Cloven Hoof (band)

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Cloven Hoof
Origin Wolverhampton
Country England
Years active 1979-1990
2000-present
Genres NWOBHM
Power Metal
Labels Elemental Music
Neat Records
FM Revolver
Escape Records
Members Russ North
Mick Powell
Ben Read
Lee Payne
Simon Heywood
Website(s) Cloven Hoof

Cloven Hoof is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band from Wolverhampton that was active from 1979 and 1990, and again from around 2000 onwards. The band has endured many line-up changes through their career, with only bassist Lee Payne as an ever-present member.

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[edit] Biography

Forming in 1979, Cloven Hoof went through a few early line-up changes before settling on a steady line-up that would last their first few recordings. Theatrical from the beginning, the four band members took up pseudonyms after the four elements - David "Water" Potter, Steve "Fire" Rounds, Lee "Air" Payne and Kevin "Earth" Poutney. This line-up recorded the band's succesful demo tape from 1982, along with The Opening Ritual EP, and Cloven Hoof. Following the release of their self-titled debut, David Potter left the band to be replaced by Rob Kendrick, who took up the "Water" pseudonym. This line-up only managed to record the live album Fighting Back, before splitting up completely. Lee Payne started the band again, hiring vocalist Russ North and guitarist Andy Wood from the split up band Tredegar along with drummer Jon Brown. With a whole new set of musicians in place, the band dropped the stage names and went on to record two more albums - Dominator and A Sultan's Ransom. A second guitarist was hired soon after the release of A Sultan's Ransom (Andy Shortland, another ex-Tredegar member) but contractual difficulties caused the band to split up in 1990.

In 2000, Lee Payne began putting a new line-up together. After a few years work and failure to entice back any previous Hoof members, Eye of the Sun was recorded with the help of Matt Moreton, Andy Shortland and Orlin "Lynch" Radinsky and released in 2006. Following the release, the entire line-up other than Payne was released, and Russ North returned to the fold. Mick Powell, a guitarist almost hired by Cloven Hoof in the early 80s, was brought on board soon afterwards, along with Ben Read and Simon Heywood, and an album to be called Throne of Damnation will be released in 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Line-up

  • Russ North - Vocals
  • Mick Powell - Guitar & Keyboards
  • Bean Read - Guitar
  • Lee Payne - Bass
  • Simon Heywood - Drums

[edit] Former Members

[edit] Vocals

  • David Potter
  • Karl Johnson
  • Derek John Hodd
  • Rob Kendrick
  • Matt Moreton

[edit] Guitar

  • Steve Rounds
  • Mick Grafton
  • Andy Wood
  • Roy Chudobskyi
  • Andy Shortland

[edit] Drums

  • Kevin Pountney
  • Richard Wilson
  • Jon Brown
  • Orlin "Lynch" Radinsky

[edit] External links

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