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Raven

Великобритания

Heavy Metal
Speed Metal

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19 янв 2025 :	RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Says METALLICA Are Still 'The Same Guys' Who Opened For His Band More Than 40 Years Ago
15 янв 2025 :	RAVEN Debut Official Lyric Video For "Can't Take Away The Fire" From Upcoming 50th Anniversary EP
16 дек 2024 :	RAVEN Announces 'Can't Take Away The Fire' EP
29 май 2024 :	RAVEN To Release Box Set Edition Of All For One Album; Video Interview
12 июл 2023 :	RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Blasts Bands Who Rely On Backing Tracks: 'It's A Cheat, It's A Con And It's The Easy Way Out'
17 май 2023 :	RAVEN Release New Single And Music Video "Surf The Tsunami"
29 мар 2023 :	RAVEN Announces 'All Hell's Breaking Loose' Album, Shares 'Go For The Gold' Single
5 ноя 2022 :	RAVEN To Release All Hell's Breaking Loose Album In May
20 авг 2022 :	RAVEN Debut Lyric Video For New Single "Rock This Town"
23 июл 2022 :	RAVEN To Release 'Leave 'Em Bleeding' Album In September
27 дек 2021 :	Watch Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Perform Cover Of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Hell Bent For Leather' With RAVEN
11 ноя 2021 :	RAVEN Perform “Tyrant Of The Airways”, “Faster Than The Speed Of Light” Live In California; Video
8 окт 2021 :	RAVEN - All For Raven - The Tribute Available Now; ADMIRAL's "Live At The Inferno" Feat. JOHN GALLAGHER Streaming
14 дек 2020 :	RAVEN Debut "Not So Easy" Music Video
29 сен 2020 :	RAVEN Frontman On Coronavirus Crisis: 'It's An Overblown Nightmare That I Hope We Get Out Of'
9 сен 2020 :	RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Blasts Bands Who Rely Heavily On Backing Tracks During Live Performances: 'It's Ludicrous'
2 сен 2020 :	RAVEN Releases Music Video For 'Metal City' Title Track
31 июл 2020 :	RAVEN Drops New Single 'Top Of The Mountain'; 'Metal City' Album Details Revealed
9 июн 2020 :	RAVEN To Release 'Metal City' Album In September
11 май 2020 :	RAVEN’s JOHN GALLAGHER Says New Album Is “Crazy” And “Insane”
22 май 2019 :	RAVEN Frontman JOHN GALLAGHER On Band's Iconic Logo - "I Was Looking At Logos Like JUDAS PRIEST And IRON MAIDEN..."; Audio
6 янв 2019 :	RAVEN: 'Hung, Drawn & Quartered' Video From 'Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live In Aalborg'
7 ноя 2018 :	RAVEN To Release New Live Album 'Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live In Aalborg' In January
17 май 2017 :	RAVEN Drummer Sidelined Due To 'Sudden Serious Health Issue'
14 окт 2015 :	Video: RAVEN Performs In Slovenia For First Time
11 окт 2015 :	RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Is Not Into Death Metal-Style Growling: 'I Don't Call Them Vocals'

19 янв 2025

RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER Says METALLICA Are Still 'The Same Guys' Who Opened For His Band More Than 40 Years Ago

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, RAVEN frontman John Gallagher talked about METALLICA opening for his band back in 1983 and 1984. The trek marked METALLICA's first-ever tour. Asked what his thoughts were about METALLICA at the time, John said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, they were good. They were energetic. They were like a gang, which is always appealing 'cause we were, obviously, like a gang. It wasn't the mentality of a one guy starting a band and putting adverts out and having a bunch of mercenaries come in. There was none of that. They were a gang. But as far as, 'Do you see them in — whatever — 10 years being the greatest thing since sliced bread?' It's, like, no, not a chance. And to be fair, the band that you could have said that with was at least a good year away because they really changed on the second record. It showed some maturity and breadth and the ability to do different things other than just [playing fast] all the way through. So, they sat, they learned and they soaked it all in and they did a whole bunch of stuff."

John continued: "They said to us on the tour, 'We love your 'All For One' album because you've broadened your sound without compromising who you are.' I was, like, 'Oh, well, I guess we did. Okay.' So they did kind of the same thing. They stretched out and did 'Fade To Black', which was, like, 'This is really cool. This is different.' Some slower-paced songs — still fast stuff, but mixed it up a bit."

He added: "We had a long conversation with James [Hetfield, METALLICA frontman] a couple of years ago up at METALLICA HQ [in Northern California]; we visited there. And [he was] very humble and very, 'I don't know how this all happened, but we're very grateful and humbled that it did. And we're gonna continue to do the best we can.' You can't ask for more than that."

Gallagher also spoke about what it was like for RAVEN to open for METALLICA at a November 2022 concert at the Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida celebrating the life, legacy, and achievements of Megaforce Records founder Jon "Jonny Z" Zazula and his wife Marsha Zazula. He said: "Yeah, that was really cool. That was for a good purpose because Jon and Marsha Zazula, who managed them and managed us, made a huge difference in both our careers. Absolutely. And it was good to recognize and celebrate that. And they were so good… And we got to hang out for a long time and talk. And it's really surprising about the level that they're at and the things they've went through that it's the same guys. That's pretty cool."

Considered part of the "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" movement of the early '80s, RAVEN is perhaps best remembered for its trailblazing tours in America in the early '80s that gave groups like METALLICA and ANTHRAX their first taste of the road.

RAVEN's classic albums "Rock Until You Drop", "Wiped Out" and "All For One" virtually invented both the speed metal and power metal genres, with the band consistently pushing the envelope while retaining its unique sound and attack — both in the studio and in their true element: onstage.

In a 2005 post on RAVEN's official message board, John stated about RAVEN's influence on other pioneering metal bands: "Anyone ever listen to the middle of 'Aces High' by IRON MAIDEN and compare it to part of 'Faster Than The Speed Of Light' [by RAVEN]? How about the chorus riff of METALLICA's 'No Remorse' to [RAVEN's] 'Lambs To The Slaughter'?? Makes me laugh...!"

RAVEN's new EP, "Can't Take Away The Fire", is due out February 14 via Silver Lining Music.

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