP), by the King Blues, or the title song, 2007 * "Taking Over", a 2008 one-man show by Danny Hoch * "Taking Over", an album by Astrid Bryan Astrid Coppens (born 25 January 1983) is a Flemish Belgian model, actress, television personality, creative director. Career Music Astrid is a trained classical violinist. She started playing in 1987 at the age of 4, and subsequently appeared o ..., 2009 * "Taking Over" (song), by Miles Kane, 2013 * "Taking Over", a Jme song from his 2015 album '' Integrity>'' See also * Takeover (other) * Taking Over Me (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Ellsworth
Robert Ellsworth (born May 3, 1959), best known as Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of New Jersey thrash metal band Overkill. He has been the vocalist of Overkill since its inception in 1980, and he and bassist D. D. Verni are the band's only constant members. Ellsworth is a member of the supergroup cover band BPMD. He also previously fronted The Cursed, a now defunct band featuring guitarist Dan Lorenzo, which released the ''Room Full of Sinners'' LP in 2007. Personal life In 1998, Ellsworth was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of nose cancer and underwent immediate surgery, which successfully removed the tumor. Ellsworth had a focal seizure in Germany in June 2002, right in the middle of the song "Necroshine". He commented: "The beauty of a stroke is that you don't remember. I don't know what it changed, because I forget how it used to be (laughs). Occasionally I piss my pants when somebody turns a microwave on (laughs). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Gustafson
Robert Wayne Gustafson (born July 15, 1965) is an American musician, best known as the former guitarist of the New Jersey-based thrash metal band Overkill from 1982 until his split with the band in 1990. He was also the rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Vio-lence from 2020 until 2022. Career Bobby Gustafson joined Overkill at 17 years old after an audition, when the band was still playing only covers, coming from the garage band The Dropouts. He stimulated the other members to produce original music and was a key member in the Overkill quartet, having been a composer from the band's debut album '' Feel the Fire'' in 1985 to their most commercially successful album, ''The Years of Decay'', in 1989. Accounts vary regarding Gustafson's split from Overkill in 1990: he was either fired by its founding members Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and D. D. Verni or had left after Verni tried to remove him from the band via management. Gustafson had continued to feud with Ellsworth and Verni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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