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Keansburg, New Jersey, USA |
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80's Metal |
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Last update/review:
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March 5, 2016
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Exxplorer
Exxplorer's 1985 debut album,
the aptly-titled
Symphonies Of Steel,
created quite a stir, receiving several fine reviews
(and deservedly so) for its standout take on prime 80's
metal.
But the band disappeared from world view, and it would be
nine long years before a less well-known followup,
A Recipe For Power, would see the light of day.
The lineup radically changed for their third album,
Coldblackugly, and so did the musical style, melding
grunge and alternative influences with their original power
metal style.
That version of the band broke up in 1999, and in the intervening
years there have been some brief reunions, but nothing substantial
until 2010, when a revamped, mostly original-member lineup emerged,
eventually releasing the well-received
Vengeance Rides An Angry Horse
in 2011.
Current Members
Lennie Rizzo
vocals
Kevin Kennedy
guitars
Fred Gorhau
guitars
Mike Moyer
drums
Former Members/Guests
Barry Hocking Jr.
vocals
Ed Lavolpe
guitars
Jimmy Gardner
bass
Jay McCaffrey
bass
Discography
Symphonies Of Steel
1985
Black Dragon
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- City Streets
- Prelusion
- Run For Tomorrow
- Exxplorer
- World War III
- Going To Hell
- Objection Overruled
- Metal Detectors
- X-Termination
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Lennie Rizzo
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Ed Lavolpe
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Kevin Kennedy
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Jimmy Gardner
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Mike Moyer
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A Recipe For Power
1994
Massacre
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- Rockin Bound
- Life's Seduction
- One
- Bible Black
- Smelling The Roses
- Rock The Nation
- Beg, Borrow, And Steel
- Just A Dream
- Ride The Storm
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-
Lennie Rizzo
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Ed Lavolpe
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Kevin Kennedy
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Jimmy Gardner
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Mike Moyer
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Coldblackugly
1996
Massacre
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- Disfigured
- Erotopathic
- Fixed And Dilated
- Seething In Oblivion
- Acrostic I
- Van Gogh's Ear
- Snake And Scorpion
- Acrostic 2
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Acrostic 3
- Bloodletting
- Poor Man
- My Noose
- That One Hopeful Song
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-
Barry Hocking Jr.
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Ed Lavolpe
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Fred Gorhau
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Jay McCaffrey
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Mike Moyer
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Vengeance Rides An Angry Horse
2011
Pure Steel
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- Gypsy
- Glory Hunter
- Chasing The High
- The Vengeance
- As The Crow Flies
- S.N.O.E
- Valley Of Doom
- Spirits Of The Wind
- Freight Train To Hell
- Return Of The Cycle
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Lennie Rizzo
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Kevin Kennedy
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Jimmy Gardner
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Mike Moyer
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2011 Readers' Album
#23
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