1) Metalcore/metallic … Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 14 artists with this name:
1) Metalcore/metallic hardcore band from Saginaw, MI.
2) Traditional heavy metal band from New Haven, CT
3) NWOBHM band from Jersey (Great Britain)
4) NWOBHM band from Kent (UK)
5) British pub rock band from Southend
6) British pagan progressive rock band
7) Heavy metal band from France
8) Heavy metal band from Soeul (KOR)
9) Heavy metal band from Montevideo (URY)
10) Hip hop/rapper from Long Island, NY.
11) Legend was a Christian hard rock band who later changed their name to "Legend Seven."
12) Electronic / demo scene musician from Finland
13) Electronic / goth pop duo from Iceland
14) Heavy metal band from Lasi, Romania
15) Legend is a hard rock/glam metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1) Legend (now known as LGND) are a metalcore/metallic hardcore band from Saginaw, Michigan signed to Rise Records.
In today’s metal scene, most bands don’t have the backbone needed to exhibit what real heavy music is all about. Detroit, Michigan’s LEGEND isn’t most bands. The sheer magnitude of LEGEND’S furious sound is so uncompromising and so monstrous you’ll be checking under your bed for circle pits before you go to sleep at night. LEGEND are on a path of devastation that will leave the naysayers wishing they hadn’t second guessed just how severe this mid-western five piece truly is. Fronted by Chad Ruhlig (For the Fallen Dreams), LEGEND has no qualms calling themselves just what they are Legendary.
2) The American Legend hails from New Haven, CT. They are an Epic Traditional Heavy Metal band who formed in 1978. They recorded and released a single album on the record label Matrix called “From the Fjords” (1979). Their music deals with myths and viking lore/stories. They are now split up.
Lineup:
Fred Melillo - Bass
Raymond Frigon - Drums
Kevin Nugent - Guitars, Vocals (R.I.P. - 1983)
There are 500 officially pressed copies of the 1979 release, although myriad bootlegs have been created over the years. It was never released on CD. “From the Fjords” remains today as one of the most sought after albums ever.
Kevin and Fred played previously in a band called Edge in 1977-78. Monster Records is re-releasing Legend’s ‘From The Fjords’ album.
3) Jersey Legend released the full-length albums “Legend” and “Death in the Nursery” in 1981 and 1982, respectively. They also made an EP “Frontline” in 1982. In 2002 their back-catalogue was reissued on the double disc set Anthology and a comeback album called “Still Screaming”was released in 2003. After ten years, their new album ‘The Dark Place’ was released in April 2013. http://www.legendjersey.com/
Band members:
Guitar - Pete Haworth
Vocals - Mike Lezala
Bass - Eggy Aubert
Drums - Dave Whitley
4) Formed in 1979, the Kent (UK) legend is now split-up, having released the single “Hideaway / Heaven Sent” in 1981.
5) Legend was a Southend R&B band, established in the mid-1960s as The Orioles. The original Orioles collapsed in Mach 1966 when leader Mickey Jupp was sent to prison. When he came out, he reformed the band as Legend. They recorded three albums (produced by Tony Visconti, of David Bowie fame) but received little attention. Legend were, however, popular among their peers, with Dr. Feelgood and Paul Weller doing versions of Legend's best known song, 'Cheque Book'.
6) British pagan progressive rock Legend released three albums in the nineties, and were hugely influential with the Pagan scene as well as being very respected in Japan were they sold well. In many ways they were ahead of their time, combining operatic vocals with symphoni music in a way later adopted by bands such as Nightwish. Keyboard player Steve Paine ran the Pagan Media record label and along with live engineer Jon Moreau produced bands such as Incubus Succubus, Mr So & So and The Rattlers among others.
The band reformed in 2010 with Steve Paine and drummer John Macklin bringing in the original singer (pre any album releases), as well as guitarist Dave Foster who had worked with Steve a great deal over the years as he is a founder member of the So & So's. Rejuvenated they released the new studio album 'Cardinal Points' in April 2011, as well as making available a CD of the music from their live 1992 video 'Playing With Fire'.
11) Legend Seven was a Christian hard rock band formed in the early 1990s (formerly with the name Legend) by three former members of Ruscha, another Christian band from the 1980s.
The band made its debut in 1990 under the name "Archon" on a compilation disc released by Heaven's Metal magazine, with a self-produced version of "After The Fall." The song was re-released on the band's self-titled debut album, Legend, in 1991 on Word Records. Shortly after, the band was forced to change its name to Legend Seven upon learning that another band was already using the name Legend. They released Blind Faith in 1993.
Both albums were produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Bubba Smith and garnered several hits on Christian radio ("Carry Me", #4, 1992; "Angela", #2, 1992; "Be Still", #1 for 2 weeks, 1994; "Blind Faith", #1 for 2 weeks, 1994; "First Love", #10, 1994; "Call on Me", #15, 1994). The band disbanded in 1994
Band Members
* Andy Denton - vocals
* Michael W. Jacobs - guitar, background vocals (now solo artist. See www.sacrednation.com)
* Randy Ray - bass, background vocals
* Billy Williams - drums, percussion, background vocals
Later touring members
* Greg Wilson - guitar, background vocals
* George Nicholson- keyboards, background vocals
Discography
* Legend (1992) - released under the band name Legend.
* Blind Faith (1993)
13) Electronic / goth pop duo from Iceland
Pitchfork covered the Legend / Solstafir collaboration! pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16473-solstafir-runaway-train/
Legend is an Icelandic dark pop band. The band's frontman, Krummi, is no stranger to the music world, having catapulted punk-rock act Minus to deals with Sony, Victory Records, Smekkleysa, and One Little Indian. Legend's debut album ‘Fearless’ was self-released in Iceland to astonishing reviews, including comparisons to what reads as a who's who of modern music. An essential record that will keep giving back.
14) A heavy metal band from Romania
15) Legend is a hard rock/glam metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Taste of Life
Legend Lyrics
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Eroding, like nightmare of the past
Degrading, like the voice of retribution
Evading, like the life that couldn't last
Demanding, like the call of satisfaction
Tolling, like the bell that rings of death
Announcing, that the game of life is over
Gasping, like the failing of your breath
Your sadness is reflected in the way your life is wasted
Your ignorance stands the test in the life you tasted
Your fear stands alone in the world you have created
But weeping has no future when your cries are so belated
So there it is my friends, a taste of life
We're on the stage my friends, we're under the lights
Why is it that your visions are confessions of the past
A silence here tomorrow in a life that cannot last
The men that call for changes in a dream that never starts
Are victims of the future in a play devoid of parts
And there it is my friends, a taste of life
We're on the stage my friends, we're under the lights
In the verse of "Taste of Life," John Legend paints an intensely melancholic picture of the human experience. He compares the different aspects of life to being "Exploding" like some vision of the future, "Eroding" like a nightmare of the past, "Degrading" like the voice of retribution, "Evading" like the life that couldn't last. He continues on by saying life is "Demanding" like the call of satisfaction, "Tolling" like the bell that rings of death, "Announcing" that the game of life is over and "Gasping" like the failing of your breath. The imagery that Legend creates in this verse is vivid, and the use of adjectives heightens the intensity of human emotions, both positive and negative, and the transience of existence.
The chorus of the song is where, probably, the lyrics draw meaning. Legend states that the sadness and the ignorance that a person holds and manifests reflects in the way their life is wasted, and that their fear stands alone in their created world. He mentions that weeping has no future when the tears are so belated. Finally, he tells his listeners that this is life and that it's a "stage." He describes our lives as being under "lights," and he leads into the next verse when he questions everyone's visions and how that relates to the confessions of the past.
In conclusion, Taste of Life is a song about the temporality of human experience and the inevitability of change. The song suggests that in the end, all that reamains is "taste of life" and one must learn to embrace it.
Line by Line Meaning
Exploding, like some vision of the future
Bursting intensely like a future prediction
Eroding, like nightmare of the past
Slowly fading away like a horrifying memory
Degrading, like the voice of retribution
Becoming weaker, as if being scolded or punished
Evading, like the life that couldn't last
Avoiding, as if a short life cannot be faced
Demanding, like the call of satisfaction
Urgently requiring, similar to the urge of being pleased
Tolling, like the bell that rings of death
Sounding like the death knell that signals end of life
Announcing, that the game of life is over
Declaring that life's journey has come to an end
Gasping, like the failing of your breath
Struggling to breathe, as though breath is diminishing
Your sadness is reflected in the way your life is wasted
Your sorrow is evident in how you squander your life
Your ignorance stands the test in the life you tasted
Your lack of understanding is shown by the life you have experienced
Your fear stands alone in the world you have created
Your anxiety exists alone in the world you have constructed
But weeping has no future when your cries are so belated
Crying has no use once it's too late to be heard
So there it is my friends, a taste of life
That's life for you, my mates
We're on the stage my friends, we're under the lights
We are in the spotlight, in front of an audience
Why is it that your visions are confessions of the past
Why do your visions depict things you regret
A silence here tomorrow in a life that cannot last
A silent future in a life that is finite
The men that call for changes in a dream that never starts
Those who demand change in a dream that was never begun
Are victims of the future in a play devoid of parts
Are destined to suffer in a future that has no script
And there it is my friends, a taste of life
That's life for you, my mates
We're on the stage my friends, we're under the lights
We are in the spotlight, in front of an audience
Contributed by Eliana A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@marksaunders4936
Haven't heard this for nearly 40 years, so great to hear again. TV on the radio. Tommy Vance was the legend
@kaosmonger73
Why they don't make music like this anymore. I'm lucky that I was around when all this happened. Great,great band!!
@minorindiscretion
Music like this should never be so underground. The whole world should have heard this, Mutt Lange should have been in the queue to produce it and it should now sit alongside classics like Tom Sawyer. Awesome.
@paulstephen61
This one got played on the friday rock-show,exhausting a limited press for Jersey consumption only!They did not expect such a demand.Still a legacy to blinkered execs everywhere.Rock on Tommy!
@metal7757
Lazy Woman from 'Death in the Nursery'