RICOCHET
The NWOBHM band RICOCHET was formed in Birmingham in the late '70s, releasing one single during their lifetime, the scorching "Midas Light" 7" 1980 single. Interestingly, the single was referred to as a "double B-side" - I like that. Only 500 copies of the record were made, most of which were sold at their gigs. The band got back together for 2 weeks in 2000 and re-recorded "Midas Light", together with some other tracks.
These tracks along with original version formed the EP featured here. Sadly, the other songs don't quite measure up to Midas Light.
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Interesting story about the song Dreadnought taken from the Ricochet - NWOBHM youtube site:
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This song has an amazing history. Originally penned by The Finn in 1978 (which explains the bass intro) it was called 'Putting on the frighteners'. It was dropped when Geoff Sewell joined the band in 1980. In 1982 the Finn moved to Germany and set up an Anglo-Deutsch band called Damien and revised the song to Dreadnought, with John Cadden, the old singer of Demolition and the first singer of Damien, supplying new vocals and melody. In 2000 the Finn returned to the UK to re-record Ricochet's singles and bought Dreadnought back with him. Geoff Sewell re-wrote the lyrics to John Cadden's melody and this is what you have today. It is a thundering song that has a magical groove, but one thing that sets it apart and puts the Ricochet touch to it are the chords that follow the lead 'solo', they are pure Heineken, probably the best rock chords ever.