Liege Lord

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Liege Lord
Origin Stamford, Connecticut
Genres Speed metal
Power metal[1]
Years active 1982–1989, 2000, 2012–present
Labels Metal Blade
Iron Works
Black Dragon
Website www.liegelord.com
Members Tony Truglio
Danny Wacker
Joe Comeau
Frank Gilchriest
Matt Vinci
Past members Andy Michaud
Pete McCarthy
Carlo Moscardini
Frank Cortese
Paul Nelson

Liege Lord is an American speed/power metal band, active in the 1980s and considered to be a pioneer of the genre.[citation needed] It was formed by Matt Vinci, Anthony Truglio and Frank Cortese.

Reaching cult status in the metal world with their three releases, the band featured Joe Comeau, who would later go on to play with thrash metal bands Overkill and Annihilator. Guitarist Anthony Truglio went on to play in the band Gandhi with Page Hamilton from Helmet, and also played in the new version of Helmet. Guitarist Paul Nelson received a Grammy nomination as guitarist and song writer with Johnny Winter on Virgin/EMI, and he reached and performed on Late Night with David Letterman TV program with Johnny Winter in 2012 in support of Winter's Megaforce/Sony release entitled Roots which he performed on and produced Billboard chart's top 200 with the band Halifax. Nelson did guitar work for WWE (then WWF) on nationally broadcast television specials.

Master Control was recorded from March 22 to April 11, 1988. The album was produced by Terry Date and Liege Lord.

As of August 2012, Liege Lord has been active again and headlined the Keep It True XVI festival, which took place from April 19 to April 20, 2013, at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.[2]

Origins

Liege Lord was originally a Judas Priest cover band named Deceiver (after the Judas Priest song of the same name). Judas Priest's influence can be heard in the early vocals and guitar riffs of the Freedom's Rise album.

Liege Lord first signed on with the French record label Black Dragon after Christian Logue of Savage Grace recommended the company to the band. Freedom's Rise was released in 1985 on Black Dragon in Europe, and on Ironworks in America.

Discography

Albums

  • Freedom's Rise (1985)
  • Burn to My Touch (1987)
  • Master Control (1988)

Singles and demos

  • "Black Lit Lights" (1987)
  • Demo (1985)

Members

  • Joe Comeau (vocals)
  • Tony Truglio (guitar)
  • Matt Vinci (bass)
  • Danny Wacker (guitar)
  • Frank Gilchriest(drums)

Former members

  • Andy Michaud – vocals
  • Pete McCarthy – guitars
  • Carlo Moscardini – bass
  • Frank Cortese – drums
  • Paul Nelson – guitar

References

  1. ↑ "Liege Lord". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 
  2. ↑ "Reunited Liege Lord to Headline Next Year's Keep It True XVI Festival".

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