Like a Texas twister chewing up a trailer park, BROKEN TEETH arose from the ashes of bands like, DIRTY LOOKS, PARIAH and of course, DANGEROUS TOYS. Dating back to around 1999, these hard knockers started kicking ass and taking names around the Austin, Texas area.
News Update
April 14, 2009
BROKEN TEETH RECENTLY FINISHED A TOUR IN MIDWEST AND ARE CONTINUEING THRU THE SOUTH. JUNE AND JULY HOLD MORE STUDIO TIME FOR TEETH,PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE NEW THIRTEEN SONG RELEASE TITLED,"VIVA LA ROCK, FANTASTICO", WHICH WILL FEATURE TWO GUEST SPOTS BY CANADIAN ROCK N ROLL KILLER...DANKO JONES!
COMING SOON -NEW MUSIC AND INFORMATION ON ORDERING THE NEW RELEASE,VIVA LA ROCK FANTASTICO!
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When Dangerous Toys released their self-titled debut album on Columbia records in 1989, their raw southern rock and metal served as an immediate attack on glam metal's reign on MTV and rock radio. Their two hit singles, "Teas'n, Pleas'n" and "Scared," gained the band a rabid following and helped the album go gold.
Dangerous Toys was founded in Texas in 1987 by vocalist Jason McMaster along with guitarists Scott Dalhover and Danny Aaron, bassist Mark Geary, and drummer Mike Watson. Mike Watson left before recording The R'tist 4'merly Known As Dangerous Toys in 1995. Although the band officially broke up in the late '90s, they released a live album in 1999 and occasionally reunite for a few shows.
Quite a few bands have mentioned Watch Tower as one of their influences. Watch Tower’s impact on progressive rock and metal can be heard on their debut record, Energetic Disassembly. This CD is a fairly short listen, clocking in at under forty minutes, but it is definitely worth the time spent.
Not only did Energetic Disassembly launch the careers of Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys/Broken Teeth) and Billy White., it also influenced the sound of many future progressive metal acts, including Dream Theater.
This Texas quartet’s music is best described as technical thrash. Think early Metallica style thrash with a bunch of progressive style time changes. Those of you who are familiar with Jason McMaster’s work in Dangerous Toys, have never heard him sing like this. Most of his vocals are sung at a higher, ear splitting register. His vocal approach was a lot more common by the speed metal acts of the 80’s.
The musicianship is nothing short of stellar on this disc. Not only does Billy White’s guitar work shine on this disc, but Doug Keyser’s bass work really stands out. Watch Tower’s sound may be a little on the experimental side, but fans of early 80’s thrash, will most certainly like this. If there are any downfalls with this disc, it would be with the production. The production quality is a little on the thin side, but this doesn’t hurt your listening experience.
GMC, as the band was come to be abbreviated as, formed in 97 in Austin Tx. and literally gave it their all in a handful of fast years, a few annual SXSW Music Showcases with excellent response from industry pundits who later coined the band as sounding like a 'Sci-Fi Metallica',as well as opening for Suicidal Tendencies,WASP, and other touring acts, the band had a strong following regionally in the south, and made appearances in a handful of international metal magazines with reviews and publication compilation cds.
The songs and style were heavily influenced by members fave bands from youth,starting with UFO and Thin Lizzy, to Black Sabbath and Slayer, with lots of heavy dirge valley's,and peaking with super speed metal blast beats.
Originally spelled, Godzilla Motor Company, by 2000 the 4 piece metal outfit changes the spelling after recieving a stack of faxes from the Japanese production company (Toho Limited) who claim to own the word 'Godzilla'.
The original players and key songwriters consisted of Bobby Landgraf-guitars,Chris Conley-guitars,and Jason McMaster-bass and vocals. The whirlwind of drummers started with original member-Ben Burton, who left the band by 1999. An excellent replacement followed/didnt work out to say the least,and then finally, the most recent recordings that month to 17 tracks existing,two of them that you hear on this site, drums were recorded by Erick Tatuaca. The band seemed dysfuntional with the spinning chair or drummers, but,owning up to a heavy hand in keeping metal alive in central Texas during the late 1990's on into 2000's.
The plan to at least release two full length cds worth of GMC material is in the works,although the band more than likely, will not tour.
Update on GMC members
Bobby Landgraf tours with southern fried boogie heavy rock band, Honky, as well as session work.
Chris Conley does session work and front of house sound for touring acts.
Erick Tatuaca works as a session/touring drummer.
Sad Wings
The impact Judas Priest has on the world of music, especially heavy metal, is huge. Each member of Sad Wings was forever changed when they first heard the mighty roar of the Priest. Out of pure love and respect for that music, Sad Wings was formed.
Each member was hand-picked by McMaster and the band has proven they have the formidable chops to tackle the tricky Priest catalog. The first show was an overwhelming success and the following shows have all been killer. All the members have busy schedules with their "real" bands so shows are far apart.
Come see them while you can because you never know when the next show will be. Join the crowd, slap on an old Priest shirt, and sing along with the best metal ever!
Band Members Jason McMaster - Vocals, Jason Frankhouser - Guitars, Stuart Laurence - Guitars, Stoney - Bass, Steve "Les Binks" Dezman - Drums
HEAVY ARTILLERY is pleased to announce a partnership with CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC to release The Spider Queen, the highly anticipated new album from Texas metal powerhouse IGNITOR. The Spider Queen will be released by HEAVY ARTILLERY in the United States and Canada on September 22nd while CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC will be releasing the album for Europe and the rest of the world on September 14th.
Amongst its ranks IGNITOR features veteran musicians of the US metal scene including founding guitarist Stuart Laurence (Batlord) from AGONY COLUMN and the recent addition of legendary frontman Jason McMaster of DANGEROUS TOYS and WATCHTOWER fame. The Spider Queen is an original rock opera written by guitarist Stuart Laurence featuring nine scenes plus an intro and an epilogue, each scene represented by a song. The album narrates the adventure of a young man facing the quest of his life, avenging his parents’ death. The story revolves around a mysterious talisman and the magic it possesses, with many turns of events that lead to an unexpected end. Each and every one of the numerous characters are impersonated by the versatile, dramatic and impressive vocals of Jason McMaster.
Bolstered by the strength of their new line-up and at an all time creative peak, IGNITOR find themselves an even more formidable force than ever before. True heavy metal is their game and The Spider Queen, a concept album of pure epic metal, will not disappoint.
IGNITOR- CURRENT LINE UP
BATLORD-GUITARS
BEVERLY BARRINGTON-GUITARS
BRENDAN BIGELOW-BASS
PAT DOYLE-DRUMS
JASON MCMASTER- VOCALS
OLD SCHOOL POWER METAL INFLUENCED BY INSTITUTIONALIZED BANDS SUCH AS METALLICA,IRON MAIDEN AND JUDAS PRIEST.
LABEL-
CRUZ DEL SUR RECORDS-EUROPE
HEAVY ARTILLERY-USA
HISTORY-
GOING ON 6 YEARS PLUS IN THE RUNNINGS OF PLAYING FESTIVALS IN EUROPE,MEXICO,AND THE USA
ORIGINAL SINGER ON THE FIRST TWO RELEASES, ERIKA TANDY,REPLACED RECENTLY BY JASON MCMASTER.
OTHER LINE UP CHANGES HAVE OCCURED ON FOR 2ND RELEASE,ROAD OF BONES, WITH GUITARIST ANNAH,LEAVING, AND BRINGING THE RETURN OF ORIGINAL GUITARIST,BEVERLY, AS WELL AS BRINGING IN NEW SINGER,JASON, FOR THE NEWEST RELEASE(OUT SOON ON CRUZ DEL SUR) "SPIDER QUEEN".
MORE INFO-MYSPACE.COM/IGNITOR
