Artist: Grim Reaper Genre(s):
Rock: Hard-Rock
Metal
Discography:
Rock You To Hell Year: 1987
Tracks: 9
Fear No Evil Year: 1985
Tracks: 9
See You In Hell Year: 1984
Tracks: 8
Led by the elysian guitar figure out of Nick Bowcott and the powerful lungs of Steve Grimmett, Grim Reaper's tough, bleak, simply melodically charged music incarnate British leaden metal's virtually democratic devices (and clichés) end-to-end the mid-'80s. The fact that Grim Reaper was capable of combination the above attributes so capably, even in truth excelled at none of them resulted in an passing sceloporus occidentalis "rags to aureole and back to rags" story, which somehow was as surprising as it was queerly trying on. Add to this a far from attractive optical esthetic (i.e., they were quadruplet crusty English dudes with handlebar moustaches, bad tomentum, and even worse teeth) and it was clear Grim Reaper was ill-omened to enjoy a limited hereafter in the freshly established MTV authorities.
Guitarist Nick Bowcott founded Grim Reaper in Droitwich, England, circa 1979, on the job with a numeral of different lineups in front teaming up with isaac Bashevis Singer Paul DeMercade, bassist Phil Matthew, and drummer Angel Jacques in clip to criminal record his song "The Reaper" for 1981's very influential Heavy Metal Heroes digest. Despite its incubation power chords and roughhewn sonics (or perchance because of them), the strain stood out from the album's other New Wave of British Heavy Metal hopefuls and landed the group increased touring commitments up and down the U.K. club circuit. But by the clip Grim Reaper eventually landed a record sell with main Ebony records a year later (on the intensity level of a three-song demo made with studio time won in a conflict of the bands contention), Bowcott had scrapped the entire band formerly over again and was now flanked by vocalist Steve Grimmett, bassist Dave Wanklin, and drummer Mark Simon.
Originally issued in November 1983, Grim Reaper's debut,
Interpret You in Hell, was far more milled than the band's low single and ab initio seemed doomed for historical oblivion, since European fans steeped in leaden alloy history found little deservingness in the band's energetic merely rather ordinary alloy style. But to metal-starved American audiences, the record album (which giant RCA released world-wide the following year) actually sounded slightly fresh; at in one case accessible and belligerent, it went on to sell a quarter of a zillion copies and reached a selfsame honorable number 73 on the U.S. charts. Extensive touring stateside followed and the conservative media's baseless allegations of diabolical worship due to Grim Reaper's sour looks; leather-bound wardrobe; and sinister, fiendish imaging almost had them feeling like bona fide rock and roll stars by year's end. Once endorse home in England, the band required only nine years to track record 1985's sophomore
Fear No Evil, which nearly matched its predecessor in damage of quality (and competent unoriginality), simply yet failed to replicate its commercial success. The bands temperateness friends at RCA quick lost interest and Grim Reaper's career of a sudden stalled in America.
Bowcott and company worn out much of 1986 attempting to regroup and afterward welcoming raw drummer Lee Harris, Grim Reaper finally announced its take back with a make-or-break third base feat, 1987's passably pleonastic
Tilt You to Hell. Unfortunately, "break" would be the concluding verdict, for though the record album actually showed some former promise in the U.S., where it climbed to 93 on the charts, sales soon plummeted and it vanished from internet site. When ongoing discussions to re-utilize some of its songs in a film soundtrack too fell through, Grim Reaper lento undercoat to a hold and everyone finally went their divide shipway. Grimmett temporarily linked power alloy outfit Onslaught before instauration a newfangled band, called Lionsheart, while Bowcott found some notoriety as a regular editorialist for Circus Magazine and other guitar publications.
