THRUST • Fist Held High LP

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Metal Blade Records 1984
I imagine that Bill Metoyer and Brian Slagel somehow, while on vacation in Ireland, managed to capture the only living screaming banshee. Upon their return to the good ol' U. S. of A. they taught it everything it needed to know about the awesome power of Metal: that it's only good when it's loud, and if done right it could take over the world, and how posers must be destroyed. Once the banshee, who they'd give a human (and male) name... let's say John, was well versed in all things Metal, they'd form a band around it... a buncha dudes from the Midwest who wouldn't be shocked by having a mythological creature for a bandmate. Committing the banshee's wail to tape wouldn't be easy, but in the name of Metal it had to be done... and the resulting record: Fist Held High would be feared by posers the world over. Having said absolutely everything there is to say about Metal in a scant 8 songs, and longing for the bonny Emerald Isle, the banshee musta returned to it's homeland, cuz no other recordings of the fabled creature, and it's trusty back-up band THRUST, are known to exist.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Great as always !!!

Anonymous said...

POSERS WILL DIE! Tonight - they'll fry!

This was one of my favorites back in the day. Still listen to it from time to time, but I can't really take the ear-piercing vocals anymore. That singer must've driven out all the dogs in his neighborhood!

VimFuego said...

"Our Fists! Will Fly!"

Wicked! I'd been meaning to track this down again. Haven't heard the rest of the album in....FOREVER! thanks.

Todd said...

Thanks, I've been trying to get in touch with my Chicago roots!

Zealot Crusader said...

Hey, these guys actually made a comeback record in 2009 entitled "Invitation to Insanity" on some private label, although it's probably only on CD -so unless you have a machine that cuts digital audio into grooves on blank gramophone discs, you'll just have to deal - but that's still great news! :)

Anonymous said...

Great band, but not everyone's taste... However, they did release another record; a split LP with a band called Lazer House titled "Solidarnosk Rock for Poland". This was as early as '82... The band was featured in my then magazine HEAVY METAL HURRICANE in '84; liked the band then, and still do; pure Metal unpolished and intense as Hell! I have recently started up a 80's Metal website with some reviews I did over the years... Cheer, Paul www.80smetalrarities.com

Anonymous said...

Thanx a lot!