S.A.Slayer
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S.A.SLAYER, originally known simply as SLAYER, was an American heavy metal
band formed in San Antonio, Texas
in 1981 by the former Blitzkrieg guitar duo Robert "Bob Dog" Catlin and Art Villareal, bassist Don Van Stavern, drummer Dave McClain, and vocalist Chris Cronk (Fates Warning
, Jag Panzer
). The latter was soon replaced by former Liquid Sky frontman Steve Cooper and the band signed a record deal with local upstart label "Rainforest Records" and proceeded to record six songs for a proposed EP at B.O.S.S. Studios with producer/engineer duo Bob O'Neill and Rick Shrieves. The Prepare to Die EP was released in 1983 to excellent reviews, and "Slayer", as they were known at the time became one of the top metal draws of the Texas scene.
who made his recording debut on Slayer's first and what would turn out to be only full-length album, Go for the Throat
, again produced and engineered by the team of Bob O'Neill and Rick Shrieves. However, the album's release was put on hold indefinitely when Rainforest Records closed their doors. It would be another 4 years until obscure L.A.-based label Under den Linden Records bought the master tapes and issued the LP posthumously in 1988 under the altered moniker "S.A. Slayer" as to avoid confusion with the California-based speed–thrash metal outfit of the same name
. Coincidentally, both bands had shared a bill at San Antonio's infamous rock venue "Villa Fontana" in what has been dubbed as the "Slayer vs. Slayer
battle of the bands" when the latter were touring behind their Haunting the Chapel
EP. The show was the penultimate San Antonio appearance of S.A. Slayer, on November 30, 1984. The show was conceived, produced and promoted by south Texas concert production company Omni Entertainment. A boutique organization created by two high school students committed to growing the burgeoning San Antonio underground heavy metal scene by booking national touring acts and giving local heavy hitters the opportunity to open.
and Iron Maiden
. They were also influenced by rock music that was on the radio at that time, including Budgie
, Rush
, Black Sabbath
, Oz Knozz, Pavlov's Dog
, and Head East
among others. The band also toured Texas as an opening act for the then upcoming band Metallica
's first Texas tour in support of the Kill 'em All
album, in 1983.
, backed by a much larger label at the time. Further, the band's distributor, Dutch East Indies was also dealing with its own legal problems stemming from the Dead Kennedys
Frankenchrist album.
played one of its first Texas
concerts in their first tour out of California, with S.A. Slayer as one of the opening bands) with Nasty Savage
a few weeks after the Slayer vs Slayer show.
Three fifths of the band's line-up - vocalist Steve Cooper, bassist Don Van Stavern, and Dave McClain - joined up with former Riot
guitarist Mark Reale
in the short-lived Narita. The three performers could not refuse the offer, as S. A. Slayer were at the time struggling for a solution, including changing the band's name, and all the band members had idolized Reale for a long time. Reale and Van Stavern eventually spun off Narita into a new version of Riot also featuring vocalist Tony Moore and drummer Bobby Jarzombek
, formerly with San Antonio's Juggernaut
.
Founder Bobdog Catlin would eventually go on to found (with Scott Womak and Harlan Glenn) Juggernaut, and has performed on shows and recordings with numerous bands since then, including Pigface
, and San Antonio experimental music outfit Pseudo Buddha. A prominent figure in the San Antonio retail music business, he has most recently teamed up with original co-founder of S.A. Slayer, Art Villareal, to form Martyrhead, a band focusing solely on covers of the 1970s and 1980s releases of Motörhead.
McClain would move to California where he joined a succession of bands, including Turbin, featuring former Anthrax
vocalist Neil Turbin
, Detente
off-shoot Catalepsy, Murdercar (featured on Metal Massacre X), the latter featuring guitarist Ross Robinson
of future Korn
, Slipknot
, and Limp Bizkit
production fame, and Ministers of Anger (featured on Metal Massacre XI), before moving on to Arizona thrashers Sacred Reich
, and eventually Bay Area heavies Machine Head
.
Guitarist Ron Jarzombek
went on to record with his brother/drummer Bobby Jarzombek
under the name Happy Kitties, before joining Austin, Texas progressive thrash metal trailblazers Watchtower
in late 1986, following the departure of original axeman Billy White
. In 1993, Jarzombek joined forces with his brother Bobby and former Karion and now Riot bassist Pete Perez to form prog–tech metal mapcap trio Spastic Ink
, and has since gone on to guest on various albums by artists such as former Megadeth
guitarist Marty Friedman
, members of Cynic
offshoot Gordian Knot
, Jeff Loomis
, and Obscura
. In 2005 Jarzombek formed the all-instrumental technical extreme metal outfit Blotted Science
along with bassist Alex Webster
of Cannibal Corpse
fame and is once again busy with Watchtower.
Vocalist Steve Cooper was recruited by San Antonio locals Juggernaut for the recording of their sophomore effort Trouble Within in 1987 before doing a brief stint with fellow Metal Blade Records
recording artists Exxplorer. Cooper would succumb to kidney failure due to complications of type 1 Diabetes on May 14, 2006.
Both Slayer releases have been bootlegged ad nauseam in places like Germany, Greece, Holland and Brazil. A semi-official CD re-issue of Prepare To Die, limited to 1000 numbered copies, appeared sometime in 2004. A limited number of a sound mixer recording of the final S.A. Slayer show, "Slayer Vs. Slayer" occasionally auctions on eBay
.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band formed in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
in 1981 by the former Blitzkrieg guitar duo Robert "Bob Dog" Catlin and Art Villareal, bassist Don Van Stavern, drummer Dave McClain, and vocalist Chris Cronk (Fates Warning
Fates Warning
Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fates Warning has experienced numerous line-up changes...
, Jag Panzer
Jag Panzer
Jag Panzer were an American power metal band from Colorado Springs, Colorado.-Biography:Jag Panzer came together in late 1981, being inspired by the onslaught of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
). The latter was soon replaced by former Liquid Sky frontman Steve Cooper and the band signed a record deal with local upstart label "Rainforest Records" and proceeded to record six songs for a proposed EP at B.O.S.S. Studios with producer/engineer duo Bob O'Neill and Rick Shrieves. The Prepare to Die EP was released in 1983 to excellent reviews, and "Slayer", as they were known at the time became one of the top metal draws of the Texas scene.
History
Guitarist Art Villareal left the band in 1983 and joined forces with former Slayer vocalist Chris Cronk, bassist Pete Perez, and drummer Frank Ferraira in Karion. His replacement was local guitar whiz kid Ron JarzombekRon Jarzombek
Ron Jarzombek is an American guitarist best known for his work with Austin, Texas progressive metal trailblazers WatchTower, '90s madcap trio, Spastic Ink, technical extreme metal band Blotted Science, featuring Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster and Obscura drummer Hannes Grossmann, and most...
who made his recording debut on Slayer's first and what would turn out to be only full-length album, Go for the Throat
Go for the Throat
Go for the Throat is the twelfth studio album recorded by the English rock band Humble Pie and the second with the new lineup including, guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott, Drummer Jerry Shirley, respected US East Coast bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones and vocalist and guitarist, Bobby Tench...
, again produced and engineered by the team of Bob O'Neill and Rick Shrieves. However, the album's release was put on hold indefinitely when Rainforest Records closed their doors. It would be another 4 years until obscure L.A.-based label Under den Linden Records bought the master tapes and issued the LP posthumously in 1988 under the altered moniker "S.A. Slayer" as to avoid confusion with the California-based speed–thrash metal outfit of the same name
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
. Coincidentally, both bands had shared a bill at San Antonio's infamous rock venue "Villa Fontana" in what has been dubbed as the "Slayer vs. Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
battle of the bands" when the latter were touring behind their Haunting the Chapel
Haunting the Chapel
Haunting the Chapel is an EP released by the thrash metal band Slayer in 1984 through Metal Blade and Enigma Records. Slayer's debut album Show No Mercy became Metal Blade's highest selling, leading to producer Brian Slagel wanting to release an EP...
EP. The show was the penultimate San Antonio appearance of S.A. Slayer, on November 30, 1984. The show was conceived, produced and promoted by south Texas concert production company Omni Entertainment. A boutique organization created by two high school students committed to growing the burgeoning San Antonio underground heavy metal scene by booking national touring acts and giving local heavy hitters the opportunity to open.
Musical influences
According to the December 2009 interview in the San Antonio Backbeat magazine, Art Villereal and Bobdog Catlin claim the band's biggest influences at the time were Judas PriestJudas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...
and Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
. They were also influenced by rock music that was on the radio at that time, including Budgie
Budgie
Budgie has several meanings:* Budgerigar, a small parrot native to Australia* Budgie , a rock band** Budgie , the self-titled debut album of the above band* Budgie , a 1971 British TV drama starring Adam Faith...
, Rush
Rush (band)
Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Oz Knozz, Pavlov's Dog
Pavlov's Dog
Pavlov's Dog is a 1970s progressive rock/AOR band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1972. Pavlov's Dog originally comprised David Surkamp, Mark Gahr on lead guitar, Mike Safron, Rick Stockton, David Hamilton, Doug Rayburn, and Siegfried Carver . Mark Gahr left the band and was replaced by Steve...
, and Head East
Head East
Head East is an American hard rock band originally from South Central Illinois. The band was formed by vocalist John Schlitt, guitarist Mike Somerville, keyboardist Roger Boyd, bassist Dan Birney, and drummer Steve Huston. They met and formed the band while studying at the University of Illinois,...
among others. The band also toured Texas as an opening act for the then upcoming band Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
's first Texas tour in support of the Kill 'em All
Kill 'Em All
Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 25, 1983. Since its release, it has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA, having sold over 3 million copies in the United States alone.-Music:...
album, in 1983.
Go for the Throat
After the album was released, the band encountered trouble with their label, Rainforest Records, who did not want to release an album that may result in legal action from the Los Angeles SlayerSlayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
, backed by a much larger label at the time. Further, the band's distributor, Dutch East Indies was also dealing with its own legal problems stemming from the Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....
Frankenchrist album.
Disbanding
The band's final show was at another famous San Antonio rock music venue, "The Cameo" (also the venue that MetallicaMetallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
played one of its first Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
concerts in their first tour out of California, with S.A. Slayer as one of the opening bands) with Nasty Savage
Nasty Savage
Nasty Savage was a thrash metal band originating from Brandon Florida, USA. The band rose to popularity primarily due to lead vocalist "Nasty" Ronnie Galetti's over-the-top stage show performances The first album featuring the hit single "XXX" was recorded at Progressive Music in Tampa...
a few weeks after the Slayer vs Slayer show.
Three fifths of the band's line-up - vocalist Steve Cooper, bassist Don Van Stavern, and Dave McClain - joined up with former Riot
Riot (band)
Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in New York City in 1975 by guitarist Mark Reale. Reaching a peak in popularity in the early 80s, the band has continued a long-running successful career....
guitarist Mark Reale
Mark Reale
Mark Reale is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for being the only constant original member in the band RiotMark was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. He grew up listening to The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, Ritchie Blackmore and lists George Harrison as one of...
in the short-lived Narita. The three performers could not refuse the offer, as S. A. Slayer were at the time struggling for a solution, including changing the band's name, and all the band members had idolized Reale for a long time. Reale and Van Stavern eventually spun off Narita into a new version of Riot also featuring vocalist Tony Moore and drummer Bobby Jarzombek
Bobby Jarzombek
Bobby "Wire" Jarzombek is a heavy metal/progressive metal drummer and best known for his work with Halford, Sebastian Bach and Riot. He has also recorded and toured with Fates Warning, Arch / Matheos, Iced Earth, Rob Rock, Spastic Ink, and Juggernaut, among others.-Biography:Bobby Jarzombek was...
, formerly with San Antonio's Juggernaut
Juggernaut (Band)
Juggernaut is an American technical/progressive thrash metal band who formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1984.-Biography:Juggernaut is an American technical/progressive thrash metal band who formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1984 by former Kamakazi members Scott Womack and Harlan Glenn who were...
.
Founder Bobdog Catlin would eventually go on to found (with Scott Womak and Harlan Glenn) Juggernaut, and has performed on shows and recordings with numerous bands since then, including Pigface
Pigface
Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...
, and San Antonio experimental music outfit Pseudo Buddha. A prominent figure in the San Antonio retail music business, he has most recently teamed up with original co-founder of S.A. Slayer, Art Villareal, to form Martyrhead, a band focusing solely on covers of the 1970s and 1980s releases of Motörhead.
McClain would move to California where he joined a succession of bands, including Turbin, featuring former Anthrax
Anthrax (band)
Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
vocalist Neil Turbin
Neil Turbin
Neil Turbin is an American thrash metal vocalist known for being the original lead singer for American band Anthrax and current lead vocalist and songwriter of the heavy metal band DeathRiders. -DeathRiders:...
, Detente
Detente (band)
Detente is a thrash metal band founded in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. The group's original line-up included Dawn Crosby on vocals, Steve Hochheiser on bass, Dennis Butler on drums and Ross Robinson and Caleb Quinn on guitars,.-History:...
off-shoot Catalepsy, Murdercar (featured on Metal Massacre X), the latter featuring guitarist Ross Robinson
Ross Robinson
Ross Robinson, son of Byron Katie, is an American multi-platinum music producer, who has discovered successful acts such as Korn, At the Drive-In, Glassjaw, Repeater, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit. Robinson has also worked with Machine Head, Vanilla Ice, The Cure, Sepultura and many others...
of future Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
, Slipknot
Slipknot (band)
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in 1995, the group was founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray...
, and Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
production fame, and Ministers of Anger (featured on Metal Massacre XI), before moving on to Arizona thrashers Sacred Reich
Sacred Reich
Sacred Reich is a Phoenix, Arizona-based thrash metal band that formed in 1985. Singer/songwriter Phil Rind's interest was in socially conscious and political speed metal. After several records on Metal Blade Records, they signed to Hollywood Records for a short stint, but later returned to Metal...
, and eventually Bay Area heavies Machine Head
Machine Head (band)
Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. Formed on October 12, 1991, the group was founded by Robb Flynn and Adam Duce. There have been 4 member changes since their inception. The current lineup of the band comprises Flynn , Duce , ex-Vio-Lence guitarist Phil Demmel ,...
.
Guitarist Ron Jarzombek
Ron Jarzombek
Ron Jarzombek is an American guitarist best known for his work with Austin, Texas progressive metal trailblazers WatchTower, '90s madcap trio, Spastic Ink, technical extreme metal band Blotted Science, featuring Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster and Obscura drummer Hannes Grossmann, and most...
went on to record with his brother/drummer Bobby Jarzombek
Bobby Jarzombek
Bobby "Wire" Jarzombek is a heavy metal/progressive metal drummer and best known for his work with Halford, Sebastian Bach and Riot. He has also recorded and toured with Fates Warning, Arch / Matheos, Iced Earth, Rob Rock, Spastic Ink, and Juggernaut, among others.-Biography:Bobby Jarzombek was...
under the name Happy Kitties, before joining Austin, Texas progressive thrash metal trailblazers Watchtower
Watchtower (band)
WatchTower is an American progressive metal band based in Austin, Texas. The band were influenced by late 1970s progressive rock and acts such as Rush and UK as well as the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
in late 1986, following the departure of original axeman Billy White
Billy White
William "Billy" White is a former English footballer.-Playing career:White joined Burnley from the Liverpool based Clubmoor Boys' Club in 1954, going on to score four times in his nine league outings for the Clarets...
. In 1993, Jarzombek joined forces with his brother Bobby and former Karion and now Riot bassist Pete Perez to form prog–tech metal mapcap trio Spastic Ink
Spastic Ink
Spastic Ink is a progressive technical metal band from the United States.-History:Spastic Ink was formed in 1993 by guitarist Ron Jarzombek of Watchtower after recovering from multiple hand surgeries that had sidelined him, unable to play, for a couple of years. He would be joined by brother Bobby...
, and has since gone on to guest on various albums by artists such as former Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
guitarist Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman may refer to:* Marty Friedman , musician* Marty Friedman , basketball player and coach-See also:*Martin Freedman, Canadian judge*Martin Freeman...
, members of Cynic
Cynic (band)
Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...
offshoot Gordian Knot
Gordian Knot
The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem solved by a bold stroke :"Turn him to any cause of policy,...
, Jeff Loomis
Jeff Loomis
Jeff Loomis is an American musician, best known for his role as lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Nevermore.-Early days:...
, and Obscura
Obscura (band)
-History:Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. In 2006 Obscura self-released their debut album Retribution and toured alongside Suffocation within Europe. A European headlining tour through East and South Europe followed in 2007...
. In 2005 Jarzombek formed the all-instrumental technical extreme metal outfit Blotted Science
Blotted Science
Blotted Science is an instrumental technical death metal supergroup headed by Ron Jarzombek , bassist Alex Webster and drummer Hannes Grossmann...
along with bassist Alex Webster
Alex Webster
Alex Webster is an American bass player, who is best known as a member of the American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. He is one of two current members who were of the original lineup of Cannibal Corpse, the other being drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz...
of Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...
fame and is once again busy with Watchtower.
Vocalist Steve Cooper was recruited by San Antonio locals Juggernaut for the recording of their sophomore effort Trouble Within in 1987 before doing a brief stint with fellow Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...
recording artists Exxplorer. Cooper would succumb to kidney failure due to complications of type 1 Diabetes on May 14, 2006.
Both Slayer releases have been bootlegged ad nauseam in places like Germany, Greece, Holland and Brazil. A semi-official CD re-issue of Prepare To Die, limited to 1000 numbered copies, appeared sometime in 2004. A limited number of a sound mixer recording of the final S.A. Slayer show, "Slayer Vs. Slayer" occasionally auctions on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
.
Go for the Throat line-up (1984)
- Steve Cooper - Vocals
- Bobdog Catlin - Guitars
- Ron JarzombekRon JarzombekRon Jarzombek is an American guitarist best known for his work with Austin, Texas progressive metal trailblazers WatchTower, '90s madcap trio, Spastic Ink, technical extreme metal band Blotted Science, featuring Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster and Obscura drummer Hannes Grossmann, and most...
- Guitars - Don Van Stavern - Bass
- Dave McClainDave McClainDave McClain is the drummer for the American heavy metal band, Machine Head. He joined the band when Chris Kontos left shortly after their first album, Burn My Eyes. He was formerly a member of S.A.Slayer , Riot off-shoot Narita, Turbin, Catalepsy, Murdercar Dave McClain (born 1965, in Wiesbaden,...
- Drums
Prepare to Die line-up (1983)
- Steve Cooper - Vocals
- Bobdog Catlin - Guitars
- Art Villareal - Guitars
- Don Van Stavern - Bass
- Dave McClainDave McClainDave McClain is the drummer for the American heavy metal band, Machine Head. He joined the band when Chris Kontos left shortly after their first album, Burn My Eyes. He was formerly a member of S.A.Slayer , Riot off-shoot Narita, Turbin, Catalepsy, Murdercar Dave McClain (born 1965, in Wiesbaden,...
- Drums
Original line-up (1982)
- Chris Cronk - Vocals
- Bobdog Catlin - Guitars
- Art Villareal - Guitars
- Don Van Stavern - Bass
- Dave McClainDave McClainDave McClain is the drummer for the American heavy metal band, Machine Head. He joined the band when Chris Kontos left shortly after their first album, Burn My Eyes. He was formerly a member of S.A.Slayer , Riot off-shoot Narita, Turbin, Catalepsy, Murdercar Dave McClain (born 1965, in Wiesbaden,...
- Drums
Discography
- Prepare to Die EP (Rainforest, 1983)
- Go for the Throat LP (Under den Linden, 1988)