At one of the first gigs I ever attended, I saw Quartz open for Rush at a packed Queen's Hall, Leeds in 1980. When I say packed, it was dangerously so. You could barely move.
Saw Quartz live back in the day at legendary rock venue Bogarts and Digbeth Civic Hall in Birmingham, UK. Great band live and loved the single Nantucket Sleighride.
IT'S great when one of your old school pals fronts s great group me and Taffy played football and cricket in the same school teams from age 9years till leaving school aged 15 Taffy then joined my brothers group The Valentines playing locally around Bromsgrove Worc's. Glad he went on to better things 👍👍👍
Wildfire was released as single on Reddigton Rare Records an indepedant record label in Birmingham. alternative version of song appeared on acclaimed Stand Up & Fight album on MCA Records. Mick, Dek and Mal still producing stuff today. Geoff is still in contact and has recently been writing stuff on Tony Martin CD SCREAM. Taffy is takng it easy in Weymouth these days.
No surprise as Iommi produced Quartz' first LP and they supported Sabbs on the Sabotage tour. Why is SABOTAGE never mentioned when people talk about Sabbath?? It's the heaviest LP ever made with the all-time greatest riffs. God, this stuff stops daily life slipping into the abyss. btw, also check out another band Iommi produced called Necromandus in 1971! rock on.
Lead guitarist used to work in Reddingtons Rair Records, nice to find this. "The theme music used throughout the series run was the closing bars of "Nantucket Sleighride", originally written and recorded by the progressive rock group Mountain"
Quartz had some awesome songs. Street Fighting Lady, Around and Around, Mainline Riders. Thanks for posting these. It's taken me ages to find Quartz on youtube. I once met the base player ordering a chinese takeaway! Great band from the past!
I randomly bought this on 7" today as I wanted to hear Nantucket Sleighride and had never heard of this band. They are really good. I was not expecting the Chav/Glam look though! Adidas glitter rules!
Hugobear1 tend to agree with your comment although did you know that there is a 3rd version with geoff Nicholls on vocals that appears on Quartz Anthology double CD release in 2004 I think?
Got any more old Quartz live videos? Would love to hear Stand Up and Figh, Stocking Up the Fires of Hello or Rock 'n' Roll Child but haven't been able to find em
As much as I love the later, more extreme metal (speed, thrash, black, death, etc.). there is a very special place in my heart for the NWOBHM. I really love the galloping, steady tempos, the hard rock roots, the ridiculous fashion, the carefree attitude. I wish I could have been around in the late 70s when the second wave began.
There are a few songs by Quartz that I really like. The problem is that they were not very cohesive both in terms of songwriting and looks. Some bands don't have that chemistry or vision to make it . Tony Iommi gave them the equipment and the sound (he produced their first record) and they got to support Black Sabbath on many occasions, but that wouldn't take them too far ...
saw them in 1980 at hammersmith supporting gillan, thank god that by then the singer had switched his dodgy track suit for a ozzy style fringed suede number. who was his stylist, jimmy saville??
mark wood Cool fact! Maybe that's why I love it so much. I think it sounds amazing and the sound on the record makes it feel a lot heavier than it could have been with another producer.
awesome...happy memories...Geoff Nicholls went on to Sabbath and still plays with them...their version of NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE was used for Weekend World, not Mountain's... great band - stuck between the 2 stools of trad metal and trendy NWOBHM
I saw these guys at the Polytechnic Of Wales in 1979. I'm from the Midlands, but didn't get to see my local Hard Rock bands, Quartz, Jameson Raid, Split Beaver etc. until I went to college and they were good enough to follow me :-) A lot of these lesser known bands were really great, solid hard rock acts live that would blow a lot of the ponces who made the big time off the stage (you know who I mean ;-) Alas, by this time image and looks had too much to do with it when signing bands...
I can't imagine 'em playing live Satan's Serenade with that attire ... specially Mike ''Joggin' '' Taylor, hehehe. Although this is indeed a burning track.
I used to own the independent release of this song...out on single in er 79 I think... the b side was a version of Nantucket Sleighride... it was a far superior version of "Wild Fire" .better production..more powerful than the later album version..with better vocals... the dinger sounding like Noddy Holder..I remember being very dissapointed with the album version.. it sucked !!
I think if the front man had shaved his beard off, dyed his hair black, put some gel in it and put some leather clothing on Quartz may have been as successful as Iron Maiden. Sorry but it's sad they didn't fulfil their potential.
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At one of the first gigs I ever attended, I saw Quartz open for Rush at a packed Queen's Hall, Leeds in 1980. When I say packed, it was dangerously so. You could barely move.
very good.............................................................................................
Saw Quartz live back in the day at legendary rock venue Bogarts and Digbeth Civic Hall in Birmingham, UK. Great band live and loved the single Nantucket Sleighride.
looking forward to seeing Quartz again later this year at Nuneaton, still sound as good as back then
they were the perfect bridge between seventies hard rock and nwobhm !!!
Stand Up and Fight is a must-have album. It gets better with each listen.
I knew Mick... he sang with my band many times, lovely funny guy xx
Vicious!!
Fuckin' awesome. Don't matter how they look like, they were and still great. Hail to Quartz!
great year my year
IT'S great when one of your old school pals fronts s great group me and Taffy played football and cricket in the same school teams from age 9years till leaving school aged 15 Taffy then joined my brothers group The Valentines playing locally around Bromsgrove Worc's. Glad he went on to better things 👍👍👍
Classic heavy metal!! New wave of british heavy metal rules.! 🤟🤟
Wildfire was released as single on Reddigton Rare Records an indepedant record label in Birmingham. alternative version of song appeared on acclaimed Stand Up & Fight album on MCA Records. Mick, Dek and Mal still producing stuff today. Geoff is still in contact and has recently been writing stuff on Tony Martin CD SCREAM. Taffy is takng it easy in Weymouth these days.
No surprise as Iommi produced Quartz' first LP and they supported Sabbs on the Sabotage tour. Why is SABOTAGE never mentioned when people talk about Sabbath?? It's the heaviest LP ever made with the all-time greatest riffs. God, this stuff stops daily life slipping into the abyss. btw, also check out another band Iommi produced called Necromandus in 1971! rock on.
Thank you Hugo, I did not know that, and I will!
Saw quartz support Saxon, wheels of steel tour 1980 Birmingham odeon ✌
Lead guitarist used to work in Reddingtons Rair Records, nice to find this.
"The theme music used throughout the series run was the closing bars of "Nantucket Sleighride", originally written and recorded by the progressive rock group Mountain"
Quartz had some awesome songs. Street Fighting Lady, Around and Around, Mainline Riders. Thanks for posting these. It's taken me ages to find Quartz on youtube. I once met the base player ordering a chinese takeaway! Great band from the past!
Still going now. Saw them before lockdown.
Wow! This is from one of my all time favorite albums - always loved Quartz!
Geoff Nichols playing guitar! Awesome! Love that guy!
He did some keyboard work for sabbath in the eighties aswell
These guys are excellent - many thanks for posting. I've got to track down their back catalogue now - my credit card company will love me....
R.I.P. Mike Taylor
Saw these live in the late 70's/early 80's...top band!!
Saw them before lockdown. They do more in Europe than back home. They still have a big following over there
I randomly bought this on 7" today as I wanted to hear Nantucket Sleighride and had never heard of this band. They are really good. I was not expecting the Chav/Glam look though! Adidas glitter rules!
The riff in the verse starts out like the riff on Megalomania from Sabatoge (the one where Ozzy's singing "feel it slipping away...."
... while Geoff Nicholls (RIP) would soon join Black Sabbath...
Dude, I was thinking the same fucking thing! That part is very similar.
Judas Priest has like 14 songs that have that same riff😅
these were a great band in their day !
R.I.P Geoff Nicholls
I went out for steak and chips last night and ended up drinking with Derek the Bass Player in my local pub. Nice bloke.
Awesome stuff
WILDFIREEEE SMOKIN GRASS!!
Awesome tune
One of my favourites
this is awesome,
their debut album's "Quartz", is a Tony Iommi production.
I Love Quartz!
beautiful sabbath tone
Nice Adidas suit
Hugobear1 tend to agree with your comment although did you know that there is a 3rd version with geoff Nicholls on vocals that appears on Quartz Anthology double CD release in 2004 I think?
Also the two guitarists playing john birch SGs...birch built Sgs for iommi too!
Got any more old Quartz live videos?
Would love to hear Stand Up and Figh, Stocking Up the Fires of Hello or Rock 'n' Roll Child but haven't been able to find em
This rendition rules! Much better than the album version. At the 3:17 point, the hair on my neck stands up. It is so intensely awesome!
that green adidas jogging is really over the top !!!
They look cool
Rock cru sem muita tecnologia muito bom épocas de ouro nao voltara mais so em videos como esse raros
As much as I love the later, more extreme metal (speed, thrash, black, death, etc.). there is a very special place in my heart for the NWOBHM. I really love the galloping, steady tempos, the hard rock roots, the ridiculous fashion, the carefree attitude. I wish I could have been around in the late 70s when the second wave began.
It was awsome : )
Lead guitarist used to work in Reddingtons Rair Records, nice to find this.
There are a few songs by Quartz that I really like. The problem is that they were not very cohesive both in terms of songwriting and looks. Some bands don't have that chemistry or vision to make it . Tony Iommi gave them the equipment and the sound (he produced their first record) and they got to support Black Sabbath on many occasions, but that wouldn't take them too far ...
Is this early inspiration for Justin Broadrick of Birmingham?
saw them in 1980 at hammersmith supporting gillan, thank god that by then the singer had switched his dodgy track suit for a ozzy style fringed suede number. who was his stylist, jimmy saville??
First album produced By Tony Iommi, Might explain the Sabbath Sound..
mark wood Cool fact! Maybe that's why I love it so much. I think it sounds amazing and the sound on the record makes it feel a lot heavier than it could have been with another producer.
no way! was it really produced by tony?
I've got the hard copy of the first album, Tony is in the credits
like the tracksuit
True rockers.
Hail Quartz" \m/
How great was the 70/80 bands... where I can get the lyrics?
r.i.p mike taylor
@chrishopkins77 some black sabbath influence for sure
Didn't Geoff Nichols go on to spend some time on keys for Sabbath in the 80s?
too bad their wasn't a studio version of this song but this video and performance still makes it good enough
There was, off "Stand up and Fight" album
Es como jetro Tull pero mas diabólico y pesado👹
Image problem, it was 79' guys, dinner jackets and trackies were out, leather and jeans in, they supported Sabbath hence the very Sabbathy riffs.
also check out buffalo from down under they had a song called shlock that was as heavy as master of the universe and predated it by two years,
This is better than the studio version
the b-side is the definitive version...the LP version is horribly neutered...STILL have it on my jukebox after all these years.
1979 .... Heavy track.
@einaroneeye from 79/80 to around 2004. Longest time served in Sabbath after Tony Iommi.
awesome...happy memories...Geoff Nicholls went on to Sabbath and still plays with them...their version of NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE was used for Weekend World, not Mountain's... great band - stuck between the 2 stools of trad metal and trendy NWOBHM
SMOKIN GRASS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like Megalomania off Black Sabbath Sabotage. Time keep slipping away, slipping into tomorrow.
I saw these guys at the Polytechnic Of Wales in 1979. I'm from the Midlands, but didn't get to see my local Hard Rock bands, Quartz, Jameson Raid, Split Beaver etc. until I went to college and they were good enough to follow me :-)
A lot of these lesser known bands were really great, solid hard rock acts live that would blow a lot of the ponces who made the big time off the stage (you know who I mean ;-) Alas, by this time image and looks had too much to do with it when signing bands...
This version is better than the studio. The vocals are more intense.
I can't imagine 'em playing live Satan's Serenade with that attire ... specially Mike ''Joggin' '' Taylor, hehehe. Although this is indeed a burning track.
good old taffy on vocal's
They were both managed by Don Arden for a while!
these guys remind me of sabbath
totaly not what i expected them to look like,a lil image make over would of helped,
I used to own the independent release of this song...out on single in er 79 I think... the b side was a version of Nantucket Sleighride... it was a far superior version of "Wild Fire" .better production..more powerful than the later album version..with better vocals... the dinger sounding like Noddy Holder..I remember being very dissapointed with the album version.. it sucked !!
Sounds a lot (and I mean A LOT) like "Megalomania".
Did you notice same quitars as Iommi
smokin grass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent song. Goofy outfits.
I think if the front man had shaved his beard off, dyed his hair black, put some gel in it and put some leather clothing on Quartz may have been as successful as Iron Maiden. Sorry but it's sad they didn't fulfil their potential.
Sounds like Noddy
tOTAL IMAGE PROBLEM, OK SONG
Great song he looks like a prancing kermit the frog
The image was crap then, hilariously naff, one of them has a smoking jacket on and the singer looks like he's out for a jog!!
The main riff sounds like Megalomania by Black Sabbath, at least they rip off a good band
BillGeezerIommi mike taylor (singer) actually grew up with ozzy osbourne in brum
The most over used riff in metal.
Over used like your mum.
Richard Hewlett Wow, did you write that all by yourself? Good job!
Eldon B Don't cry.
Saw this band supporting Rush in the '70s. Pretty awful Sabbath clones.
lonegroover, get over yourself tool, they are Quartz being Quartz. Everyone gets influence from somewhere.
Yeah -- what a rip-off!
Ah Bandylegs. Got to tour with Sabbath, became Quartz and churned out 3rd division music. This is crap.
terrible..