Description

American metal act Surgical Steel was formed formed in Phoenix back in 1981 with Greg Chaisson (Badlands, Steeler) on bass, Jimmy Keeler on guitar, Steve Wilson on vocals, John Aquilino (Icon) on guitar and Bob Milan (Harlequin, Lydian) on drums. The band went through a few line-up changes, but first started recording with Jeff Martin (Racer X, Badlands, Lethal X) on vocals, Paul Kosanovich on guitar along with Jimmy, Greg and Bob. The band’s first recording was the track Rivet Head that was featured on the Metal Blade Records compilation Metal Massacre II. The band would catch the attention of The Metal God himself Rob Halford (Judas Priest) where he and the band Surgical Steel would become very good friends. Rob joined the band in the studio and recorded dual lead vocals (with Jeff) on the track Smooth And Fast along with some backing vocals on the track Bedtime Baby. The track Rivet Head was really the band’s only true heavy metal song, as the rest of their catalog is much more melodic metal in the vein of bands like Scorpions or Turbo era Judas Priest and mid 80s Pretty Maids. After 40 years these recordings have been dug up from the vault, been remastered and are now released on cd for the first time

Track list:
1. ‎Rivet Head
2. Smooth And Fast-with Rob Halford on dual lead vocals
3. Bedtime Baby-with Rob Halford on backing vocals
4. To The Bitter End
5. IOU Nothing
6. No Foolin Around
7. Moby Dick
8. Bad Boy
9. Officer Steel