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1) The Vicious Rumors History
August 27, 1979 - Geoff Thorpe moves from Hawaii to Santa Rosa, California, to pursue his musical career and start his own band. For the first year, before even having the band together, Geoff went to every concert and club show, passing out Vicious Rumors business cards, which helped to generate a interest in the music scene when the band did start finally playing out in the clubs.
1980 - VR plays the first “Metal Monday” along with Metallica, Motley Crue, Laaz Rockit and Exodus. Metal Mondays were metal shows sponsored by the San Francisco radio station KRQR, featuring the best metal acts in the Bay Area at Bill Graham’s, “The Old Waldorf”, the premier club in the Bay Area at the time. “Metal Mondays” were the birth of the Bay area Metal scene.
1982 - VR appears on KMEL’s “New Oasis” album, with the track, “I Can Live Forever”. The lineup: Mark Tate - vocals, Geoff Thorpe - guitar, Jim Cassero - guitar, Jeff Barnacle - bass, Walt Perkins - drums
1983 - VR releases another single on “US Metal III” called, “Ultimate Death” with Mark Tate - vocals, Geoff Thorpe - guitar, Jim Cassero - guitar, Jeff Barnacle - bass, Jim Lange - drums
1984 - VR returns to “US Metal IV” with the song, “One Way Ticket”. The line up: Gary St. Pierre - vocals, Geoff Thorpe - guitar, Chuck Moomey - guitar, Jeff Barnacle - bass, Don Selzer - drums. After the two “US Metal” releases, VR had built a strong Bay Area following which lead to their first recording contract - a 2 album deal with Shrapnel Records.
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Metalcamp 2012
Sotočje, Tolmin, Slovenia
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Börsencrash Festival 2012
Wolkenburg 100, Wuppertal, Germany
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Hard Rock Hell VI
Pontins Holiday Village, Prestatyn,North Wales, United Kingdom
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EMSV: Radio On In Isaan
1 Sep 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thedoozerman
- Armchair Shows 13 Feb 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thedoozerman
- Blog / Related Music Shop 23 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thedoozerman
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