Tuesday, September 16, 2008

PERSIAN RISK ridin high 7" (1983)

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1.ridin high
2.hurt you

OK, I'm going to see Motorhead on Saturday night, so I figure I'd up something on the blog that was related.
Persian Risk formed in 1979 in England by Phil Campbell who has played in Motorhead and Lemmy now for over two decades. Dudes a total hero. I love both of the P.R. singles that I own.
When I bought this at Strawberry's records and tapes on Wolf Road in Colonie NY twenty some years ago I had no idea what I was in for. I was taking a chance and just loved the back cover photo, and the way the band looked. Dudes were wearing spikes and leather, and looked cool in a 1983 sorta way. I was a die hard Maiden fan, so this wasn't all that far off. It made this pimple faced metal kid happy. The guitar playing is great. Campbell plays and chugs away exactly the way one would want one to in the early metal days with his killer hook riffs, and a solo on "hurt you" that reminds me of some fast Eddie Clark noodles. No wonder Lemmy chose Phil for the Motorhead sound! The main riff in "hurt you" also has a Riot Influence. Cool nwobhm stuff that most metal heads rifle right past when taking the headbanging journey into heaviness.

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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2008 at 11:54 PM

    THANK YOU! a great release. can you up the first ep?

    Do you have any Black Axe or Sledgehammer I can hear? I love your nwobhm uploads

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2008 at 1:48 PM

    Great! More NWOBHM goodness.
    Have you ever thought of making a nwobhm compilation? I believe it would be interesting and I would sure like to listen to that.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2008 at 10:00 AM

    I'd love to hear it as well.
    Ever hear of a French nwonhm band called November? I had heard one song some years ago, I want more by them.
    That being said, I love this persian Risk stuff. 1st ep goes for a lot of money I bet?

    GregX

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2008 at 11:51 PM

    Definitely helps fulfill my Motorhead "completist" urges, thanks!

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  5. gloom666September 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM

    Greg I've got two November songs from a tape some years ago.
    "men wit" & "en enkel sang om". Sorta reminds me of a more low fi Atomic Rooster mixed with some sabbath. I think its way pre nwobhm and more hard/heavy psych. Stuff is from 1971.

    I have both the Black Axe and Sledgehammer 7"s.. both pretty cool.

    thanks for commenting. Nate

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  6. PhilOctober 29, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    I just wanted to thank you. This is the best music blog, period. My favorite kind of music from my favorite era.

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  7. Street Metal AngelNovember 17, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    Mediafire's telling me the file's not available, could you put it back up for me?

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  8. AnonymousDecember 19, 2008 at 3:21 AM

    This 7" is awesome. How are the later Persian Risk records, the Too Different EP and the Rise Up LP?

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  9. Mighty HighMay 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    Wow! I always knew the name but never heard the music. Thanks.

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  10. No AnthemsOctober 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    That back cover photo is amazing!! Is that dude holding a piece of rope???

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  11. gloom666October 19, 2009 at 7:05 PM

    looks like a shoe lace.

    that back cover could be a poster for a 70's biker film

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