The band that never was: M.A.R.S.

[Wayniac3]

Hell yeah! Loved this album. Tony and Rob were local guys to me growing up when I first started playing guitar

Rob had a band called Vice with Chris Impelliteri. They were bad ass. Rob is probably one of my favorite Hard Rock/Metal vocalists. He still sounds amazing and super nice guy.

You were in the Hartford/Springfield area? Some great players & great shows back in the day!

 

[JerEvil]

You were in the Hartford/Springfield area? Some great players & great shows back in the day!

Yeah Springfield/West Springfield mostly.

My old band used to played The Infinity in Chicopee, Bridges Cafe in CT, Katina’s, etc.

Was an awesome time to come up in music. I started gigging clubs when I was 16/17… I guess I presented older! lol.

We definitely had killer bands. Run21 with Doug Blair (WASP), Spoiled Rotten with Anthony Bambino, Vice of course with Rob Rock and Chris Impelliteri.

 

[shredhead7]

I love this album from 1986. Been listening to it a lot the last couple of weeks. I'm seriously thinking of asking my bandmates from H8TORADE to do four or five of the tunes at our next gig...

Tony MacAlpine
Tommy Aldridge
Rob Rock
Rudy Sarzo

I like all the tunes, really. Some of the ballads are a bit cheesy, but the songwriting is fun to work out, nevertheless.

The guitar tone sounds like a Rockman though. Not sure what Tony used. But then again, it was the 80's.

Vinnie Moore's 1st record was recorded around this time. He said that he used Tony's Peavy (with a HM pedal) and a Rockman. I'm not sure how much of each was used, but I'm sure that this was the same setup, along with Tony's debut.

 

[Wayniac3]

I think the same Peavey Butcher amp was on the majority of the Shrapnel stuff. Not Vicious Rumors, Racer X, or Cacophony though AFAIK.

 

[shredhead7]

I love that early shrapnel sound. I love how low fi it is, the guitar is front and center. It's just pure metal. They all sound exactly the same, but it brings me to a place when music was new (to me) and every record was one step further into pushing the guitar forward. If I had the skills to reproduce that sound, I would release my stuff that way today...just complete opposite of everyone using the same plugs and ezdrummer.

 

[Wayniac3]

I love that early shrapnel sound. I love how low fi it is, the guitar is front and center. It's just pure metal. They all sound exactly the same, but it brings me to a place when music was new (to me) and every record was one step further into pushing the guitar forward. If I had the skills to reproduce that sound, I would release my stuff that way today...just complete opposite of everyone using the same plugs and ezdrummer.

I get it - instantly transports you back to that time., Pretty cool.

But imagine if they redid Racer X releases with the guitar tone & mix of The Scream. It would kill!