Bay Area Thrash

[Griffin-]

bands like

Forbidden Evil
Dark Angel
Death Angel
Exodus
Nuclear Assault
Assassin
Heathen
Vio-lence

great bands, best thrash imo
we're heading an amazing thrash year too, new Exodus, new Nasty Savage, Destruction etc
anyone got some more bands or recommendations?

 

[JonnyD]

Isnt Nuclear Assult From the east coast I could be very wrong here

 

[ms. anthrope]

Isnt Nuclear Assult From the east coast I could be very wrong here

nuclear assault is from new york, dark angel is from los angeles and assassin is from germany...

i think he's saying "bands like bay area thrash."

 

[ms. anthrope]

coroner is great, and also... TESTAMENT!

 

[hairdu44]

D.R.I. even though they're from Texas originally.

 

[JonnyD]

nuclear assault is from new york, dark angel is from los angeles and assassin is from germany...

i think he's saying "bands like bay area thrash."

OH ok lol Bands like ...... I though NA was from NY Since Danny Lilker was in the band

 

[Wicked Child]

CORONER! CARNIVORE! KREATOR! Neither are Bay Area, but all must be checked out!

 

[Griffin-]

nuclear assault is from new york, dark angel is from los angeles and assassin is from germany...

i think he's saying "bands like bay area thrash."

hehe indeed, that's what I meant to say
(i'm a girl btw )
so Coroner? don't know that one, I'll check em out

 

[ms. anthrope]

hehe indeed, that's what I meant to say
(i'm a girl btw )
so Coroner? don't know that one, I'll check em out

my apologies .

CORONER is great! tommy t. baron was their lead guitarist... an excellent player. he joined KREATOR sometime later, but has since left.

 

[MissMetal.com]

Mmm.. Forbidden (evil). I almost shit myself when the Forbidden shirt I was bidding on on ebay went for over $200.. good lord.

 

[Griffin-]

lol, yes very very rare
on wacken i saw a guy with a forbidden eivl shirt, and it was hard not to tore it off him..

 

[ms. anthrope]

lol, yes very very rare
on wacken i saw a guy with a forbidden eivl shirt, and it was hard not to tore it off him..

i hope he was cute .

 

[Electric Savage]

Assassin

Are you talking the obscure San Francisco ASSASSIN that existed in 1983 that put out the "Blitzed Resistance" demo? If you are, I'm glad that the word has spread!

As for other Bay Area bands:

Anvil Chorus
Metal Church (founded in S.F.)
Ulysses Siren (the best Bay Area thrash act you've never heard!!!!)

 

[DrillSergeant]

Hey people, hold on for a second! Could you please stop throwing in everything at once? This started out to be about Bay Area Thrash, then it turned into an "in the vein of..."-thread, afterwards it was about Thrash in general (Kreator and Destruction don't sound very much like the Bay Area, right?) and now you come up with the "founded in..."-label! Metal Church are from Seattle as far as I know and you can hardly call them Thrash, don't you agree? So could someone please get things straight again - Griffin, you started this, so how about you?

 

[SLAYER85]

what about asstallica and megadeth, megadeth is like onf my fav bands

 

[baldyboy]

true,megadeth were one of them.difficult with the taliica cause all the other bands are still seen as being hardcore in that vein,whereas pretty much everyone thinks metallica whimped out.where were suicidal tendancies and sacred riech from?anyone?

 

[DrillSergeant]

The Suicidals were from L.A. and Sacred Reich came from Phoenix.

 

[Electric Savage]

Metal Church are from Seattle as far as I know and you can hardly call them Thrash, don't you agree?

Metal Church were a BIG part of the Bay Area underground metal scene back in '82/'83. Kurdt moved up to Washington and reformed Metal Church while a couple of the other members remained in the Bay Area and formed CONTROL. If you never heard of this early thrash band CONTROL, I suggest you pick up some of there demos because they fucking kick ass! As for calling Metal Church thrash, back in 1985, we all considered them thrash, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus.

 

[DrillSergeant]

As for calling Metal Church thrash, back in 1985, we all considered them thrash, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus.

Hmm, interesting... Well, I have to mention that I'm far from being an expert on the subject of Metal Church. In fact, all I know is their debut. So forgive me if I misjudge things. But isn't that comparable to Mercyful Fate being called Black Metal in the mid-80s? Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about musical qualities. Metal Church (the album) definitely rocks. As does Melissa (again the only one I know yet). But I think that you can hardly call MC Thrash or MF Black Metal. Another example I'd like to throw in is the fact, that bands most of us would label as Thrash bands (like Exodus, Slayer, Megadeth, Kreator or Destruction) were still thought of to be Hardcore back in 85. At least this was the case over here in Germany. The term Thrash had yet to become a common one! But I suppose there's no denying that Bonded By Blood, Hell Awaits or Endless Pain are nothing but pure Thrash, right?

 

[SLAYER85]

sidenote, i think suicidal tendencies fucking own, i heard a track of theirs on my DTV metal channel, just incredible.