Odin

Immortalized for all your wrong factors by Penelope Spheeris’ gloriously decadent The Decrease and Fall of Traditional western Civilization, Pt. 2: The Metallic Years, LA heavy metal clothing Odin had, on the other hand, enjoyed a unexpected quantity of respect in earlier years, if they were among the city’s fastest-rising cult functions. Actually, endlessly moving lineups might have been the band’s biggest weakness (early Metallica guitarist Damien C. Phillips, aka Brad Parker, performed on Odin’s debut EP, Extreme caution, in 1983), so when after that people Randy ‘O’ Roberg (vocals), Jeff Duncan (acoustic guitar), Aaron Samson (bass), and Shawn Duncan (drums) adopted their guaranteeing 1985 EP Don’t Consider No for a remedy with this infamous big screen appearance, all wish of trustworthiness was irretrievably dropped. Before that regrettable publicity, it had been easy to review Odin’s traditional-metal-sound-gone-to-glam-hell (where solid musicianship and songwriting intuition had been derailed by poor taste and an awful lead vocalist) using the direction-deficient, pre-Anselmo Pantera. So when further proof the era’s hopelessly skewed musical ideals, it was exactly Randy O who ultimately made off having a solo offer (eventually fruitless) from Atlantic Information, while Jeff Duncan wallowed in obscurity just before finding a worthwhile display for his skills using the revitalized Armored Saint. For Odin, their EPs and assorted singles had been eventually put together into two distinct CD produces by Perris Information (Combat for YOUR DAILY LIFE and By the Gods — both 2001), as well as the “traditional” lineup is constantly on the re-form for one-off celebratory gigs occasionally.