KICK AXE
Vices 1984
Track listing
1. Heavy Metal Shuffle
2. Vices
3. Stay on Top
4. Dreamin' About You
5. Maneater
6. 30 Days in the Hole
7. On the Road to Rock
8. Cause for Alarm
9. Alive & Kickin'
10. All the Right Moves
11. Just Passing Through
LINEUP:
George Criston - lead vocals
Larry Gillstrom - lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Raymond Harvey - lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Victor Langen - bass guitar, backing vocals
Brian Gillstrom - drums, backing vocals
Kick Axe was a Canadian heavy metal band formed in the mid-1970's, but didn't release their debut album until 1984. They played good-time, sing-along party rock (All The Right Moves, On The Road To Rock + A great version of 30 Days In The Hole). Here's a Spinal Tap moment from the band - It seems Dudley Doright and the RCMP actually confiscated their gear prior to a concert! Here's the details:
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It happened in Winnipeg on January 15th, 11 days before the Ottawa show. Unknown to Kick Axe, their manager had been involved in criminal business activities and owed a lot of money. Here’s how the band found out:Victor Langen (Kick Axe): “It was a sold-out show there with Helix and we were closing out the show and there were all these uniform guys. I saw them and thought maybe they’re crowd control, it wasn’t anything to be alarmed about. We had seen that before in our heyday, security people coming out on the stage at the end. Anyhow, we finished the night and we didn’t even get to do an encore because the sheriff goes ‘Gimme that guitar, boy!’ … That was it, they took everything and loaded it into a semi trailer and we had a show to do the next night in Thunder Bay, Ontario. We had to share the equipment with the other boys. We had no guitars, nothing.” [Metal-Rules.com, Sept. 7/05]