THRASHER?

Does anyone remember this one-off project by The Rods' Carl Canedy? It
featured a bunch of somewhat known metal musicians from bands like
Anthrax, Talas, Exciter, Virgin Steel, etc. and was released on Combat
Records in 1985.



Was this ever released on CD?

Can't say as I have ever heard of that...

I had that on tape as a kid and I used to have a cdr of the
vinyl. I have never seen an official press on cd. That
would be cool to get released as it was a fun album!!

It was hardly a "thrash" album, if anyone was wondering. More straight ahead metal, or biker rock in some places.

I vaguely remember that one... I never had the LP but it probably got some play on the college radio metal shows back then so I'm sure I heard a few tracks off of it...

SAXON1500 wrote:

It was hardly a "thrash" album, if anyone was
wondering. More straight ahead metal, or biker rock in some
places.

Yup, the name was unfortunate because 'thrash heads' bought it
expecting thrash, especially with members of Anthrax, Exciter, etc.
pitching in a hand, but this was actually just traditional heavy metal
with a Judas Priest/Accept vibe.

James Rivera (Helstar), Rhett Forester (Riot) and Dan Beehler (Exciter) each sing on one of the songs as well.

...and here I thought you started a thread about me,Ult:scratch:

I always thought the album had something to do with "Thrasher" magazine, which was a skateboard mag popular at the time, so I just assumed it would be a punk/hardcore album. From the description it sounds like it would've been up my alley. Duh me.

Can't say i've heard of it...

Were they any good....

Since you compared them to Priest / Accept style metal, i'm sure they better be good

There's a review posted on Metal-Archives that is sort of lukewarm, but still gives a good idea of what to expect.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=46946

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Nice one...

My understanding is that this has never been officially released on cd. However, if you go to www.heavyrock.com they offer the Rods first album "Rock Hard" and Thrasher as a two on one "reissue." I think this is actually a bootleg though.

Also MARYANN SCANDIFFIO from BLACKLACE fame was on that album and she was great. I have that THRASHER album on vinyl but didnt listen to it much. I prefere any BLACKLACE, or THE RODS albums much more.