Virus - Lunacy

I was in the local used shop today and among my purchases, I picked up a cd by the band Virus. The release is called Lunacy. I liked the look of the cover and I had the owner play me few tracks. It sounded like decent 80's thrash, so I picked it up. From what I can tell it was released in 1989 on the Metalworks label. Other than that, I have no knowledge of the band. Does anyone have any info on these guys?

You LUCKY sod!! I've been looking for that disc for about 2 or 3 years now!

Virus were a thrash band from Britian. They played a Bay Area style of thrash. Their first 2 albums, Pray For War and Force Recon were both kinda raw and a bit loose, though decent enough. Those 2 were recorded in the mid to late 80's. Lunacy on the other hand was more refined and much tighter. Quite a good album actually!

Sweet. I picked up a few cd's today, so it might be awhile before I can give it a good, solid listen, but from the clips I heard in the shop, it sounds cool.

Thanks for the info.

Cool band. One of my favorites from the UK. I have all three of their albums on my computer. You picked up a gem of a disc, man.

decapitate wrote:

Cool band. One of my favorites from the UK. I have all three of their albums on my computer. You picked up a gem of a disc, man.

On your computer? Thats cool:lol!:, i have them on vinyl´s

I just picked up the same Virus CD this weekend for five bucks at a used CD store. Wasn't sure how rare it was, but for five bucks, I thought it was hard to lose. Glad to hear that it's rare!

I just recenlty gave this disc another spin. Good stuff, but one thing I did notice.

I'm usually not one to complain much about production values. My ears aren't as finely tuned as others for that sort of thing, but I gotta say this one is horrible. I really have to crank up the volume on this one to heard it.

Really sounds like you need to get rid of it! If you send it to me, that volume problem will be solved.

i own & love Pray For War. i'd love to grab this from you, if you'd let me though.

SideShowDisaSter wrote:

Really sounds like you need to get rid of it! If you send it to me, that volume problem will be solved.

I'd send it to down under, but I'm afraid a dingo might eat it before it got to ya.