Necromandus - Orexis of Death 1973

Necromandus were formed in 1970 in England. In 1968 two West Cumbrian bands broke up and members from both bands Barry "Baz" Dunnery (guitar), Dennis McCartan (bass), Frank Hall (drums), and singer Bill Branch Formed the band. They were discovered by Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi in 1972. They recorded one album in '73 and then broke up. This album wasn't released until 1999. In 2007 Classic Rock magazine mentioned them as a "lost pioneer" of Heavy Metal, and author Ian Christe has cited them as one of the earliest doom metal bands. They were briefly named Taurus before settling on Necromandus when a radio show asked their audience for name suggestions. Iommi Managed the band and overseen their recording as well as laying some guitar tracks on the title song. The band sounds more like progressive rock as opposed to metal or hard rock. A deal was arranged with Vertigo and the band began opening for Sabbath, but when Barry "Baz" Dunnery (guitar) left the band in '73, Vertigo shelved the album. They continued to gather praise and support, such as Ozzy Osbourne initially wanting their guitarist, bass player, and drummer for his "Blizzard of Oz" project. Dunnery and Hall went on to play in the N.W.O.B.H.M. band Hammerhead. Sadly, Frank Hall is the only living member left.

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Poobah - Let Me In 1972 + Biggy Rat - Look at Yourself 45 1970

Prior to forming Poobah with his high school buddy Phil Jones, Jim Gustafson started a band called Biggy Rat and released a 45 "Look inside yourself" b/w "I'm a woman." The band toured a lot and became quite popular. Even recording and album with Jimi Hendrix's bass player Billy Cox as producer. The album never saw release as the label slated to put it out folded, and so did the band soon after. That's when Jim and Phil took out an ad for a drummer and settled on Glen Wiseman and the trio was born. Financed by Jim, the band recorded "Let Me In" which contains a number of songs written for Biggy Rat and newer material. The band was an immediate hit with D.J.'s and recieved a butt load of air play making them a very popular act.They brought the album to Columbia, but were tuned down due to lack of management. After a period of "musical drum thrones", 1973 saw them back in the studio to record a second album which ended up on a C.D. called "Rock Collection" much later. Two years of touring ended with another lineup change and two more years of touring ensued stopping only to record "U.S. Rock in 1976. (a more thorough band  history.HERE)

The album sold out in a New York minute, but low and behold, the label tanked.The band was still constantly on the road and split up two years later. However, by '79, they had another record "Steamroller", but Jim and Phil were at odds with each other and the new lineup folded after 8 months or so. Another reformation in 1980 didn't last very long either.However, Poobah has stuck it out through all that and more (including the death of bass player Joe Mowrey) as well as multiple lineup changes. For more in depth details and complete history and members roster check out their official bio from the address below.The band contiues touring and cranking out CD's to this day. Look for them in A VENUE NEAR YOU!!!

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And don't forget: www.poobahband.com/

Seompi - Awol 1970 (re:1998)

Seompi, an acronym for "Self Expression On Musically Potential Instruments" was formed in Texas by Dave Williams who had just done a year in the pokey for pot posession. A few years prior, He was the founder of cover band The Headstones from McAllen Texas. They did a few singles and busted up in '68 even though they had a lot of interest from major labels. In '69, Dave founded a short lived band,The Meat, (awesome name!) just before he went to jail. Seompi was formed after. A "no guitar" three piece with Dave and Patrick Rockhill both on bass, and Bill Reid on Drums. They started off with a single "Summers Commin' on Heavy", but re-recorded it when they finally broke down and got a guitar player. Most likely to make the band more commercially viable. Their custom gear made this band LOUD! They Called it quits in 1974. The album was released in '98/'99, but was recorded in '70/'71. It's a compilation of their singles.

Silver - Children of the Lord 1975

First off, nobody knows SHIT about this disc. According to Discogs, it was pressed in a run of 300, it's of the heavy psych, hard rock type, and many have speculated that this band never even got off the ground. Comes in a plain white cover with a sticker stating that it is a reviewer copy, "Confidential. "It is also of the Christian flavor (it's been called Christian Rock in some cases) It obviously contains 7 songs, however I can only find one. Anyone own this and want to rip it for me? The only thing I can find about it on the web are tiny snippets of of sites that have it for sale (around $50 and higher). And they don't know much either.YOU be the judge.

Astaroth - Satanaspiritus b/w Lady Of The Moon 45 1968-69? 1975?

I love stumbling across shit like this! Three different sources have reported there is NO INFORMATION on this band! A total fucking mystery and it is believed this 45 is the only known  specimen available of this band.

Nobody even knows for sure what date it's from. It was speculated to be from around 1968 or 69, but apparently it has also been pegged from 1975. Who knows?!

The video doesn't help as it all footage of other shit, like stock footage, films of the Stooges, other bands, and movies. So I bring to you everything I could about this one. Satanaspiritus is an energetic rocker with a lot of Satanic type lyrics and loud guitars (LOVE that shit..) Where as the B-side Lady of the Moon is a bit lower key and judging by the recording and style it was written in, I'd be willing to bet on the late '60's time frame as opposed to '75. The opening track to the "Michigan Meltdown" Compilation