''Metal for Muthas'' is the name given to a series of heavy metal compilations made during the

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(NWOBHM). The original compilation was ''Metal for Muthas'', released in February 1980. The compilation was a sampling of various better-known artists of the NWOBHM, primarily known for having some of the earliest recorded material by heavy metal legends

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. The original ''Metal for Muthas'' album reached No. 12 on the British LP charts and became the basis of a tour by the artists who contributed songs to the compilation. Iron Maiden, who headlined the tour, became largely intertwined with the history of

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(whose namesake was the similarly named Iron Maiden track on the compilation). ''Metal For Muthas'' was followed by a second similar compilation, ''Metal for Muthas Volume II''. The compilation featured less notable artists of the NWOBHM but is also reminiscent of the

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of the late 1970s and early 1980s British heavy metal underground scene. Also released in 1980 on EMI as part of the same series was a four-track compilation EP entitled ''Muthas Pride'' (12EMI5074). The brand name was resurrected in the early 1990s by DJ Neal Kay, who produced a compilation entitled ''Metal for Muthas '92'', featuring unsigned British hard rock acts. The album gained a Japan-only release on the Pony Canyon label (PCCY-00392).''Metal For Muthas '92'' album details
(Japanese website)

Track listing

Volume I

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- "Sledgehammer" - 3:10 # E. F. Band - "Fighting for Rock and Roll" - 3:34 #

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- "Blues in A" - 3:44 #

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- "Captured City" - 5:31 # Ethel the Frog - "Fight Back" - 2:49 #

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- "Baphomet" - 4:58 #

- "Wrathchild" - 3:10 #

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- "Tomorrow or Yesterday" - 5:31 # Nutz - "Bootliggers" - 4:41 "Blues in A" was performed by Toad the Wet Sprocket, a British blues-metal band that had no connection with the later American alternative rock band of the same name. The two bands took their name from a sketch that appeared on ''

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''. Ethel the Frog also took their name from a Monty Python sketch about Doug & Dinsdale Pirhana.

Volume II

# Trespass - "One of These Days" - 3:49 # Eazy Money - "Telephone Man" - 5:22 #

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- "Cutting Loose" - 4:27 # White Spirit - "High upon High" - 4:34 # Dark Star - "Lady of Mars" - 4:29 #

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- "You Give Me Candy" - 4:39 # Red Alert - "Open Heart" - 2:40 # Chevy - "Chevy" - 4:39 # The Raid - "Hard Lines" - 3:38 # Trespass - "Storm Child" - 5:21

Muthas Pride

# Wildfire - "Wild Dogs" - 3:20 #

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- "Back in the Band" - 2:49 # White Spirit - "Red Skies" - 5:01 # Baby Jane - "Baby" - 2:22

Metal For Muthas '92

# Gangland - "Beyond the Law" - 4:08 # Savannah Nix - "Love's Last Shot" - 3:33 # L.O. Girls - "Big Rock" - 2:59 # Dynamite Inc. - "Shark" - 3:06 # Flight 19 - "Liar" - 3:52 # Crazy Angel - "Daddy's Girl" - 3:39 # St. Hellier - "Living in Fear" - 3:55 # Pete Wadeson Band - "Thrill of the Chase" - 3:58 # L.O. Girls - "Love Injection" - 2:37 # Flight 19 - "Flame" - 4:14 # Savannah Nix - "Free my State of Mind" - 4:59 # Hardland - "Hammerfall" - 3:24 # Gangland - "Death Threat" - 3:07 # Bad Influence - "Life Goes On" - 5:10 # Quick Shimmy - "Quick Shimmy" - 3:49

References

External links

RoughEdge.com ''Metal for Muthas'' review
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metal For Muthas 1980 compilation albums New Wave of British Heavy Metal compilation albums