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1. Riot sprang from the basement of Mark Reale's home in Brooklyn, NY in the summer of 1976. In 1977 they had recorded and released their first album "Rock City" for New York's Firesign Records. Able to to obtain various licensing deals throughout the world, "Rock City" quickly found an audience. Capitol Records quickly signed Riot, who soon entered the studio to record their second album "Narita" which would be released in 1979. It was in 1981, however, that Riot released what is considered by most fans to be the band's most definitive album "Fire Down Under".
Early History
Riot began when Kon-Tiki members Mark Reale (guitar) and Peter Bitelli (drums) recruited Phil Fiet (bass) and Guy Speranza (vocals) and recorded a four-track demo which they hoped would be included in a proposed compilation of new rock bands. While waiting for the project to get off the ground they added Steve Costello on keyboards.
Reale took the various demos to New York based producer Steve Loeb, who also owned Greene Street Recording Studio and the independent label Fire-Sign Records. Loeb turned down the compilation proposal but signed Riot. The band added second guitarist Louie Kouvais, replaced Fiet with Jimmy Iommi and recorded its debut album, Rock City. After a promising start and support slots with AC/DC and Molly Hatchet, the band were unable to maintain momentum, and were on the verge of breaking up for good by 1979.
In that year however, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal took off, and the band came to the attention of Neal Kay who spread the word about them in Britain. British fans bought imported copies of Rock City which was recorded and produced by Steve Loeb and released on Loeb's Fire Sign Records. Encouraged, Loeb recorded the band's new album Narita. In the course of recording, Kouvaris was replaced by band roadie Rick Ventura.
Subsequent to a successful support of Sammy Hagar on his US Texas tour Capitol Records offered Riot a worldwide deal for Narita, mostly to support Hagar. Capitol and Hagar needed a harder, younger edge to associate with him, so Riot was chosen if they agreed to support Hagar on his UK tour. Hagar and Riot had a successful tour, but Riot was dropped by Capitol as soon as they were finished promoting Hagar.
Riot's management, Billy Arnell, Ezra Cook and producer Steve Loeb spent their last dollars remaining from the Capitol advance retaining important indie FM radio promotions to promote the Riot album. They put it on as many radio stations around the country as possible, thus raising the radio profile enough to where Capitol picked up their option for another record. And thus began Riot's biggest selling album titled Fire Down Under.
When the record was completed some months later, Capitol turned the record down calling it "commercially unacceptable" which put the band in contractual limbo. Capitol also refused to let the band out of the contract and insisted if the band wanted off Capitol, they would have to sue. A campaign was organized and financed by producer Steve Loeb and managers Ezra Cook and Billy Arnell with fans around the world, but especially in the UK where the fans picketed the offices of EMI Records. Finally Elektra Records worked things out with Capitol's Rupert Perry and signed Riot and immediately released Fire Down Under which then soared into the Billboard Top 100 chart.
Breakup and Resurrection
Singer Guy Speranza had difficulty melding his religious convictions with his role in the band and was replaced by Rhett Forrester (b. 22 September 1956 – d. 22 January 1994) for the next album, Restless Breed (1983). Though a striking frontman, any hope of a major breakthrough was sunk by a combination of Forrester's erratic behaviour on the road and a changing of the guard at Elektra. The next album, Born in America, (1984) was self- financed by Steve Loeb and was released on Quality Records, an independent Canadian label. Support melted away, leading to the band's disintegration.
After stints with his own band (Narita) and abortive reformations of Riot, Reale mended fences with producer Steve Loeb in New York. He kept Don Van Stavern from Narita on bass, recruited Bobby Jarzombek (1988 - 1999) on drums and Greene Street Studio Manager Dave Harrington brought in Tony Moore for vocals. A resurrected Riot was born. Loeb cut a four track demo at his Greene Street Studio in Soho NY and along with real estate maven turned rock manager Vince Perazzo brought the band to CBS Associated, who offered the band a worldwide deal. Resultant albums Thundersteel (1988) and Privilege of Power (1990) renewed fan interest around the world, particularly in Japan, where they maintained their strongest subsequent following.
The revived band was from then on dogged by continual personnel and record company changes. But, by virtue of Loeb's willingness to self finance every record that followed until his departure from the production chair in 1995, Riot was able to continue making records. All told, Loeb produced or co-produced 13 Riot albums in his 19 year association with Mark Reale and the different configurations of Riot. Reale continued to steer the band into the turn of the century, releasing albums roughly every couple of years.
Rhett Forrester was shot dead during a robbery in Atlanta Georgia in 1994, and original vocalist Guy Speranza died of pancreatic cancer in 2003.
On January 25, 2012, founding band member Mark Reale died of complications resulting from Crohn's disease at the age of 56. Immediately following his death, the band, featuring the "Thundersteel" lineup, performed several previously-booked east coast shows and the "70,000 Tons of Metal" cruise ship gig without him. A new Riot compilation was released following the shows, and at the request of Mark's father, the name "Riot" was put to rest. However, some former members of the "Thundersteel"-era lineup began work putting together a new band performing music in the same vein as Riot. The band was officially re-launched as "Riot V", the name alluding to the addition of Todd Michael Hall as the fifth official singer, replacing Moore. Van Stavern revealed that Moore had chosen not to continue with the band to spend more time with his family.
In 2014, Nick Lee, a former student at the guitar classes run by Flyntz, joined as the new co-lead guitarist for the band, replacing deceased Reale, and Frank Gilchriest rejoined the band in place of Jarzombek, who had quit the band to focus on his activities with Fates Warning. Their new album Unleash The Fire was released in Japan, under the name Riot, in August 2014. This is the band's first release since the death of Reale.
Todd Michael Hall said about the "V" letter: "The official name for the band is Riot V, but we do have this confusion with the Japanese release versus the European release. I was told that the Japanese record label considered the release to be a continuation of the previous contract with "Riot", so they did not want to use the V"
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Thundersteel
Riot Lyrics
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Electric sun lights the sky
His face is fighting, so evil one's beware
Men of disaster hear his cry
And now at last we know he's real
The power of his sword we feel
Thundersteel Thundersteel
crumbles is everywhere And from the burning sky we
see the soldier fly He mounts his horse of steel and
now he rides And now at last we know he's real
The power of his word we feel Thundersteel
Thundersteel A streak of Lightning is shooting through
the air Electric sun lights the sky His face is fighting,
so evil one's beware Men of disaster hear his cry And
now at last we know he's real The power of his sword
we feel Thundersteel Thundersteel Thundersteel
The lyrics of Riot's Thundersteel essentially tells the story of a powerful and supernatural being who has appeared to save the people in their time of great peril. The opening verse speaks of his arrival like a streak of lightning, where he illuminates the sky and warns the evil ones to beware. The second verse tells of how the earth trembles with death all around, but the people see the soldier appear in the midst of it all. He is riding a horse of steel and is now on a mission to save his people.
The chorus repeats the title of the song, Thundersteel, as an affirmation of the being's power. It seems that the people were unsure if he was real at first, but now they know for certain. The final verse repeats the imagery of the opening verse, with the supernatural being's face contorted in battle as he fights against their enemy. The men of disaster hear his cry, and they are comforted because they have someone on their side. Overall, the lyrics describe the arrival of a powerful hero, who has come to save the day in a time of great distress.
Line by Line Meaning
streak of Lightning is shooting through the air
A bolt of lightning is rapidly flying through the atmosphere
Electric sun lights the sky
The sky is illuminated as if it were daytime due to the electrical activity in the atmosphere
His face is fighting, so evil one's beware
A determined expression on his face signifies danger for those who oppose him
Men of disaster hear his cry
People who have experienced catastrophic events can relate to his message
And now at last we know he's real
After hearing of his legend for so long, his existence has been confirmed
The power of his sword we feel
The strength behind his weapon is evident and can be sensed
Thundersteel Thundersteel
The force behind his prowess cannot be denied
The earth it rumbles death is in the air The city crumbles is everywhere
Disturbances in the earth suggest impending doom and destruction is widespread
And from the burning sky we see the soldier fly He mounts his horse of steel and now he rides
From the burning skies, we witness the soldier take flight and saddle his powerful mount
Thundersteel Thundersteel A streak of Lightning is shooting through the air Electric sun lights the sky His face is fighting, so evil one's beware Men of disaster hear his cry And now at last we know he's real The power of his sword we feel Thundersteel Thundersteel Thundersteel
The combined elements of lightning, a luminous atmosphere, and a fierce countenance accompanied by the power of his blade all contribute to his undeniable existence and might
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: DON VAN STAVERN, MARK REALE
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Gabriel Santos
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0:01 Thundersteel
3:50 Fight Or Fall
8:14 Sign Of The Crimson Storm
12:53 Flight Of The Warrior
17:10 On Wings of Eagles
22:51 Johnny's Back
28:23 Bloodstreets
33:01 Run For Your Life
37:09 Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart)
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=Fight or fall=
Ride out
The king he proclaimed 'cross the land
Tonight we strike against the enemy to capture their flag
Cry out
The tears that they shed for their brave
Tonight they ride with will, intend to kill who stand in their way
Across the fields
They march
Their task must be done
But in the end they know that this war must be won
Fight or fall
In the name of the children
Fight or fall
In the name of us all
Fight or fall
We can never surrender
Fight or fall
In the night we stand tall
Rise up
Your swords for the souls you must save
Flashing of steel as your blades send them to their grave
Ride out
Ride proud from the battle where many have died
And when the last is slain its into the distance we ride
Across the fields
We march
Our task must be done
But in the end we know that this war must be won
Gabriel Santos
Listen to your favorite song:
0:01 Thundersteel
3:50 Fight Or Fall
8:14 Sign Of The Crimson Storm
12:53 Flight Of The Warrior
17:10 On Wings of Eagles
22:51 Johnny's Back
28:23 Bloodstreets
33:01 Run For Your Life
37:09 Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart)
Make sure to subscribe, I will share many underground albums from different genres as Heavy, Death and Black Metal. You can also recommend a album you like!
Abdul Abdul
Strike as the thunder
Julio Leon
Sign of the crimson storm is probably the best song I've heard in 42 years other than Keel's princess of illusion. Great singing voice and music well done.
Asmodai
@ronnie ruiz You are clearly forgetting about Tourniquet, Deliverance, Mortification, and Opprobrium (formerly known as Incubus).
ruzbo
Christian metal is the best period and riot lead the pack stryper was second petra third
ruzbo
Top ten of all time. And godly. Yashua baby.
docboru
Highly underrated album. One of my go to's once twice a year.
HeavyMetalsoul82
One of the best album in the history of heavy metal, in my opinion
Salvatore Turieo
Ya just came out at the wrong time I think.
Oscar Borjon
Best album ever. I agree Gabriel santos