Description

2022 release featuring both Eps and one bonus track. First time ever on cd.

The first version of Le Griffe dates back to 1978 to late 1980 when the New Wave of British Heavy Metal band performed their first gigs and also booked their first recording studio sessions. It was then when the first incarnation of the song Dead On Arrival appeared that now is reworked and appearing as a bonus track on the album. The band was ambitious and the line-up changed leading to the recording of the Fast Bikes EP while they also kept performing live, even supporting bands like Magnum. Charting in magazines like Sounds, they kept changing line-up and after the release of their second and final EP, Breaking Strains, the band just ran out of stream without releasing a full-album. Their career might have ended in 1984 but during their years together they m anaged to record a few classic NWOBHM songs. These are great tracks – solid NWOBHM that rocks out pretty hard and is sure to get your head nodding. The material is well written, with a real air of professionalism and solidity about it. Great, catchy, melodic, yet hard rocking. Bands like Wildfire, Trespass, More have a similar approach and talent at this sorta thing. Fans of NWOBHM need to check this out as they remain among the heroes of an era long gone but never forgotten.

Track list:
1. Fast Bikes-Fast Bikes EP 1983
2. Where Are You-Fast Bikes EP 1983
3. The Actor-Fast Bikes EP 1983
4. Breaking Strain-Breaking Strain EP 1984
5. Breathe Deeply-Breaking Strain EP 1984
6. Silent Running-Breaking Strain EP 1984
7. Youre Killing Me-Breaking Strain EP 1984
8. Movin On-Breaking Strain EP 1984
9. Dead On Arrival