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ODIN

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Fight for Your Life   1988


1.    12 O'Clock High    03:06     
2.    Love Action    02:27     
3.    She Was the One    04:15     
4.    I Get What I Want    02:28     
5.    Serenade to the Court    01:16 
6.    Modern Day King    04:33  
7.    Stranger Tonight    03:48     
8.    Time and Time Again    02:43    
9.    I'm Gonna Get You    03:16     
10.    Push    02:29     
11.    Fight for Your Life    05:54    
 

LINEUP

Aaron Samson    Bass
Shawn Duncan    Drums
Jeff Duncan    Guitars
Randy O. Roberg    Vocals

Odin was a product of the L.A. 80's Hair Metal scene who produced 1 full length album (Fight For Your Life), as well as several EP's and Compilations of your typical Glam/Sleaze/High Hair style Heavy Metal.  They are perhaps best known for their appearance (along with Seduce) in the film 'The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years'.  Guitarist Jeff Duncan went on to play in Armored Saint after Odin broke up. 

The following is from the website Hair! Despair! Nightmares! What happened to 1980s metal also-rans? | Metal | The Guardian

The young hopefuls’ scenes in a hot tub, surrounded by female fans, are among the most infamous in the film, not least for singer Randy O’s supersized bravado: “I want to be as big as Zeppelin or the Beatles … go down in history like Jim Morrison or Robert Plant – it’s gonna happen.” It didn’t.

“It was Penelope’s idea to film us in the hot tub, at her house,” says guitarist Jeff Duncan. “She gave us a bunch of beers and the cameras rolled. Even then, I was uneasy with the things being said. When Randy said he wanted to be as big as Robert Plant or else he’d commit suicide, it was a bit much, but he had that attitude: shooting for the moon.

“Regardless of what we said, even as we were being filmed, we were already close to breaking up: I went to the premiere as a member of Armored Saint. When I saw my previous band on screen, I was embarrassed. I was cringing, but I figured that the film would show a couple of times and that would be that. Unfortunately it was the best promotion Odin ever had … but we were no longer a band. We broke up because everybody was getting signed except for us. We made one album that came out in Japan, but never went to Japan. Everyone blamed each other.

“It took me years to get over the humiliation of The Metal Years, but when people started telling me they loved our youthful craziness, I started to I embrace it. I realised that I’d been 22 years old, when LA was a crazy stream of riffs, hairspray, excess and debauchery. Odin were no different to any other young band, only we were filmed.

“I haven’t touched a drink in 26 years, but I look back on Odin fondly. I’ve seen the damage caused by excess and overblown egos and Odin taught me what not to do. We’ve done a couple of reunion shows but Randy doesn’t really sing any more at all. He became a Teamster [trucker] in the movie business and seems pretty happy. I play with [former Angel singer] Frank DiMino when I’m not touring with Armored Saint and have made a living as a musician all these years, which is all I ever wanted ever since I was little. So, in a way, all those crazy dreams came true.”
 

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