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, New York City. The band contained future

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members

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on keyboards, as well as John Campos on guitars and

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drummer Louie Beateaux (then billed as Lou Beato) on drums. Fallout released only one record before the band's demise in 1982, the "Rock Hard" 7" single, released in 1981 on Silver Records and limited to 500 copies. This record was produced by

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and William Wittman. After three years of steady gigging, Fallout broke up. Peter and Louie went on to form

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, and Josh and John formed Original Sin. After the breakup of Original Sin, John Campos went on to form his own production company: Powerhouse Entertainment Group, Inc. John recorded, produced, and wrote songs for many independent and major label artists, such as Bret Reilly, Surfing Moses, Jennifer Marks,

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Past members

– bass, vocals * John Campos – guitars * Louie Beateaux – drums *

– keyboards

Discography

* Untitled 7" single (1981) Other known songs that were recorded at Soundscape are "Parthenophagia", "Fallout", "Under the Wheels", "Executioner", "Bleed for Me" and an assortment of instrumental 'experiments' none of which have officially been released nor bootlegged. Fallout also recorded the first version of the 'World War Three' Soundscape as an introduction to the song "Fallout". This piece includes synthesized explosions, gunfire and sirens performed by

on the Oberheim TVS-1 Synthesizer and recorded to analog tape. The Soundscape includes screams and death cries performed by the band, the roadies and their girlfriends. This 'World War Three' Soundscape was recreated by Termini for the band Carnivore and is on the self-titled album ''

'' (1985).

Track listing

Untitled 7" single

# "Rock Hard" (side A) # "Batteries Not Included" (side B)

References

External links

Extended Fallout biographyBatteries not Included and Rock Hard
Heavy metal musical groups from New York (state) Musical groups from Brooklyn Musical groups established in 1979 Musical groups disestablished in 1982 {{US-metal-band-stub