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Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Traditional Metal |
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Page online:
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October 31, 2010
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Last update/review:
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April 24, 2019
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White Wizzard
Los Angeles' White Wizzard makes no bones about their love of 80's metal
and their desire to bring back that style.
After releasing a self-titled
EP, they were signed to
Earache
Records, who promptly repackaged and reissued
the EP (same tracks with one song
renamed), branding the new EP as
High Speed GTO.
Just as things were looking up, though, tensions arose within the
camp, and founder Jon Leon ended up firing the rest of the band,
most of whom moved on to form
Holy Grail.
Leon put together a new lineup and released
Over The Top
in 2010, with three more albums released over the next eight years.
Lineup issues were a constant in the band, with Leon being the sole
constant although the band was never presented as a solo project.
When all is said and done, White Wizzard has released five solid
80's-inspired metal, never really concerning themselves with modern
metal but instead effectively reliving the glory days of the genre.
Leon had said in 2018 that the band was done,
but a year later yet another new lineup, featuring members from
the past, is now active.
Discography
White Wizzard
EP
2008
self-released
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- High Speed GTO
- Celestina
- Octane Gypsy
- Into the Night
- March of the Skeletons
- Iraq Attack
- Megaladon
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-
James Paul Luna
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James LaRue
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Jon Leon
-
Tyler Meahl
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High Speed GTO
RE-ISSUE EP
2009
Earache
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- High Speed GTO
- Celestina
- Into the Night
- March of the Skeletons
- Megalodon
- Octane Gypsy
- Red Desert Skies
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Same songs as self titled EP, re ordered and (in one case) renamed.
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Over The Top
2010
Earache
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- Over The Top
- 40 Deuces
- High Roller
- Live Free Or Die
- Iron Goddess Of Vengeance
- Out Of Control
- Strike Of The Viper
- Death Race
- White Wizzard
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Wyatt Anderson
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Chad Yasuhara
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Erik Kluiber
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Jon Leon
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Jesse Applehans
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Flying Tigers
2011
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- Fight To The Death
- West L.A. Nights
- Starchild
- Flying Tigers
- Night Train to Tokyo
- Night Stalker
- Fall of Atlantis
- Blood on the Pyramids
- Demons and Diamonds
- Dark Alien Overture
- War of the Worlds
- Starman's Son
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-
Wyatt Anderson
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Jon Leon
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Giovanni Durst
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The Devil's Cut
2013
Earache
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- Forging the Steel
- Strike the Iron
- Kings of the Highway
- Lightning in My Hands
- Steal Your Mind
- The Devil's Cut
- Torpedo of Truth
- Storm Chaser
- The Sun Also Rises
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Joseph Michael Furney
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Jake Dreyer
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Will Wallner
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Jon Leon
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Giovanni Durst
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Infernal Overdrive
2018
M-Theory
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- Infernal Overdrive
- Storm the Shores
- Pretty May
- Chasing Dragons
- Voyage of the Wolf Raiders
- Critical Mass
- Cocoon
- Metamorphosis
- The Illusion's Tears
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-
Wyatt Anderson
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James LaRue
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Jon Leon
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Dylan Marks
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