Year : 1985 (Lost Realm Records Edition 2018)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 121 mb
Bio:
Axtion was born in 1983, Columbus OH, with founding members: Randy Amos - vocals, Kevin Bell - bass guitar, Bruce Tarney - drums, John Pettibone - rhythm guitar, Darren Lazzari - lead guitar.Performing original songs, they combined powerful guitar-driven riffs with catchy vocal melodies, all atop a thunderous, gut-punching rhythm section.They embraced the high energy and FM radio suitability of the era of 80's metal.Axtion released "Look Out for the Night" in 1985.The album features Darren Lazzari and Michael Weldon on guitars, Randy Amos on vocals, Michael Brett on bass guitar and G.T. Mitchell on drums. Following a live EP, the band was disheartened by the lack of record label promotion and dissolved shortly afterward.The band played the Columbus circuit for little over a year, but our home was the historical Al Rosa Villa, where the band opened for Helix, Mark Chatfield’s “Rosie”, and a few others, along with several of their own shows, including the January ‘86 show and the recording of the Axtion Live LP. The band had a couple different line ups in Columbus and then another after relocating to Pittsburgh to record the “Look Out For The Night” LP. Axtion then became…Randy Amos-vocals, Michael Weldon-guitar, Michael Brett-bass guitar, G.T. Mitchell-drums, Darren Lazzari-lead guitar.Axtion only played the Pittsburgh circuit for a little over a year (strangely the same as Columbus) but opened for several national bands including: Stryper, Pat Travers, Autograph, Talas, Roughcutt, and Trouble, and received write ups in several national/international publications including Billboard, Rock Scene, Metal Edge, Hard Rock Video, Kerrang, Enfer, and several others...along with monthly write ups in Pittsburgh’s Steel City Rock Magazine. Axtion played to full houses over the Pittsburgh area from Jan ‘85 to Mar ‘86 including The Syria Mosque, Graffiti, Mancini’s, City Limits, The Decade, La Viva, and finally their farewell show at Steele Auditorium Cal St University, where Axtion’s Look Out For The Night was voted the second most requested song of 1985 by Cal St Radio 91.9 FM with nearly 1000 attending the farewell show.Many many thanks to all of you that made the Axtion years so very special, including the 2019 reunion shows, they will never be forgotten…and thank you to everyone who is onboard and supporting my new solo album.
Album:
There’s the Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, based band AXTION only album, 1985 “Look Out For The Night“, in its Lost Realm Records remastered reissue CD including 2 bonus tracks. The album was previously reissued by Retrospect Records, but without the bonus tracks, previously unreleased and provided by the band itself especially for this Lost Realm Records first official reissue.This pretty killer 5-piece only existed for about four years, but they delivered this fine piece if hard rock / US metal, edgy yet melodic, in the same league of MALICE, KEEL, Q5 (Steel The Light), early ICON, DOKKEN, et all.“Look Out For The Night” is riff driven rock n’ roll with both guitarists providing a terrific, at places impressive axe-work. Seems one of them auditioned for OZZY but finally Zakk Wylde got the gig. And I can see why OZZY managers look out for this guy; his playing is in the same school / heavily influenced by Randy Rhoads.‘Road Runnin’, ‘Shoot For The Stars’, ‘Precious Rock’, ‘Your Numbers Up’ contain an abundance of foot stomping riffs, title track ‘Look Out For The Night’ adds midtempo atmosphere, while ‘Hold Me Tight’ is a metal ballad in the HELIX style. The bonus tracks are very good as well, 2 songs AXTION recorded later after a reunion, but never released.If you like mid ’80s hard rock / American metal plenty of melody and edgy / metallic punch, AXTION’s “Look Out For The Night” might just be your thing. This 2018 Lost Realm Records CD is out of print and has become very rare.
Line Up:
Randy Amos - Vocals
Darren Lazzari - Guitars
Michael Weldon - Guitars - See also: ex-N.M.E, ex-Angus Grimm
Michael Brett - Bass - See also: ex-N.M.E
G.T. Mitchell - Drums
+ guest:
Jim Pitulski - Vocals (Additional)
Production:
Recorded At – Audio Innovators
Mastered At – A&M Studios
Art Direction, Producer – Andrew Sands, Zyp Yusavage
Cover [Album Cover], Photography By – Marciana Rossi
Cover [Back Cover], Photography By – Ken Holida
Design Concept [Album Cover Concept], Design – Andrew Sands
Engineer – Richard Piatt
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Marion, Doug Suhr
Executive-Producer – Jim Pitulski
Image Editor [Photo Re-Touching] – Bob Jakub
Make-Up, Hair – Celeste Garofalo, Lisa Halkovitz
Management – Jim Pitulski Productions, Inc.
Model [Front Cover Model] – Shelley Shaw
Producer – Darren Lazzari, Richard Piatt
Written-By – Darren Lazzari (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9)
Tracklist:
01. Road Runnin' 04:05
02. Spread the Axtion 03:23
03. Hold Me Tight 04:44
04. Fury of the Tempest 05:18
05. Precious Rock 03:59
06. Look Out for the Night 07:13
07. Your Numbers Up 03:06
08. Shoot for the Stars 06:23
09. Stand Up! (For What You Believe In) 04:01
10. Look Out For the Night (1996 version) 06:16 (Bonus Track)
11. Stand Up! (For What You Believe In) (1993 version) 03:38 (Bonus Track)
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