#proto-thrash

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

WAY BACK TO THE HALCYON DAYS OF THE NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL -- CLASS OF 1980.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a concert tour poster for English heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, with UK heavy rock band PRAYING MANTIS and D.J. Neal Kay supporting, performing live at Top Rank Suite in Brighton, UK, on June 29, 1980.

Sources: www.concertarchives.org/bands/praying-mantis?date=past&page=3, Bummer California, etc...

[bearfoottruck]

Just posting some Motörhead because I listened to this album today and it fuckin’ ROCKED.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"MACHINE IS CLEAN, SO SWEET AND MEAN…"

NOTE: I'm watching "The Bikeriders" later today, so, I thought I'd post these on "Motörhead Monday." These are for you, Lem'. Ride on, you legend, ride on.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a photo-shoot of MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister in France, c. 1979. Lemmy reportedly never owned a motorbike, but borrowed THE STRANGLERS' Jean-Jacques Burnel's Triumph 75 Bonneville for these shots. 📸: Bruno Bloom.

^Even Lemmy knew how dangerous motorcycles were (in a world filled to death with cars, that is), which is probably why he never owned one, and thank fuck because we needed him alive decades later to keep the flame of Motörmusic alive and speeding.

Sources: www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/z9r477, Etsy, Pinterest, & Facebook.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE MOTÖRMASTERS AT THEIR MOST BRAZEN, BARBAROUS, AND BADASS -- PURE POWER TRIO PROTO-THRASH.

PIC INFO: Mega spotlight on assorted promotional images from MOTÖRHEAD's "Iron Fist" era, c. early 1982, used for the album's titular seven inch vinyl single, concert tour programmes, as well the band's fifth studio album, the mighty "Iron Fist" LP.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/Motorhead/comments/1c56f4b.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THIS WAS VENOM'S FIRST TIME PLAYING IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT A LEGENDARY SHOW..."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on live shots, plus a concert poster design, of English first wave black metal/speed/thrash metal band, VENOM, performing live at The Paramount Theater in Staten Island, New York, USA, on April 22 & 24, 1983. 📸: Unknown/ undisclosed.

OVERVIEW: "This was VENOM's first time playing in the United States and what a legendary VENOM show this is. Venom played two nights at the Paramount Theater in Staten Island with METALLICA (whom nobody knew who they were at the time) opening both shows. The first show on the 22nd was plagued with power problems. The show gets off to a bad start with Cronos's microphone getting caught in the stage curtain and lifted up with the curtain. To say that VENOM used pyrotechnics would be an understatement.... it was more like dynamite!! The sound of the explosion during the start of "Witching Hour," it sounds like a bomb going off. It is during this show that VENOM blew a four foot hole in the stage with the pyro and the fire marshall cut the show after their regular set eliminating the encores."

-- HEAVY METAL RARITIES (blogspot)

Sources: https://oldbridgemilitia.org/gallery.html, https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=145&t=60156&sid=75beef7f3aca5e7e0d0d2b486893b381, Facebook, various, etc...

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

PORTALS TO THE DEPTHS OF HADES WERE OPENED -- APOCALYPSE METAL IN THE FRONT ROW.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on assorted color shots of English first wave black metal/speed/thrash metal band, VENOM, performing live in their very first gig in the U.S., at The Paramount Theater in Staten Island, New York, USA, c. April 1983.

Sources: https://oldbridgemilitia.org/gallery.html, Facebook, various, etc...

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE DAY WHEN SPEEDFREAK ROCK 'N' ROLL, TWEE POP, & PROGRESSIVE POP/ROCK COLLIDED.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Lemmy Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD, Rachel Bor (guitar/vocals) of DOLLY MIXTURE, and Roy Wood (THE MOVE, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, & WIZZARD), undated, c. early to mid '80s (I'm guessing), definitely taken somewhere in the UK, though.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3312290794311188208.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

GIVING ALL THE PUNK ROCKERS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY WITH PROTO-THRASH DRUM BEATS.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the late, great "Philthy Animal" Taylor of English rock and roll band, MOTÖRHEAD, performing live at the Electric Circus in Manchester, UK, on August 5, 1977. 📸: Paul Welsh.

PIC #3: Another shot of MOTÖRHEAD drummer "Philthy Animal" Taylor backstage at the Electric Circus, UK, surrounded by [COLT 45] beer empties in August, 1977. 📸: Paul Welsh.

Sources: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/dangerous-lost-venue-sex-pistols-24678844.amp, Getty Images, various, etc...