JAMESON RAID
Seven Days of Splendour EP 1979
Tracklist
1. Seven Days of Splendour
2. It's a Crime
3. Catcher in the Rye
End of Part One EP 1980
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Tracklist
1. The Hypnotist
2. The Raid
3. Getting Hotter
4. Straight from the Butchers
Electric Sun Demo 1982
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Tracklist
1. Electric Sun
2. Run for Cover
3. Poor Little Rich Girl
4. Gettin' Hotter
LINEUP
June 1975
John Ace - bass guitar, vocals
Ian Smith - guitar, vocals
Phil Kimberley - drums, vocals
Stewart Harrod - rhythm guitar, vocals
December 1976 to July 1980
John Ace - bass guitar
Ian Smith - guitar
Phil Kimberley - drums, vocals
Terry Dark - vocals
1980 to 1981
Terry Dark - vocals
Mike Darby - guitar
Peter Green - bass guitar
Phil Kimberley - drums, vocals
1981
Terry Dark - vocals
James Barrett - guitar
Peter Green - bass guitar
Phil Kimberley - drums, vocals
1982
Terry Dark - vocals
Steve Makin - guitar
Peter Green - bass guitar
Phil Kimberley - drums, vocals
1983
Steve Makin - guitar, vocals
Peter Green - bass guitar
Roger Simms - drums
2008 to Feb 2011
Terry Dark - vocals
Ian Smith - guitar, vocals
John Ace - bass guitar, vocals
Phil Kimberley - drums, vocals
Current lineup
Terry Dark - vocals
Kalli Kaldschmidt - guitar, vocals
Pete Green - bass guitar, vocals
Andreas "Neudi" Neuderth - drums, vocals
In May 1980, EMI released the second of its Metal for Muthas NWOBHM compilation albums. Metal For Muthas II Cut Loud, featured the Jameson Raid track "Hard Lines", although the band were unhappy that EMI had, unbeknownst to them, completely remixed the song (which the band had already mixed to their satisfaction) and in doing so pretty much destroyed it. The band were credited as The Raid on this release.
Yet another NWOBHM that failed to produce a studio album, Jameson Raid produced 3 EP's/Demos during their hey-day. Famous music journalist Malcolm Dome once wrote of the band, "Jameson Raid are one of the many bands who were definitely contenders for glory during the halcyon days of the new wave of British heavy metal. Sadly, they never quite lived up to their obvious potential".
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Robscurities history fact: The Jameson Raid (29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson and his Company troops ("police" in the employ of Alfred Beit's and Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa Company) and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895–96. Below is the Batley Townswomen's Guild reenactment of the Jameson Raid.
