Iron Man (band)
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Iron Man was an American heavy metal band from Maryland.
Biography
Iron Man began as a Black Sabbath tribute band in 1986 when Alfred Morris III (guitar) and Kim Geoffrey Martin (drums) of Force decided to take all the Black Sabbath songs that they had mixed in to the Force set list since 1976 and start a band dedicated to Alfred's favorite group. Regular rehearsals were held in Kim Martin's mother's home in Bethesda MD with the set lists refined. Alfred suggested that the name Iron Man was to be used whenever the exclusive list of Black Sabbath covers were performed. Kim Martin quit the tribute band a year later to pursue full time variety work.
At the beginning of 2000 Iron Man embarked on a 20 city U.S. tour which ended prematurely with two band members (Michalak and Tomaso) leaving. Temporary bassist ViiX recruited two additional temps (Jared Rein on drums and Jadd of
In 2004 Michael Lindenauer took on the role as their manager and helped Morris to revive Iron Man. Morris had recruited new band members, one of which, Jon Owen, was from
In 2007, Leaf Hound Records began re-released the first two albums originally released on Hellhound Records. Both albums have been remastered. The Passage was re-released on CD. In 2008, Black Night was released on LP with plans to re-release the CD version in the future. And in 2009, Al Morris III guided yet another new lineup of Iron Man into the studio to record the band's fourth album, I Have Returned, released by Shadow Kingdom Records.
2010 saw the departure of drummer Dex Dexter and vocalist Joseph Donnelly, who were replaced by drummer Mike Rix and vocalist "Screaming Mad" Dee Calhoun (ex-After Therapy and Land of Doom). This new lineup quickly recorded and released the self-produced Dominance EP in early 2011.
There are two releases on Doom Records that feature Morris. There is a self-titled Force album and A Double Dose of Doom, which features Rat Salad and Obstination (who would go on to become
On January 15, 2012, Iron Man posted the following announcement on their Facebook page: "Iron Man are happy to announce Jason 'Mot' Waldmann as the band's new permanent drummer. Mot, a longtime friend and fan of Iron Man, recently performed with the band in a fill-in basis, and based on his performance and his friendship and chemistry with the band, has been awarded the full-time position. Iron Man graciously thanks everyone who auditioned; the response was huge, and the choice was far from easy. The evidence of the richness of the talent pool regarding drummers within the MD/VA/DC region was evident during these auditions. Everyone, please welcome Mot to the Iron Man family as we look forward to a very successful 2012!" That summer, Iron Man released their att hålla dig över EP.
On February 4, 2013, Iron Man announced that they were about to begin recording their fifth full-length album, and that they would again be working with Frank Marchand, who engineered I Have Returned. The resulting album, South of the Earth, was released in the UK/Europe on September 30, 2013 via Rise Above Records, and in North America on October 1, 2013 via Metal Blade Records.
On January 10, 2018, Morris died at the age of 60.[5]
Discography
- Black Night CD (1993, Hellhound Records)
- The Passage CD (1994, Hellhound Records)
- Generation Void CD (1999, Brainticket Records)
- Submission EP (2007, self-released)
- I Have Returned CD (2009, Shadow Kingdom Records)
- Dominance EP (2011, self-released)
- att hålla dig över EP (2012, self-released)
- South of the Earth (2013, Rise Above Records/Metal Blade Records)
Reissue
- The Passage CD (2007 Leaf Hound Records)
- The Passage CD (2010 Shadow Kingdom Records)
- Black Night CD (2011 Shadow Kingdom Records)
- Black Night LP (2012 Shadow Kingdom Records)
- Generation Void CD (2012 Shadow Kingdom Records)
References
- ^ "Iron Man guitarist Alfred Morris III Dies at 60 - Decibel Magazine". Decibelmagazine.com. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b "IRON MAN | Rockdetector". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-07. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "R.I.P. Al Morris III: 1957-2018 — Kerrang!". Kerrang!. Retrieved 14 January 2018.