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Two artists have recorded under this name:

1) thrash metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona.

Active (as Flotsam and Jetsam) 1983 - Present.

Originally named Paradox then Dredlox until Mark Vasquez and LL Cool Kevin Horton joined the band and changed again to Dogz. Bassist Jason Newsted joined in 1982. He came to Phoenix with his band GANGSTER from Detroit on their way to California they broke apart while in Phoenix. Kelly saw Ak sing at his high school talent show. Singing “The Goodbye Girl”. One Summer they were in the same summer school class. Kelly asked if wanted to try out and it was on. We called him the “2 weeker” since it was his trial period. AK sang Judas Priest better than Rob on his best day back then. Erik A.K. arrival was in 1983. Ed Carlson was to follow in ‘83. Taken from a local rival band called ‘Exodus’ (not to be confused with the thrash metal band of ‘Bonded by Blood’ fame). The band renamed itself Flotsam and Jetsam after writing a song inspired from a chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Two Towers. Hence the unheard song “Flotsam and Jetsam”.

The band made its live debuts in local clubs which would allow them eventually to play with bands such as Megadeth, Armored Saint, Alcatraz, Malice, Exciter, Mercyful Fate, Riot, Autograph. Flotsam and Jetsam released two demo tapes in 1985, “Iron Tears” and “Metal Shock”. We created our own video Hammerhead from the Metal Shock demo.

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1	Hammerhead full track	190
2	Iron Tears full track	175
3	Doomsday for the Deceiver full track	148
4	Desecrator full track	124
5	No Place for Disgrace full track	121
6	Fade to Black full track	120
7	U.L.S.W. full track	103
8	Metalshock full track	102
9	Flotzilla full track	98
10	Der Fuhrer full track	90
11	Escape From Within full track	81
12	Hard on You full track	68
13	She Took an Axe	67
14	Dig Me Up to Bury Me full track	61
15	The Master Sleeps full track	56

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Eduardo_Bardo wrote:
10 hours ago

"The three first albums are shit, shit voice singer. Their real career began with Cuatro..." WTF????

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YarrMaster wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Doomsday for the Deceiver best song evah \,, /

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BloodRedChaos wrote:
last week

Cuatro is lame.

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Deathriderdoom wrote:
last week

the first two albums kick soooooo much ass. Flotzilla!

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Plook wrote:
9 days ago

The three first albums are shit, shit voice singer. Their real career began with Cuatro...

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leobeckert wrote:
11 days ago

FLOTZILLA !

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Thrashhard wrote:
11 days ago

And this one aswell : http://www.last.fm/music/Flotsam+and+Jetsam/+images/39428051

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Thrashhard wrote:
11 days ago

vote ---> http://www.last.fm/music/Flotsam+and+Jetsam/+images/39418839

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dandrough wrote:
12 days ago

I would pay some serious money to see either the Newsted-era lineup or the Gregory-era lineup live! Flotsam's three first records are classics!

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MalisteR wrote:
24 days ago

one of my favorites <3

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Vicarious_Lord wrote:
last month

People generally say their first two were the only good albums, however, I can easily say their first three were awesome... "When the storm comes down" is just as good as their first two.

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Eduardo_Bardo wrote:
last month

My Favorite Thrash Metal band!

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PrzemoInsomniac wrote:
last month

Holy shit guys! Check out this band! On their last fm profile we can download whole Cursed Carnival’s album. http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Cursed+Carnival Fuck, they are really good! Why I never heard about these people? LOL, they are from my country! :) Damn, I am so proud! I thought we have only black, death metal bands on the highest level. Fuck yeah! Look what I found couple of minutes ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz4ZbcUADp4 Preety cool video I think… Enjoy people! :) Thrash till death!!!

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Rockdrigo_666 wrote:
last month

Great Band.

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Plook wrote:
last month

I love this band

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hansplatteeuw wrote:
October 2009

Flotzilla must be the ultimate instrumental track

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JaymZ__10 wrote:
October 2009

I don't undestand that they aren't as popular as Kreator, Anthrax or Slayer for example. Great band.

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Giuseppe1987 wrote:
October 2009

True... a greatly overlooked band

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Eduardo_Bardo wrote:
October 2009

If that if For sure,I will Listen to that Material

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thrashmasta15 wrote:
September 2009

Love em nothing else to it

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