Fight - Sony Studios ~ New York City, New York, USA November 14, 1993 (FM)

Fight
Sony Studios
New York City, New York, USA
November 14, 1993
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps 16bit Version
No Cover Art

Lineage: WDHA-FM, Cedar Knolls, NJ FM Broadcast > Sony UX90 Cassette (M) > JVC RD-W354 Playback Deck > Adobe Audition 1.5 (recording to .wav @ 24/96, normalization, splits & fades) > Xrecode II (conversion to 16/44.1) > TLH (sector alignment, flac 8)

01 Into the Pit
02 War of Words
03 Little Crazy
04 Immortal Sin
05 Nailed to the Gun

Rob Halford vocals
Russ Parrish guitar
Brian Tilse guitar, keyboards
Jack "Jay Jay" Brown bass
Scott Travis drums

Fight was a favorite of mine, to me it sounded like Judas Priest on steroids. The band was even heavier sounding live. I caught them at Harpo's Concert Theatre in Detroit, Michigan (a pit of a concert theater actually). There are some that say Rob Halford's solo material was far away from the Metal sounds of Judas Priest. The only album not in the same formula as Priest was 2wo. 2wo was an Industrial-Metal Project with John5 on guitar and Trent Resner of Nine Inch Nails producing. I actually looked forward to that project, because an Industial-Metal band with Rob Halford screaming over it sounded like an interesting proposition. The fact is that Rob actually under sang the songs, while Resner's production removed the balls from the music. The result was an unvaried sounding record that sounded as if the singer could really give a shit about the songs. I don't listen to it very often but it still gets some play.

Flac

MP3

A live recording from 2wo can be found here

2wo - Live Piggyride ~ Float Right Park, Sommerset, WI 05-23-1998 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

2wo
Live Piggyride
Float Right Park
Sommerset, WI
May 23, 1998
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

01 I Am A Pig
02 Stutter Kiss
03 Water's Leaking
04 Wake Up
05 Gimp
06 Deep In The Ground
07 Leave Me Alone
08 Shout

Rob Halford vocals
John "John 5" Lowery guitars
Ray Riendeau Bass
James Wooly Keyboards
Sid Riggs Drums

When Rob Halford announced the break up of his first solo band, Fight, fans were hoping that a reunion with Judas Priest was in the cards. Alas it was not to be. It was soon announced that Rob would be forming a band with John Lowery to indulge a love for Techno music. Before the release of the 2wo projects only album, Rob broke the news that he was gay. Most fans reaction was ...we kinda knew Rob. The album Voyeurs was ill received by fans who were disappointed in the disc's lack of an edge. Rob had also taken on a more subdued vocal approach, which he claimed was the idea of producer Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame. The band did tour in support of the album however the tour was not a success. The band broke up in 1998 as Rob formed Halford, a return to Heavy Metal form.

While planning her little tribute to the Metal God Rosebud decided that no true Rob Halford fan should be with out this short soundboard recording in their collection.

MP3