Quiet Riot is an american heavy metal band, whose 1983 chart topping success helped pave the way for the glam metal scene's next decade of commercial prominence. They are best known for their Metal Health album, which displaced Michael Jackson
Vasco Da Gama was an heavy metal band from portugal. They released their only LP in 1988.
The band was formed by:
Carlos Jorge Miguel (guitar)
Gil Marujo (drums)
Tó Andrade (bass)
Luís Sanches (vocals)
There are multiple artists named Holocaust:
1. A Heavy Metal band from Edinburgh
2. A Wu-Tang clan affiliate aka Warcloud aka Robot Tank aka Alcatraz
3. A 60s garage punk band
4. A Canadian black metal duo, also known as Cumming Jehovah
5. A German black metal band.
6. A 1980s punk band from Christchurch, New Zealand. 1. Holocaust is one of metals most influential and pioneering bands. Tributes have been paid by no less than Metallica ("The Small Hours"), Six Feet Under ("Death or Glory"), and Gamma Ray ("Heavy Metal Mania"), among others.
There are multiple artists with the name Legend. 1) The American Legend hails from New Haven, CT. They are an Epic Traditional Heavy Metal band who formed in 1978. They recorded and released a single album on the record label Matrix called "From the Fjords" (1979). Their music deals with myths and viking lore/stories. They are now split up. Lineup:
Fred Melillo - Bass
Raymond Frigon - Drums
Kevin Nugent - Guitars, Vocals (R.I.P. - 1983)
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Bitch is the 1980s heavy metal quartet based out of Los Angeles known for their heavy S&M-themed image and lyrics Current line-up:
Betsy Weiss aka Betsy Bitch - Vocals
Steve Kara - Guitar
Jay Dean - Guitar
Steve Gaines - Bass 2) Bitch was the Detroit-based member of the progressive folk duo Bitch and Animal. After Bitch and Animal split in 2004, Bitch released "Make This/Break This" as a solo project, and is currently touring as Bitch + the Exciting Conclusion.
Maniac is known to be the name of six musical artists:
1. A new project of The Matches frontman Shawn Harris and Something With Numbers frontman Jake Grigg. Formed in 2009 under the name Maniac, they currently have a blog for posting song clips of their covers of the current Billboard Hot 100 number one single. They have so far covered "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas and are set to release their debut album in 2010. Their debut album, Mania, can be previewed and purchased from their official website at http://maniacmania.com/
There are at least 14 bands named Mirage. 1) Mirage released numerous cover version megamixes of current pop hits during the eighties. Many of them were produced by Nigel Wright, sometimes together with Nigel Stock, John Davies & Robin Sellars. Mirage also had three vocalists that posed on the record-covers: Kiki Billy, Nicos Griffiths & Carlos Griffiths. 2) A cult hungarian new/darkwave band from the '80s.
An emerging band from Victoria, Australia. Dirty NWOBHM style.
There are five bands with the name Jackal :
1. A Canadian psychedelic rock band active in the early 1970s, releasing the album Awake in 1973. 2. A Japanese heavy/speed metal group. 3. A dutch metal band from amsterdam. 4. A Danish heavy metal band formed in 1987. They released three albums before splitting up in 1999.
In 2009 they are back with a new album called "IV" which is set to release on May 22nd via Pure Steel Records Albums: Rise (1990)
Vague Visions (1993)
1. Oz is a Finnish heavy metal band in the 80's. They're not very well known these days but they were among the first and most succesful bands and did some solid groundwork for the Finnish metal scene that blooms today. The band retired after releasing the "Roll the Dice" album, but reunited, located in Sweden, in February 2010. The band has, until this day, released 5 studio albums, 1 EP, Two singles and has appeared on "Scandinavian Metal Attack" splits 1 & 2.