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Testament,Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam, 4arm      We arrived early on a crisp New England night. The sidewalks still piled high with last week's blizzard. We had our tickets already so one quick frisk at the door and we entered the Worcester Palladium. The night had fallen. Leather,hair,denim patched jackets mixed with the smell of sweat and stale beer. The line to the men's room, insanity. The end result with in those stalls, horrifying. All the makings of a great night of thrashy metal. 4 arm, from Australia did not disappoint. They are what a good thrash band is meant to be. The guitarist stage right looked like he was ten years old but he shredded from opening to end. Vocals were insane and clear. This was metallica pre- kill em all days. Simple, powerful, to the point. Flotsam and Jetsam were up next and they are quite simply an American icon. Thrashy, yes, metal, no doubt. Incredible guitar work here and the old songs sounded fresh and new. But let me say that we lis
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Posted by Bryan Martin at 9:40 AM 0 comments ZEBRA A Power Trio Blast From The Past      At the tender age of 15 in the year 1983 I discovered a little band called Zebra. At the time I based my band preference on album covers and band names. So Zebra with their closeup band face shot on the cover and the weird Sesame Street like name should never have crossed my radar. But for their songs I would have passed them by. The opening lines of " Tell Me What You Want " pull you in and then hit you over the head when the song kicks in. Brilliant musicianship and powerhouse vocals. " Who's Behind The door ?" is one of the best songs on the album their career. It is rivaled only by " Bears " off the " No Tellin Lies " album. Following the debut, they released No Tellin Lies , 3.V , Live , The best of Zebra in Black And White ., King biscuit Flower Hour-Zebra , and IV   as well as a solo album by Randy Jackson and Felix Hannemann. As a thr