Hollow Ground

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Hollow Ground
Origin	South Shields, England
Genre(s)	Heavy metal
Label(s)	Guardian Records
Members
Brian Rickman Martin Metcalfe Glenn Coates Jon Lockney

Hollow Ground were a heavy metal band.

1 Biography
2 Members
3 Discography
4 References

[edit] Biography

Formed in the North East of England in the late 70's, Hollow Ground became one of the cutting edge groups of the N.W.O.B.H.M. period. Although they only released six tracks, these have come to be considered classics of the genre. ^[1] In 1980 they released the Warlord EP on Guardian Records containing the tracks "Flying High," "Warlord," "Rock On" and "Don't Chase the Dragon." This 7" record is highly sought and now changes hands for £200 in mint condition.^[2] Later in 1980, a further two tracks ("Fight with the Devil" and "The Holy One") were recorded and were used along with "Rock On" and "Flying High" on the Roksnax compilation album also on Guardian Records. Four more tracks were recorded, "Rock to Love", "Promised Land," "Easy Action" and "Loser", but never released. In 1990 the track "Fight with the Devil" was included on the Lars Ulrich/Geoff Barton compilation album NWoBHM '79 Revisited on Metal Blade Records. The original Warlord EP tracks can also be found on the compilation CD Rare Metal - NWoBHM Metal Rarities Vol. 1 on British Steel Records, released in 1996.

Singer Glenn Coates left Hollow Ground to join Fist in 1982 for their Back with a Vengeance album. This defection signalled the end for Hollow Ground.

[edit] Members

Glenn Coates - vocals
Martin Metcalf - guitar
Brian Rickman - bass
John Lockney - drums

[edit] Discography

Warlord 7" EP (1980 Guardian Records)
"Fight with the Devil," "The Holy One," "Rock On" and "Flying High" on Roksnax compilation LP (1980 Guardian Records)
"Fight with the Devil" on NWoBHM '79 Revisited 2CD (1994 Metal Blade Records)
Warlord EP re-released on Rare Metal - NWoBHM Metal Rarities Vol. 1 CD (1996 British Steel Records)