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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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  • Rubberbandman16

    Thunder and rain pt. 2!

    Sunday morning

  • GergothLOL

    Digital Dictator >>>>>> any.

    March 2012

  • Maquina_Muerte

    In case you think this band's latest album qualifies as one of the best releases of 2011, then please tag their latest album (on the last.fm album page) as "best metal and hard rock albums of 2011” and help us create best of charts according to metal and hard rock fans on last.fm. Thank you. For more info: http://www.last.fm/group/TAG%3A+%22best+metal+and+hard+rock+albums+of+%5Binsert+year%5D%22

    March 2012

  • 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.

    March 2012

  • 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?

    February 2012

  • Metality

    Razorback Killers isn't half bad.

    February 2012

  • Siffie91

    US Metal rulez

    February 2012

  • Glamaster

    SOLDIER OF THE NIGHT...\/\/e are SOLDIERS OF THE NIGHT...

    January 2012
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