Meliah Rage

Much like Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Exodus and early Testament, Meliah Trend is probably the thrash metallic/speed metallic bands that arrived within the middle-’80s. Meliah Trend isn’t as well-known as those rings; non-etheless, the Boston-based clothing has enjoyed a little, enthusiastic cult pursuing because the Ronald Reagan years. Meliah Trend was produced by guitarist Anthony Nichols in 1985; that calendar year, Nichols (who briefly used the Beantown punk music group Gang Green) became a member of forces with business lead vocalist Mike Munro, guitarist Jim Koury, drummer Stu Dowie and bassist Jesse Johnson (never to end up being baffled with the Midwestern vocalist/guitarist who used enough time and was section of Prince’s Minneapolis funk rock and roll empire within the ’80s). Meliah Trend (whose name was motivated the Meliah Indian tribe’s practice of acquiring opium prior to going into fight) have been creating a hype over the Boston picture for 3 years when, in 1988, they arrived a cope with Epic Information, which released their debut record, Eliminate to Survive, that calendar year. Meliah Rage’s initial studio room album was accompanied by Live Eliminate (a live EP) in 1989 as well as the band’s second full-length studio room record, Solitary Solitude, in 1990. Solitary Solitude ended up being Meliah Rage’s last Epic discharge; in 1992, they still left the Sony-owned label. It had been also in 1992 that Meliah Trend experienced some lineup adjustments. When Jesse Johnson and Stu Dowie still left the music group, two newcomers had been employed: bassist Keith Vogele and drummer Sully Erna, who spent 1 . 5 years in Meliah Trend before going onto become the business lead singer from the well-known, Boston-based substitute metal music group Godsmack. During Meliah Rage’s Erna/Vogele period, the music group recorded a demonstration entitled Unfinished Business and shopped it to different labels. But main labels appeared unreceptive towards the demonstration; in 1992 and 1993, grunge was ruler, and A&R individuals were busy searching for another Nirvana or another Pearl Jam. Main labels appeared to believe that Meliah Trend wasn’t alternative more than enough, although punk-influenced thrash steel and speed steel bands have got generally fared far better within a post-Nevermind environment than pop-metal and locks metal rings. Around 1994, some Meliah Trend members pursued aspect projects, but non-e of them exercised — and in 1995 (after Vogele and Erna got left), just one more Meliah Trend lineup was shaped. This time around, Bob Mayo (previously of Wargasm) was on bass and Dave Barcos was on drums. After 1996’s Loss of life Valley Fantasy, Meliah Trend split up. But eight years afterwards, Meliah Trend reunited with a fresh 2004 lineup that united three first people — Nichols, Koury and Johnson — with drummer Barry Spillberg (another ex-member of Wargasm) and brand-new lead vocalist Paul Souza. Nichols experienced expressed desire for working with initial business lead vocalist Mike Munro once again, but Munro dropped the offer to be able to spend additional time with his family members — and Souza finished up obtaining the gig. With this new lineup set up, Meliah Trend recorded their 1st recording in eight years, Hardly Human, that was released on Screaming Ferret Information in August 2004.