PRAYING MANTIS
The Soundhouse Tapes Part 2: 1981
Tracklist
1. Captured City
2. The Ripper
3. Johnny Cool
LINEUP
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Steve Carroll Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Tim Friese-Greene Piano
Dave Potts Drums
Christopher Troy Bass, Vocals
Tino Troy Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Time Tells No Lies: 1981
Tracklist
Cheated
All Day And All Of The Night
Running For Tomorrow
Rich City Kids
Lovers To The Grave
Panic In The Streets
Beads Of Ebony
Flirting With Suicide
Children Of The Earth
Are Praying Mantis NWOBHM or not? Of course they are, but they don't sound like it. Polished, melodic and commercial sounding, they were basically the opposite of the raw grittiness of most of the other NWOBHM bands. When I first heard it, it reminded me of something that came out of the Hair Band era - specifically something that Rainbow (sans Dio) would produce. Hey, what do you know - according to Wikipedia, Praying Mantis recorded a version of I Surrender at the same time that Rainbow did, but Rainbow apparently blocked its release. Anyways, commercial sounding or not, Time Tells No Tales is a classically great album, especially the tracks Flirting With Suicide, Children Of The Earth, and Panic In the Streets.
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