Winters Bane

Though these were widely ignored by both press and public throughout their original early-’90s existence, Akron, OH’s Winter’s Bane achieved an urgent taste of cult fame a while after their demise, when their singer, Tim “Ripper” Owens, was chosen to displace Rob Halford in Judas Priest. Initial created in 1991 by guitarist Lou St. Paul, Winter’s Bane also included Dennis Hayes on bass and Terry Salem on drums at that time they documented their debut recording, Heart of the Killer, for Massacre Information in 1993. But though it had been a carefully built conceptual function, marrying the band’s enthusiasm for classic rock with a clear fixation on serial killers, the recording fared poorly plenty of that Owens quickly decided to stop and concentrate his energies on an even more profitable parallel gig having a Judas Priest tribute music group. What happened following — Owens’ improbable selection by Priest to displace long-gone vocalist Rob Halford in 1997 — was obviously amazing plenty of to inspire a film, though 2001’s Rock and roll Star, starring Tag Wahlberg and Jennifer Anniston, was just remotely accurate to the real tale. But Owens’ fortune was also inspiration plenty of for St. Paul (right now performing himself) and Hayes to re-form Winter’s Bane and record a fresh recording entitled Girth, with fresh users David Hayes (acoustic guitar) and Todd Bertolette (drums). This quick cash-in attempt didn’t convince many metalheads, nevertheless, and Winter’s Bane split up once more, presumably once and for all, shortly thereafter.