Griffin - "Heavy Metal Attack"

From the album "Flight of the Griffin"
1984 Shrapnel Records.
"A San Francisco band with ties to the local thrash scene, but whose additional influences from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (read: Iron Maiden) and all manner of odd time signatures predated future eccentrics like the Lord Weird Slough Feg and Hammers of Misfortune, Griffin recorded two independent albums in the mid-'80s that have since become cult collector's items.
Founded in 1982, the band honed its over-the-top sound over the course of two demos before signing with the Shrapnel label for the release of 1984's Flight of the Griffin, which featured the lineup of William McKay (vocals), Rick Cooper (guitar), Rick Wagner (drums), Thomas Sprayberry (bass), and Mike Jastremski (guitar). The latter pair would be gone (Jastremski having hooked up with thrashers Heathen) by the time of 1986's Protectors of the Lair, which also proved to be Griffin's swan song."
- Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic.com

[@openmypackage]

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[@ms63366]

What a band! Tommy Sprayberry in action on bass was unbelievable!

[@jsadramelch]

Great band! I'm happy to see people still remember them!

[@ms63366]

Loved these guys do much! Have their albums in EP!

[@griff2834]

Great music from my namesake!

[@atdabrowski]

i don't know why they disappeared, suddenly. They were much better than most of rock celebrities of 80's rock stars. sad, very sad, however I still remember and I will

[@genecolt8790]

awesome

[@celsoontherock777]

quality sound

[@hakanpetersson2662]

Fantastic band that only made two amazing albums and a bunch of really good demo songs!

[@gonzalosuezvilches7987]

gran banda .
Heavy metal sin adornos .

[@johnnyroper7777]

i auditioned for this band once and got the audition; but they were based in marin county so i declined the offer...i'm still a fan of their music...

[@fernandopenalva2680]

:O

[@thierryperinaux3129]

Un des groupes heavy les plus talentueux de la scène us resté pourtant quasi inconnu !

[@Daniel-Castanio]

Buen album

[@Dragonquest744]

The gunslinger! :o

[@serginhoFuracao]

THE begining rebembered me UFO doctor doctor

[@Majyxs]

This band has some great tunes, but it's a bit hard to get your digital fingers on their stuff (high quality re-releases or otherwise). Way, way underrated band. A shame they only made 2 albums, though.