Tactics (metal band)
| Tactics | |
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 Promotional picture 1991 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Speed metal |
| Years active | 1985-1999 |
| Labels | Metal Blade, Minotauro |
| Associated acts | Ministry, Terror, Play Chaos, Saint Vitus, White Zombie, Evildead, Society 1, Anger As Art, Veruca Salt, Abattoir, Bloodlust, Lords of Acid, |
| Website | facebook.com/tacticsusa |
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Tactics were a speed/thrash/power metal band originating from Los Angeles, California in 1986. The band was the brainchild of former Abattoir/Bloodlust vocalist Steve Gaines. The band's first recorded appearance was on Metal Blade Records Metal Massacre Volume 8, with the single "Spare No Lives". The full length album The Master Plan, which featured there most prolific lineup of Gaines on bass and vocals, Sin Quirin, and Greg Braun on guitars, and Eddie Livingston on drums, was released in August 1991. Minotauro Records reissued it November 30, 2013 using the title The Re-Mastered Plan.
In 1993 Tactics won the Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase Award (all music, not just metal) For best single "Leave Me Alone" presented by BAM Magazine.
DISCOGRAPHY
- Metal Massacre Vol. 8 1987
- The Master Plan August 1991
- Prey Upon The Weak (EP) 1992
- Beautiful Day ...For A War (EP) 1994
- The Re-Mastered Plan (Box set) November, 30, 2013
VIDEO
- In Your Home, In Your Head VHS 1996
REUNION
- Steve Gaines announced on the Tactics (USA) facebook page that there are no plans for a reunion. "TACTICS has no unfinished business".
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