Surgical Steel

Subject: Surgical Steel Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:28 am

I remember seeing a movie titled, "Thunder Alley" on cable in the mid to late 1980's (and for years thought I had maybe either dreamt or imagined it) but could not remember one of the band that was prominently featured in the movie. Well, tonight, while reading some articles on Badlands on the net, I found the connection. Does anyone else know anything of this movie or band.

http://members.firstinter.net/markster/SURGICALSTEELPAGE.html

Metal graduate Age : 43 Joined : 01 Jul 2008 Posts : 470

I remember Surgical Steel from the early 80's. They used to play clubs in Phoenix AZ a lot. I have few demos by them that I found online and a tune off of the "Metal Massacre III" album put out by Metal Blade Records back '83 or '84. Rob Halford took this band under his wing and helped them along to some degree. I used to go see them and thought they sounded quite a bit like Judas Priest, maybe that's why Rob liked them too. They were good, very polished and professional for a bar band but this was also the time when bands were a dime a dozen and were fighting like crazy to play in front of people.

Metal student Age : 40 Joined : 14 Jan 2008 Posts : 111

Great movie and one that sits proudly on my shelf right next to Decline the Metal Years...

Surprised nothing has been released by either the band or one of the many nostalgia labels around today.

Subject: Re: Surgical Steel Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:26 pm

Check out out the Racer X band website. Under the topic of "Cool Stuff", there is a link to Surgical Steel featuring band history, clips, downloads, etc.

http://www.racerxband.com/cool.htm

Metal master Age : 43 Joined : 10 Feb 2008 Posts : 582

Yeah I saw them alot in Az. I liked Icon better

Subject: Re: Surgical Steel Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:04 pm

I remember Thunder Alley! I even have it recorded on video. I'll have
to watch it again and look for Greg Chaisson, never suspected he was in
that movie.
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Subject: Re: Surgical Steel Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:24 am

Awesome. Thanks to all for the info and replies. A recently closed record store near my work is having a special 2 day sale before a grand reopening next month, and I am going to try and grab a copy of this on vhs. I don't think it has ever been released on DVD. Peace.

Subject: Re: Surgical Steel Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:25 am

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Subject: Re: Surgical Steel Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:58 am

Just watched Thunder Alley on VHS. Great music movie, but Greg Chaisson was not in the band at that point, I guess. He was not on the credits, at least. I still think that Surgical Steel was a better band than the "heroes", Magic.
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