Oz
Genre: Heavy Metal | Status: Disbanded | Viewed: 2514 times
Legendary 1980s Finnish heavy metal band OZ has reunited and is working on a new album for a tentative November 2010 release. OZ is best known in the metal underground for its 1983 "Fire In The Brain" album and the classic "Turn The Cross Upside Down" single (a song that was subsequently covered by the band STORMWARRIOR). It has also come to light that BATHORY mastermind Quorthon was responsible for designing the cover art for both "Fire In The Brain" and "Turn The Cross Upside Down". Vocalist Ape DeMartini, bassist Jay C. Blade and drummer Mark Ruffneck have decided to reform OZ 19 years after the band's final release, "Roll The Dice" (1991) For more information, visit www.ozofficial.com.
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Biography
The band Oz made a major splash with their 1983 album Fire In The Brain, a great NWOBHM-flavored energetic metal affair that won over critics and fans alike.
The subsequent albums, however, failed to elicit the same response, and the band faded from worldwide view.
By the time of their last album, Roll The Dice, the band had become half-Swedish with considerable lineup changes, and (based on some reports) a change in style as well.
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Discography
Albums
Heavy Metal Heroes
- Label: Tyfon / Kräk
- Released: 1982
- 1. Hey You
- 2. Call from Your Eyes
- 3. Runnin´ the Line
- 4. Rather Knight
- 5. Saturday Night
- 6. Second-Hand Lady
- 7. In the Chains
- 8. Capricorn Man
Fire in the Brain
- Label: Combat Records
- Released: 1983
- 1. Search Lights
- 2. Fortune
- 3. Megalomaniac
- 4. Black Candles
- 5. Gambler
- 6. Stop Believin´
- 7. Free Me, Leave Me
- 8. Fire in the Brain
III Warning
- Label: Combat Records
- Released: 1984
- 1. Third Warning
- 2. Crucified
- 3. Runner
- 4. Rock ´n´ Roll Widow
- 5. Samurai
- 6. Born Out of Time
- 7. Too Bad to Be True
- 8. Total Metal
Decibel Storm
- Label: RCA
- Released: 1986
- 1. Eyes of the Stranger
- 2. Starrider
- 3. Teenage Rampage (The Sweet cover)
- 4. Disaster Dreamer
- 5. Firestarter
- 6. Exterminator
- 7. Black Tattoo
- 8. Sound of Speed
- 9. The Show Must Go On
Roll the Dice
- Label: Black Mark Prod.
- Released: 1991
- 1. Intro
- 2. Roll the Dice
- 3. Lost Generation
- 4. Rock On
- 5. Midnight Lady
- 6. Runaways
- 7. Out of Touch
- 8. Thousand Miles
- 9. Alive
- 10. Not Enough
- 11. Night Crime
Members
Former members
- Tapani "Ape de Martini" Anselm
- Vocals
- Jörgen Schelander
- Keyboards
- Fredrik Thörnblom
- Bass
- Michael Lundholm
- Guitars
- Pekka Mark
- Drums
- Kari Elo
- Guitars
- Jukka Homi
- Bass
- Tobbe Moen
- Bass
- Tauno Vajavaara
- Bass
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