Armored Saint
Rock Hard Festival
Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen
Nordsternpark
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
May 20, 2018
WDR TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included
Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps
01 - March of the Saint >
02 - Reign of Fire >
03 - Nervous Man
04 - Pay Dirt >
05 - Last Train Home
06 - On the Way >
07 - Symbol of Salvation
08 - Book of Blood
09 - Spineless
10 - Aftermath
11 - Left Hook From Right Field
12 - Chemical Euphoria
13 - Win Hands Down >
14 - Can U Deliver
Total Playing Time: 1hr 16mn 26
John Bush – lead vocals
Phil Sandoval – lead guitar
Jeff Duncan – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Joey Vera – bass, backing vocals
Gonzo Sandoval – drums, backing vocals
Rock Hard Festival
Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen
Nordsternpark
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
May 20, 2018
WDR TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included
Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps
01 - March of the Saint >
02 - Reign of Fire >
03 - Nervous Man
04 - Pay Dirt >
05 - Last Train Home
06 - On the Way >
07 - Symbol of Salvation
08 - Book of Blood
09 - Spineless
10 - Aftermath
11 - Left Hook From Right Field
12 - Chemical Euphoria
13 - Win Hands Down >
14 - Can U Deliver
Total Playing Time: 1hr 16mn 26
John Bush – lead vocals
Phil Sandoval – lead guitar
Jeff Duncan – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Joey Vera – bass, backing vocals
Gonzo Sandoval – drums, backing vocals
Heavy Metal Roots & Branches Post #14
justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit a couple track marks. No additional work was required ie. EQ, noise reduction etc. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps.
This is a great performance with some surprises. The band includes "On The Way" a song from the original Armored Saint EP that hasn't been played in years. The next surprise is "Spineless" from Symbol Of Salvation which may have been played only once before, the band can't remember.
justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit a couple track marks. No additional work was required ie. EQ, noise reduction etc. The DVD had lossy audio so I used Traders Little Helper to encoded the waves to MP3 320kbps.
This is a great performance with some surprises. The band includes "On The Way" a song from the original Armored Saint EP that hasn't been played in years. The next surprise is "Spineless" from Symbol Of Salvation which may have been played only once before, the band can't remember.
Early in their careers both Anthrax & Metallica wanted John Bush to be their front man. Anthrax came calling when they fired Neil Turbin after the Fist Full Of Metal album was released. Metallica called John Bush when James Hetfield felt he wanted to concentrate on playing guitar due to lack of confidence in his singing voice. Bush declined both offers because Armored Saint was gaining momentum. Later when Armored Saint was on hiatus, Anthrax fired vocalist Joey Belladonna and asked John Bush to join again. He accepted and that line up released 5 studio albums and 1 live album before Bush returned to Armored Saint and Belladonna returned to Anthrax.
One of my favorite shows ever was Armored Saint opening for Dio in Kansas City at the Beaumont Club. Lynch Mob was the middle slot, no one cared, Lynch played with his back to the audience all night. Armored Saint crushed it as did Dio.
ReplyDeleteI saw Armored Saint once and that was the time they headlined at Harpo's in Detroit. They played for free. It was this competition between these 2 major radio stations in Detroit to see who could have the biggest live band broadcast in Detroit. Armored Saint, Queensryche, Savatage, Raven, Fastway, BTO each headlined Harpo's for free sponsored by one of the radio stations. WRIF won the battle when they brought in Kiss to headline at Cobo Hall in Detroit for a very low price and live broadcast. The other station went Jazz at some point after.
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