Vicious Rumors
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Vicious Rumors – Premonition
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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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screamin_jesus
@defnoob, the new album is actually pretty good.
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defnoob
Just bought their first album. And their newest one is going to suck, that sample was fucking awful.
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RocknReelReview
Electric Punishment review: http://www.rocknreelreviews.com/review/vicious-rumors-electric-punishment/
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Hetfield55
brandnew interview with GEOFF , check out http://entertaimnet.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/vicious-rumors-surfing-metal-and-the-electric-punishment/
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CoryellsGhost
Very underrated band, I think. I prefer the s/t the most of the four I have, but all of their albums that i've heard have been quality.
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metalinvader34
Digital Dictator!
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MikeySchenker
Have the first 4, lost sight of them myself from there on. Decent songs on 3 and 4 (Vicious Rumors and Welcome to the Ball), some rea good even... never that stable in deleving quality though like on the first two: Abonded for me is a great one though. How many singers did they have from that point on!?
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MetalFranker
Only have the first 2 albums... should I get more?
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accokeek
The new live CD "Live You To Death" is well done. They sound great.
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nopuppet
this is so fuckin true to me! i can just honestly bang my head off to vicious rumors!!!
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super_ruben09
Another excellent show last night. These guys are fantastic live.
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Rubberbandman16
Soldiers Of The Night!
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metalinvader34
Soldier's of the Night!
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rolleheim
The giant razor ball is an unique identifying feature for VC, I think it's remarkable original and there's nothing stupid at all about it. Metal on, my mates!
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ironhammer666
сильная вещь!
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Rubberbandman16
Thunder and rain pt. 2!
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super_ruben09
If you think a metallic ball of destruction with blades sticking out of it ISN'T fucking badass I really don't know what to tell you.
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Metality
Also, their mascot is ridiculous. Does it have any symbolic meaning or did they just think a giant ball (of steel (of war (of metal (of speed)))) with blades around it fucking kicks ass?
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