I was totally hooked, but somehow it got forgotten through times and circumstances until i started to recently organise my iTunes i knew i needed this in there! Next up 49er peels off more of those Reale riffs that just stick in your head forever fusing hard as nails rock with the catchiest verse/chorus and bridge. I remember a friend playing me a cassette in the mid 80s and i was gobsmacked and soon rushed out to get a vinyl copy filed under Heavy Metal in my local second hand store. Guy Speranza is a one of a kind vocalist, he reaches all those impossible notes sure his high pitched wailings ain't to everyone's taste but when the rock is this fresh and good he kinda grows on you. Taking the name of a Japanese airport that was built on hallowed ground they meant business as opener Waiting For The Taking proves with all its dynamics and riffage illustrate. They went back into the studio and produced which would become their finest hour and that is NARITA! Rock City followed and debuted in 1977 showcasing their chops and enormous skills particularly Warrior which was a pure power metal nugget and spearheaded the thrash/speed metal that was to come. They believed sufficiently in them to offer a production deal and got them signed to Capitol. In 1977 Riot were fully formed and ready to rock almost from the word go when Steve Loeb and Billy Arnel discovered them in a downtown New York club doing their set. Year:1975 and enter Riot! Here was a band that had a charismatic singer with a huge set of pipes in Guy Speranza, a solid as a rock rhythm section and possibly the most gifted guitarist of his time, Mark Reale. In the late 70s punk and disco as well as new wave were making a huge impact on the youth who wanted something louder, faster and downright dirtier than what the prog rockers and ageing bastion of funksters had to offer. Man, Riot were the band that should have, would have and could have become a household name but somehow were never properly promoted by a record company that just didn't understand heavy metal at the time.
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