Steerpike
02-24-2006, 11:33 AM
I gotta say I'm disappointed. Last week's spotlight struggled to stay afloat and only 4 people signed up for the mailing list. That's one hell of an injustice to Buddy's memory and legacy. Well, I tried.
Saint Vitus - Calling the Children of Doom (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=438619)
The Cruxshadows - Let Me Introduce You to Darkwave (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=440766)
Slough Feg - Hail to the Lord Weird Slough Feg (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442946)
Buddy Holly - Still Awesome (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=444945)
Biography
As most of you know, doom metal began it's real rise to notoriety around the same time as thrash metal (ironically). But the seeds for the genre were sown with the debut album of Black Sabbath. Though most of the album was a relatively heavy mass of blues rock, two songs in particular stood out: Black Sabbath and NIB. These songs inadvertently brought about doom metal. In particular, they were an inspiration to an equally influential band: Pentagram.
The early history of the band is much too convoluted to recount here, but to put it simply, they formed in 1971 in Virginia and went through repeated line-up changes and endless frustrations from labels as they recorded one demo after another only to get stiffed by the record labels. Still, they managed to build a following despite all the odds and finally were able to pull it together and release a self-titled debut in 1985.
More line-up changes followed, however. Another album was released followed by heavy gigging on the East Coast, but the group eventualy disbanded in 1989.
But all was not lost. In 1991, founding member Bobby Liebling, the one core member of the band through all the changes, signed to Peaceville records to record a new album and re-release the old material.
Despite constant line-up changes and switches from record labels, Bobby managed to keep Pentagram going. The labels continually delay releases, gigs get cancelled, and the line-up changes would make even Jon Schaffer's head spin. But several more albums managed to crawl through the woodwork and the band persevered.
Their most recent album was 2004's Show Em How, and just last year a compilation of unreleased material from the early years was finally unveiled after years of delay entitled First Daze Here Too.
The band is still active and still recording. Despite the fact that they've never achieved a real breakthrough per se, they remain one of the most respected doom bands around today. They are consistently rated as pioneers of the genre who would have been bigger if it weren't for cases of bad timing.
Fare thee well, Pentagram.
No official web site to speak of
Saint Vitus - Calling the Children of Doom (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=438619)
The Cruxshadows - Let Me Introduce You to Darkwave (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=440766)
Slough Feg - Hail to the Lord Weird Slough Feg (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442946)
Buddy Holly - Still Awesome (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=444945)
Biography
As most of you know, doom metal began it's real rise to notoriety around the same time as thrash metal (ironically). But the seeds for the genre were sown with the debut album of Black Sabbath. Though most of the album was a relatively heavy mass of blues rock, two songs in particular stood out: Black Sabbath and NIB. These songs inadvertently brought about doom metal. In particular, they were an inspiration to an equally influential band: Pentagram.
The early history of the band is much too convoluted to recount here, but to put it simply, they formed in 1971 in Virginia and went through repeated line-up changes and endless frustrations from labels as they recorded one demo after another only to get stiffed by the record labels. Still, they managed to build a following despite all the odds and finally were able to pull it together and release a self-titled debut in 1985.
More line-up changes followed, however. Another album was released followed by heavy gigging on the East Coast, but the group eventualy disbanded in 1989.
But all was not lost. In 1991, founding member Bobby Liebling, the one core member of the band through all the changes, signed to Peaceville records to record a new album and re-release the old material.
Despite constant line-up changes and switches from record labels, Bobby managed to keep Pentagram going. The labels continually delay releases, gigs get cancelled, and the line-up changes would make even Jon Schaffer's head spin. But several more albums managed to crawl through the woodwork and the band persevered.
Their most recent album was 2004's Show Em How, and just last year a compilation of unreleased material from the early years was finally unveiled after years of delay entitled First Daze Here Too.
The band is still active and still recording. Despite the fact that they've never achieved a real breakthrough per se, they remain one of the most respected doom bands around today. They are consistently rated as pioneers of the genre who would have been bigger if it weren't for cases of bad timing.
Fare thee well, Pentagram.
No official web site to speak of